Angela Yee, Stacey Tisdale, & Sayam Ibrahim take on the “Black Tax” – the higher rates and fees charged to people of color for real estate. (Photo courtesy of Wealth Wednesdays) OPINION: The Wealth Wednesday’s Real Estate Club started by Power 105.1’s Angela Yee, financial expert Stacey Tisdale, and real estate investor Sayam Ibrahim, is…
It’s been just over three months since Kamala Harris and Tim Walz narrowly lost their bid for president and vice president of the United States by just 1.5% margin. Now, many Americans — especially former Donald Trump voters — are voicing their regrets. The outcries on social media have been telling, bemoaning American’s political choice…
Source: creative services / iOne Your heart works tirelessly daily to pump blood, oxygen, and nutrients throughout your body, but your choices about what you eat can either support its efforts or put extra strain on it, leading to troubling consequences. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for adults in the U.S., while…
FILE – A couple awaits the arrival of their first child in Carlsbad, Calif., in November 2005. (AP Photo/Julie Busch, File) The data suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted all pregnant women, but post-pandemic, the racial gap in maternal mortality widened. Black women in the U.S. died at a rate nearly 3.5 times higher than…
For more than two years, Kansas prosecutors claimed that Topeka police shot and killed a Black man named Taylor Lowery because he came charging at them with a knife, making them fear for their lives. But that was proven to be a lie after body camera footage of the shooting was released to his family…
What is a meritocracy, anyway? The right says eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion will create a society where people will be judged solely on their abilities, not identity. If so, one would expect President Donald Trump‘s prospective Cabinet to be made up of nothing but the best and the brightest. So how then do you…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., accompanied by other members of congress, speaks to the crowd during a rally against Elon Musk outside the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) The administration ramped up its pressure on employees to leave, sending a reminder that layoffs or furloughs could come next. Thousands…
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey recently opened up about her complex relationship with her mother, Vernita Lee, revealing an emotional struggle that continues to affect her decades after achieving worldwide success and amassing billions. In a powerful episode of “The Oprah Podcast,” where she discusses childhood trauma, the billionaire recalled a moment when she was asked…
FILE – Audience members gather at Made By Google for new product announcements at Google on Aug. 13, 2024, in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Juliana Yamada, File) The move was in response to President Trump’s executive order aimed at pressuring government contractors to scrap their DEI initiatives. Google is scrapping some of its diversity hiring…
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 28: Irv Gotti attends the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) The Queens native responsible for some of hip hop’s biggest acts like Ja Rule and Ashanti reportedly passed away Wednesday in New York City. TMZ has…
