According to CNBC, Black American spending power reached a record $1.6 trillion in 2021.
Category: Opinion
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: It’s time to punish those involved in street takeovers
Spectators watch a street takeover in Compton in 2023. Columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson is calling for a law enforcement task force to respond to the scene of street takeovers in time to impound vehicles and arrest participants.
ON THE MONEY: Distressed sellers boost market for wise investors
In addition to focusing on stocks and real estate, shrewd investors watch the Consumer Confidence Index.
STREET BEAT: Do you think there will ever be reparations for slavery?
Lance Wedlock Long Beach “No. They’re already trying to hide the history of slavery. If they gave reparations, that would open up a whole new […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Presidential debates usually don’t change voters’ minds
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Writer In 1987, former President Richard Nixon had a late life reflection on what went right and wrong in his […]
State must help Blacks participate in the greening of California
By Taylor Jackson Guest Columnist California must act now to confront today’s Black job crisis. The Bureau of Labor Statistics last year reported that 90% […]
Predicting the future through polls and credit scores
By Teri Williams Contributing Columnist What do credit scores and polls have in common? Both are used to predict the future. Polls seek to predict […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: LAPD needs response teams that prevent deaths
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist “Mental illness should not be your ticket to death.” That is what one grieving parent told a phalanx of reporters a […]
STREET BEAT: ‘What are you looking forward to this summer?’
Rickie Miller Los Angeles “Concerts, music festivals, barbeques, stuff like that.” Collin Stevens Inglewood “The warm weather finally and the longer days and just […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Photographed driving while Black or brown
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Imagine the shock I got when I opened my mail not long ago and found a moving violation traffic […]