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23 Nov

America’s Richest Black Man Robert F. Smith, Stackwell, and

America’s Richest Black Man Robert F. Smith, Stackwell, and
The common college student spends about $2,270 per 30 days on living expenses. Unfortunately, between the demand of coursework, extracurriculars and social activity, there’s little time left for a lot of young adults to carve out working time. Student Freedom Initiative (SFI), Stackwell, and Prudential Financial have partnered to fill that income gap. In a news release, the launch of the Student Investment Program (SIP), a multi-year strategic partnership granting $500,000 in funding for HBCU students, was announced. This system will give $1,000 grants to every participating student’s investment account on the Stackwell platform and offer access to investing educational resources. “This program uniquely provides the tools, capital, education and community support crucial to equip the following generation to take...
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4 Oct

‘We Built This’: A Temporary History Of Black Laborers’

‘We Built This’: A Temporary History Of Black Laborers’
“Eat the wealthy.” That’s what was emblazoned on the back of Chris Smalls’s red and black bomber jacket he wore during a White House meeting with President Biden back in May. The conversation got here after Smalls, 33, formed the Amazon Labor Union (or ALU), and made history leading the primary successful US union campaign at Amazon. Smalls’s unionizing efforts was prompted by his firing from an Amazon warehouse position where he pushed against inhumane hours, poor advantages and inadequate wages. Smalls’s rallying cry echoed the grievances of the greater than 800,000 Amazon staff, whose back-breaking labor helped contribute to the e-commerce giant’s $1322.24B net value. Briefly, he was David to the tech world’s Goliath. What’s much more remarkable about...
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