Financial expert Jini Thorton joins the Willie Moore Jr. show to talk about how many people get into debt in the first place and then how they can take steps to start getting out of debt. She says debt can leave people overwhelmed but there is a way out. Listen below: For more information about […]
It’s no secret that student loan debt is a huge issue in America in general, but of course, minorities bear the brunt of that burden. Click on the audio player to hear more information about this story in this edition of The Jazzy Report on The D.L. Hughley Show! Listen to the “The D.L. Hughley Show” LIVE weekdays […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans are learning to live without water on an island that already was suffering an economic crisis. A severe drought is forcing businesses to temporarily close, public schools to cancel breakfast service and people to find creative ways to stay clean amid sweltering temperatures. Rationing rules that had […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Employees of a Georgia debt collection agency were coached to threaten people with arrest to get them to pay money they sometimes did not owe, authorities said Tuesday as they announced charges against seven individuals. The company, Williams Scott & Associates LLC in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross, was shut down […]
If you’re one of the lucky ones who have paid off all of their credit card bills, congratulations! However, that doesn’t mean that you’re done…
Despite amassing hit songs and influence among those who came after him, Bobby Womack was reportedly broke when he left this world after losing his battle with pneumonia, Alzheimer’s disease, and prostate cancer. According to TMZ, the late singer’s family is allegedly trying to pay off debts left behind that include $250,000 back child support. […]
The IRS just keeps messing with popular 90s rapper MC Hammer. Years after paying off his multimillion dollar debt, the government recently told the rapper…
The IRS just moves messing with popular 90s rapper MC Hammer. Years after paying off his multimillion dollar debt, the government recently told the rapper…
Think tank Demos and the NAACP Economic Department collaborated to survey moderate-income American households with credit card debt for the study. Black Americans weren’t any more likely than whites to be late on a payment, the survey found, and they were also no more likely than whites to declare bankruptcy or get evicted. But what […]
Just when we thought rapper DMX was starting to get his stuff together, he takes a few missteps. After being arrested in South Carolina last…
Today on “NewsOne Now,” Roland Martin got real about finances with “Washington Post” financial columnist, Michelle Singletary. They talked about economic slavery and freedom. “Debt makes…
Funk icon George Clinton says he will use his upcoming reality TV show to highlight his various legal battles over the copyright to his songs. The Parliament/Funkadelic legend is caught up in a myriad of current lawsuits over the use of his back catalog. In January, he was ordered to give up the rights to […]
