Achieving the American dream can be quite costly. Today, more than half of students leave school with debt with women and people of more likely to have student loan debt and higher balances. Over 43…
Growing up in south London, Timothy Armoo had the odds stacked against him. Firstly, that part of the UK capital includes some of the most deprived areas in an otherwise rich city. But Armoo, a…
While the top 10% of residents in America own 76% of the nation’s wealth, the bottom 50% own just 1%. African-Americans and other minorities have less than seven times the average wealth of their white…
Popular with teens, misunderstood by adults, and highly sought after by venture capitalists, Ade Olonoh‘s Formspring was the “it” app of the 2000s. Its popularity has been compared to Snapchat today. An immediate success, Formspring…
The pandemic unequivocally changed how we work. It shook up the traditional workplace setup and ushered in the remote work era. According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 22 million employed adults in the U.S.…
Ideas and beliefs become traditions after being passed down generations. Traditions capture the essence of a culture, understand their needs and aspirations and manifest innovative measures to build and protect community. They are tested by…
Wallace “Wally” Amos, entrepreneur and founder of Famous Amos cookies has died at the age of 88. His family, in a statement, said Amos died from complications with dementia at his home in Honolulu. “With…
Freddie Figgers is the proverbial stone that the builders rejected. Abandoned as a newborn next to a dumpster, he was adopted by an elderly couple in rural Florida. His spirit was crushed when he discovered…
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