Attention TEENS! Are you interested in understanding how credit and debt impacts your life? Join us virtually, Monday, April 19 at 4pm as Junior Achievement leads this #WellRounded financial literacy session on credit and debt. FREE to attend. Register HERE. https://twitter.com/wadeorg/status/1382695425065488395?s=20 Facebook: The Karen Clark Instagram: @TheKarenClark Twitter/Snapchat: @The_KarenClark YouTube: The Karen Clark
We have enough to worry about with the pandemic, but now there’s one more thing. Starting in 2021, debt collectors will be able to reach out to you on social media, via text message and email. These new rules were established by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Here’s the good news: You still have rights. […]
A school in Minnesota is apologizing after video showing cafeteria workers throwing away hot lunches for students and replacing them with cold lunches. This was done to students who had a lunch balance of $15 or more. Approximately 40 students were affected. The school is apologizing because they say procedure wasn’t followed. School officials say […]
We’ve heard the crazy stories about other states that humiliate kids when they have lunch debt. Recently, one school system threatened to put kids in foster care if their parents didn’t pay off lunch debt. So, have you wondered what happens to kids in the Triangle and surrounding areas when they have school lunch debt? […]
The start of 2019 is not a good look for Toni Braxton. Her financial world is crumbling again, and she just can’t seem catch a break when it comes to the IRS. After calling it quits with her former fiance, Birdman, Braxton is reportedly close to nearly half a million dollars in back taxes. The […]
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.…
Fathers in prison facing high debt over unpaid child support payments will have the opportunity to "press pause" with a new program.
50 Cent’s reasoning for his recent bankruptcy filing is another business move to keep his assets safe, E! News reports. The rapper and business mogul…
African-American students are paying a big price when it comes to achieving higher education; according to a new report, Blacks acquire the most student loan debt. The National…
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…
A huge reminder to musicians, pay your taxes and your debts, otherwise you could lose a lot more than your bargain for. P-Funk legend George “Atomic Dog” Clinton has to fork over copyrights to four songs from his extensive catalog to a law firm he owes over $1 million. The law firm Hendricks & Lewis […]
It looks like selling his NBA Championship ring might have done the trick. Former NBA player Antoine Walker is done with his bankruptcy proceedings. Walker owed the government $12.7 million after having made a reported $110 million during his career in the NBA. He was discharged from bankruptcy by a federal judge last week. One […]
