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How to Achieve Your Financial Freedom

Author and finance expert Ryan Mack gives tips on breaking free from financial burdens

In his new book, Living in the Village: Build Your Financial Future and Strengthen Your…

By Sheiresa Ngo

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What the FICO? Five Things to Avoid While Fixing Your Credit

How to get your credit back on track

There’s another word that’s been making its way to the top of the list and…

By BLACK ENTERPRISE

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Help! I’m Desperate to Get Rid of Debt!

I really want to get out of student loan debt. I’ve been paying on my…

By Sheiresa Ngo

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The 7 Deadly Sins of Money Management

Avoid these blunders to save your finances.

Avoid these blunders to save your finances.

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Counterpoint: Making the Case Against Money Disorders

Why your poor relationship with money may be deeper than you think

The dysfunctional relationship between some people and their money is not a money disorder. Instead,…

By Renita Burns

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The "forgetful" borrower. Don't be surprised when you lend money to a cousin or your favorite uncle and you never get it back. If you lend money to a family member, consider it a gift. Family members are usually the worst when it comes to repaying a loan. So when Christmas comes around and they find an empty box under the tree, say Christmas came early—when you “lent” them $200 earlier in the year.

6 Financial Deadbeats to Avoid

Make sure you don't turn into one

Make sure you don’t turn into one

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Soledad O’Brien on Why Some Black Families Struggle Financially

CNN's 'Black in America: Almighty Debt' host sheds light on the origin of our financial woes

“The impact of decades of slavery, Jim Crow and unfair hiring practices are still…

By Tomika Anderson

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Do Money Disorders Exist?

What it means to have a dysfunctional relationship with money

During one of our daily meetings, I brought up the topic of money disorders and…

By Sheiresa Ngo

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‘Black in America’ Shows One Pastor’s Determination to End Debt

Pastor DeForest Soaries installed a four-step wealth building program at his NJ church

Pastor Soaries says debt is equivalent to a kind of slavery
It all started seven years…

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Your problems with money could be deeper than you realize.

Could You Have a Money Disorder?

If money controls you, the reason could be deeper than a lack of willpower.

The act of shopping and spending money is a normal activity that we all in…

By Sheiresa Ngo

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