I have been known to speak out frequently against financial predators and the prominent figures who endorse them. Russell Simmons, BET, Magic Johnson, the Kardashians, and Suze Orman are just a few who have been on the receiving end of...

Right now there are men and women overseas who are wearing protective gear and camouflage not because they want to make a fashion statement, but because at any moment there could be someone who has the desire to kill them and this gear can save their life. Every second these...

"General Motors Co. next month will lay off 104 workers at its Flint Engine Plant as the company sends engine work for the Buick Encore to Korea." Detroit News, March 7, 2013

This may just seem like a headline in a newspaper to you, but imagine if you were one...

"General Motors Co. next month will lay off 104 workers at its Flint Engine Plant as the company sends engine work for the Buick Encore to Korea." Detroit News, March 7, 2013

This may just seem like a headline in a newspaper to you, but imagine if you were one...

"General Motors Co. next month will lay off 104 workers at its Flint Engine Plant as the company sends engine work for the Buick Encore to Korea." Detroit News, March 7th 2013

This may just seem like a headline in a newspaper to you, but imagine if you were one...

I love Brooklyn, N.Y. I love the community and all that lies within it. The people, the businesses, the architecture, the history, the parks, the culture... all have captured my heart. Yes, my first love will always be my hometown Detroit, but for the past 13 years I have become...

"I don't make enough money to save."

This statement is arguably the most powerful statement an individual can make as it relates to their finances. The one who makes a statement such as this has already thrown up the white flag in their quest to move forward economically. It is...

I was in the auto shop one day and overheard two mechanics arguing over the best method to fix a car. From the loud discussion it was clear there were two main problems -- neither the fan belt nor the engine was functioning properly.

The first mechanic felt the...

If you are going to chart the progress of your weight loss during a diet, you must first start by facing the music and stepping on the scale. Before you determine where you are going you must know your starting point. The same applies for your finances. Arguably, it is...

If you were walking down the street and you saw a check cashing store, a corner store loaded with pre-debit cards for sale, a Rent-A-Center, a payday loan facility, or a tax shop pushing refund anticipation loans, would you think you were in Beverly Hills, California? Of course not! The...

It's no fun being poor. It seems as if our society mandates through what we see on television that only those who have money can smile and have a good time. Well, today, I want to dispel this false notion for those who are working poor...this class of people that...

The year 2012 was a very exciting year for politics. We witnessed a rigorous presidential campaign with a presidential debate which received the highest television ratings in history for a program of its kind. It didn't make a difference if you were Democrat, Independent, or Republican... millions each morning and...

Why is it that many parents do not take the time to teach their kids principles of financial literacy? Perhaps it is because they haven't really learned the principles themselves? Perhaps they feel these principles cannot be understood by a child? Both perceptions are inaccurate, so over the next few...

With all the media chatter about "Kim-YE" I thought it appropriate to discuss our own personal relationships. Yes... we all know that Kim and Kanye West are both multimillionaires, but do you know the financial picture of the person you are dating?

Money should never be a divider in relationships...

So I am walking home, and right around the corner from where I live I had to stop and pause. On all four corners in my neighborhood I saw slow death food that you shouldn't order without a side of angioplasty. I had to take my camera phone...

As the election comes to a conclusion we sit within a country divided. A little more than half are excited about the victory of Barack Obama, and a little less than half are disappointed their candidate of choice lost. However, in light of the fervor this election has sustained for...

Usually when candidates run for political office, any office, they run because they believe they can make a positive change. Romney stated he wants to make "Big Change!" However, over the past seven years that he has run for office, he has indicated that he actually doesn't want to create...

I Can't Wait to Go Back to Prison!

After watching all presidential election debates this year, I was amazed that not once did the topic of mass incarceration come up in any of them. Check these stats out:

• The United States of America holds around 5 percent...

I have grown weary of the endless empty rhetoric regarding what we can do about the gun violence that occurs throughout communities, especially within urban communities where oftentimes the climate resembles a war zone. After looking at the statistics of deaths caused by guns in the US I can only...

If you have ever seen a crack/drug house in a neighborhood, there is nothing nice about it. I remember when I was around 12 years old in Detroit there was one that sprung up near my grandmother's home that we could actually see through the back window. We used to...