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Fintech’s Success Reaching Minority Consumers Is Largely Unsung (Except by Rappers)

Payment applications like PayPal and Cash App have had remarkable success reaching minority communities who've historically been ignored by traditional banks.
By James Ledbetter

NYPD Faces Scrutiny Over How It Determines Who Is a Gang Member

The NYPD's gang database currently has roughly 17,600 individuals.
By Madina Toure

New York City Public Advocate Letitia James Backs Marijuana Legalization

One of New York City's top Democrats—and a rumored 2021 mayoral candidate—is putting pressure on Mayor Bill de Blasio to support marijuana legalization.
By Madina Toure
Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a civil rights icon, with Public Advocate James, who presented his award from the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect.

In New York, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Urges People to Get Into ‘Necessary Trouble’

By Madina Toure
Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte.

Bill to Loosen Wealth Restrictions for Women and Minority-Owned Firms Advances in Albany

By Madina Toure
People dressed in black clothes rally to support the Black Lives Matter movement on July 17, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. The rallies were organised in support of the Black Lives Matter following a spate of police shootings of African American people in the United States last week. The rallies are also aimed at highlighting Indigenous Australian deaths in custody. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder: Trump Wants to Return to the ‘Dark History of This Country’

By Madina Toure
Comptroller Stringer addresses minority- and women-owned business leaders at a roundtable at Chéri Harlem.

NYC Comptroller’s Office Studying Ways to Channel More City Dollars to Diverse Firms

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new vision for the city's MWBE program, with his senior MWBE adviser, Rev. Jonnel Doris, behind him.

New York City Says It Now Has 5,000 Certified Minority- and Women-Owned Businesses

By Madina Toure
Rev. Al Sharpton at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Sharpton Slams Trump’s ‘Advisory Commission on Election Integrity’

By Madina Toure
The city's Economic Development Corporation announced nearly $80 million in projects for three minority- and women-owned construction management firms.

Minority- and Women-Owned Firms Describe Mixed Progress Under de Blasio’s New Vision

By Madina Toure
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network Convention.

Eric Holder Rages Against ‘Un-American’ Voter ID Laws at Al Sharpton’s Convention

By Madina Toure
The city's Economic Development Corporation announced nearly $80 million in projects for three minority- and women-owned construction management firms.

City Plans to Award $80M in Contracts to Minority-, Female-Owned Construction Firms

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio in Albany.

De Blasio Pushing Albany to Give City Resources for Minority Businesses While Budget Deadline Looms

By Madina Toure
An International Women's Day rally in Washington Square Park.

‘Invisible No More’—Women’s Strike Rocks Manhattan

By Madina Toure
Harlem's famous jazz club the Apollo Theatre in the 1950s.

The Music Industry’s Long History of Dividing Blacks and Jews

By Justin Joffe
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new vision for the city's MWBE program, with his senior MWBE adviser, Rev. Jonnel Doris, behind him.

NYC Launches New Partnership Program For Minority and Female-Owned Firms

By Madina Toure
Arab-American activist Linda Sarsour and other activists at CAIR-NY's emergency rally against President Donald Trump's Muslim travel ban.

CAIR ‘Emergency Rally’ Against Trump’s Muslim Immigration Ban Rocks Washington Square Park

By Madina Toure
Minority- and women-owned businesses at an MWBE open house in the Bronx organized by the city's MWBE Office and the Department of Small Business Services.

NYC Program Will Have Big Corporations Mentor Women and Minority Entrepreneurs

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio announces a new vision for the city's MWBE program, with his senior MWBE adviser, Rev. Jonnel Doris, behind him.

City to Grant Minority and Women-Owned Firms $500K Credit Line Next Year

By Madina Toure
Comptroller Stringer addresses minority- and women-owned business leaders at a roundtable at Chéri Harlem.

Comptroller Says City Has to ‘Do a Lot of Work’ to Help Minority and Women Firms

By Madina Toure
Dr. Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, addresses reporters across the street from Trump Tower.

Jill Stein Demands Donald Trump End ‘Intimidation’ Against Vote Recount Efforts

By Madina Toure
Assemblyman Keith Wright, head of the Manhattan Democratic Party, left, and outgoing Manhattan Board of Elections Commissioner Alan Schulkin, right, at the party's emergency meeting Sunday.

Dems Move to Replace Elections Official Who Claimed Voter Fraud Rampant in NYC

By Madina Toure
President-elect Donald Trump with President Barack Obama yesterday.

De Blasio Administration Promises Muslims It Will ‘Fight Back’ Against Donald Trump

By Madina Toure
Protesters against Donald Trump's presidency chanted, "Not my president!" as they marched from Union Square to Trump Tower.

‘Not My President’ Protests Flood Manhattan Streets Night After Trump Victory

By Madina Toure
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