• Wealth Building

    Tax policies show bias

    Tax breaks and tax enforcement are not agnostic when it comes to race, according to a pair of recent studies. White taxpayers disproportionately benefit from five studied tax breaks versus Black Americans, in many cases when adjusting for income, according to a Treasury study from the Office of Tax Analysis. And even when Black taxpayers benefit more than their white counterparts from one credit, they are then subject to more audits because of it, a second study from Stanford University found. The findings, which confirm previous research on tax disparities, underscore how supposedly race-neutral tax systems and policies can actually magnify racial disadvantages and perpetuate bias. “The recently released working paper from the…

  • Dream Chasing

    Transitions 2020

    In the middle of a pandemic and a civil rights movement (Black Lives Matter), I experienced much pain but also in the midst of the pain, moments of joy. How and why this happens is beyond me. What I have learned is to live in moment – love, laugh, cry, release anger, work on healing yourself from wounds caused by others, and wounds you gave yourself from being your worst critic and not being as kind to yourself. I learned that you can’t pour from an empty cup and there is no shame in saying no when people want your time or resources. Guard your heart. Every now and then…

  • News-Press

    Writing Portfolio

    I have bylines at Yahoo Finance, HuffPost, and Insider aka Business Insider. Below are a few videos of interviews that I have done. ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/TV/FILM Norman Lewis: Police Beating Syncopated Ladies (FEATURED HuffPost Arts & Culture) Grace Jones: Bloodlight & Bami The Bullpen-Repeat Offenders Welcomed The Gospel According to Andre Investing in Black Art Afro-Gatsby BUSINESS/ENTREPRENEURSHIP Ageless Innovators: Market Disruptors Over 60 High Tech Networking Chicago Innovation Awards (FEATURED HuffPost Entrepreneurship) CULTURE/MUSIC Smart Funny & Black Evolution of a Queen-Hail Beyonce Sipping Beyonce’s Lemonade (FEATURED front page of HuffPost) Sisterhood:The Women Behind Hip-Hop Labels Reclaiming Black Love In Defense of Andre Leon Talley & Michael Jordan Reclaiming Black Sisterhood Reclaiming Black Brotherhood Church in…