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Briefings on wealth, ownership, labor, AI, policy, sports,
entertainment, media and business shaping Black economic futures.

Editorial illustration of a Caribbean resort, a cruise ship, and a document showing a proposed 50–50 ownership split between Stewart interests and Royal Caribbean.

Diaspora Markets

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Royal Caribbean Is Paying $3 Billion for Half of Sandals. The Bigger Story Is Who Owns Caribbean Tourism.

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Black community lender reviews financing documents in an office overlooking neighborhood businesses, with the U.S. Treasury building in the distance.

September 23, 2026

Nearly $300 Million for Community Lenders Could Disappear September 30. What Happens to the Credit Behind It?

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Protect College Sports Act: The Fight Over Media Money, NIL and Conference Realignment

September 20, 2026

The Florida College Sports Fight Is Really About Media Money and Control

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September 19, 2026

Porsha Williams’ Fibroid Emergency Points to a Bigger Economic Cost for Black Women

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Conceptual scene linking film production through a streaming control room to Black viewers at home, with a headline about MACRO buying ALLBLK.

September 18, 2026

MACRO Bought ALLBLK. The Bigger Prize Is the Direct Relationship With Black Viewers.

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Culture Economy

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Culture Economy

September 19, 2026

Porsha Williams’ Fibroid Emergency Points to a Bigger Economic Cost for Black Women

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Colin Kaepernick and Jay-Z representing protest, cultural influence and institutional control in the NFL.

Culture Economy

September 18, 2026

Kaepernick Says Jay-Z Gave the NFL Something It Couldn’t Own: Black Cultural Legitimacy

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Black Memphis pitmaster tending barbecue ribs inside a multigenerational restaurant, with sauce bottles, shipping boxes and business documents representing ownership, distribution and succession.

Culture Economy

September 9, 2026

Memphis Barbecue Has Deep Black Roots. Who Owns the Business It Became?

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Wealth & Ownership

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Congolese mining workers with a transparent 5% share certificate and corporate boardroom in the background.

Congo Wants Mining Workers to Own 5%. The Real Fight Is Whether That Equity Comes With Power.

Black investment executives review acquisition documents for a professional basketball franchise, broadcast infrastructure and media intellectual property after BlackSun Private Equity raised $1 billion for Mega Fund I.

BlackSun Raised $1 Billion for Sports and Media. Now Comes the Real Ownership Test

AI & Work

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Researcher leaves a glass-walled AI lab as a forfeited equity document sits beside active model-development screens, illustrating questions about ownership, capital, risk, and control in the AI race.

Jacob Coxon Quit Anthropic Over AI Risk. He Also Walked Away Before His Equity Vested

September 10, 2026 No Comments

Lagos ride-hailing driver beside his car holding an inactive ride app as city transportation continues, illustrating the gap between asset ownership and market control.

Uber Left Nigeria and Uganda. The Drivers Owned the Cars, Not the Market.

September 3, 2026 1 Comment

Policy to Pocket

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Nearly $300 Million for Community Lenders Could Disappear September 30. What Happens to the Credit Behind It?

September 23, 2026 1 Comment

Memphis community relief station using generators, fuel, food coolers and emergency equipment after a major storm caused widespread power outages.

Memphis Lost Power. Black Communities Supplied the Backup System Themselves.

September 7, 2026 No Comments

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Royal Caribbean Is Paying $3 Billion for Half of Sandals. The Bigger Story Is Who Owns Caribbean Tourism.

A Caribbean-built hospitality empire is entering a $3 billion partnership with a global cruise giant. The Stewart family retains half the business, but the deal raises a larger question about…

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African telecom engineers work at a modern network facility as U.S.-backed financing supports Africell infrastructure expansion, raising questions about technology ownership and control.

September 11, 2026

U.S. Lends Africell Nearly $100M. Africa Faces a Bigger Ownership Question

The U.S. is financing nearly $100 million for Africell to buy American and allied telecom technology. But shifting suppliers does not answer Africa’s larger question: who will own more of the…

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Digital world map comparing Mercator distortion with a more accurate equal-area view of Africa after a UN vote on global map standards.

September 8, 2026

UN Votes to Correct Africa’s Size on World Maps as U.S. Casts Only No Vote

Africa won overwhelming UN support for maps that better reflect its true geographic scale. But changing the map raises a bigger question: who controls the information systems that decide how…

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Brazilian lithium mine beside Quilombola community land with a georeferenced boundary map illustrating the dispute over mining rights, land control and community consultation.

September 6, 2026

A Black Brazilian Community Challenged a Lithium Mine. Then the Court Stopped Operations.

A Brazilian court halted operations at Sigma Lithium’s only producing mine after a challenge involving a nearby Quilombola community. The bigger economic question is what happens when…

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