Andre Perry

Black Business Registrations Increase During COVID Pandemic

Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJune 17, 2021

Andre Perry, a Brookings Institution fellow, told the Times that some of the surge in Black business registrations could be a signal of personal economic trouble. “This is more about survival than it is about wealth creation. There’s lots of people who have lost their jobs and lost their businesses. People are starting to realize that side hustles are businesses,” Perry said.

National News

Walmart Heirs’ Money Influences Black Charter Schools Debate

Sally Ho, Associated PressJanuary 3, 2019

The Walton family, as one of the leading supporters of America’s charter school movement, is spreading its financial support to prominent and like-minded Black leaders, from grassroots groups focused on education to mainstream national organizations such as the United Negro College Fund and Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, according to an Associated Press analysis of tax filings and nonprofit grants data.