When Fonta Gilliam joined the foreign service out of school, she didn’t expect it would lead her to entrepreneurship. But after seeing community lending in practice throughout her work in East Asia ...

It’s like karmic cash. You get as good as you give. And Marie Lumen Clersaint is Brooklyn’s reigning queen of sou-sous — an informal savings club popular among Caribbean and African immigrants. When ...

Southern Oregon University has suffered a series of financial crises in recent years. This latest is a collision of multiple factors, including what President Rick Bailey calls inadequate state ...

SOU’s current budget is about $71 million, but President Rick Bailey says they need to work toward a $60 million budget. SOU’s fiscal crisis is a collision of multiple factors, including what Bailey ...

Promoters of illegal “sou-sou” pyramid schemes, some using the Black Lives Matter movement to snare victims, want Black folks to believe their participation is for a good cause. To do this, promoters ...