The rich topsoil of Lowndes County, Alabama, was an asset in the country’s earliest decades, particularly to White landowners. Slave labor cultivated cash crops and built fortunes. An entire swath of the Southeast became known as the Black Belt... Read more
Inefficient buildings contribute to climate change, but mayors can help: “If we want to achieve what science tells us we need to—which is halving emissions by 2030 on the way to net zero at or before 2050—let’s start where the problem is, which... Read more
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, made clear Tuesday that banking policy will not be the sole area of focus for the committee that he will chair in the new Congress.
Brown said housing issues received short shrift when the GOP ran the Senate... Read more
The current political and economic climate has focused attention on justice and values, leading more organization, advisors and clients to discuss social impact investing. We’ve seen companies like Netflix invest $100 million to financial... Read more
Profit-driven investing has often fueled extractive capitalism, damaging the environment and harming marginalized communities. Impact investing is so named because it has infused positive social and environmental impact alongside financial... Read more
There are many more ways to incorporate environmental, social, and governance investing into client portfolios than just mutual funds, and one of them has been around for decades: Community Development Financial Institution loans. Through putting... Read more
As the first US president since the Civil Rights era to make racial justice a prime concern, Joe Biden has identified racial equity as a top priority of his White House agenda.
A bipartisan group of legislators led by Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber (R – Republic) have introduced a bill in the House Finance Committee that would create a program within the Department of Commerce to spur economic development in disadvantaged... Read more
The Entrepreneur Fund has received a $2 million Grow with Google Small Business Fund loan and a $125,000 Google.org-funded grant from Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a leading network for Community Development Financial Institutions (... Read more
In 2018, Morgan Stanley released The Trillion Dollar Blindspot, spotlighting how skewed investment practices are towards white male entrepreneurs, and how entrepreneurs of color lack the access to the social networks that white-owned businesses... Read more