by Louis Deas | Oct 11, 2016 | Bryant Writing | OpEds, John Hope Bryant Authored, The Silver Rights Movement
Photo: APK, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Treasury commemorated the legacy of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company with the renaming of a building—a rare occurrence on the White House campus. Established by President...
by Louis Deas | Sep 13, 2016 | Bryant Writing | OpEds, John Hope Bryant Authored
Take a look around—there are more check cashers and payday lenders in America than there are Starbucks! And, today, a person does not have to be poor and destitute to be targeted by the predatory lending sector. The ‘teetering class’—the 63% of Americans that say...
by Louis Deas | Aug 9, 2016 | Bryant Writing | OpEds, John Hope Bryant Authored
Today, the impact of income and wealth disparity in America manifests in all areas of our society. Poverty is different now, and the condition of poverty is spreading into the bone and marrow of this country, putting the entire capitalist and free enterprise system at...
by Louis Deas | Jul 26, 2016 | Bryant Writing | OpEds, John Hope Bryant Authored
Photo: IlyaTMonroe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons There has never been a riot by a 700-credit-score community in American history. Only 500-credit-score communities riot. Traditionally, these have been urban, inner-city, left behind black and brown communities,...
by Louis Deas | Jul 12, 2016 | Bryant Writing | OpEds, John Hope Bryant Authored
Some of the most profound words spoken on financial inclusion are attributable to Andrew Young, former mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He says: To live in a system of free enterprise yet not understand the rules of free enterprise, must be...
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