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Report: Companies Owned by Women of Color Account for 89 Percent of All New Women-Owned Businesses
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Report: Companies Owned by Women of Color Account for 89 Percent of All New Women-Owned Businesses

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentMarch 12, 2020

The annual report, based on U.S. Census Bureau data adjusted by Gross Domestic Product data, found that women-owned businesses continue to trend above all others. Over the past five years, the number of women-owned businesses increased by 21 percent, while all enterprises increased by only 9 percent.

Report Reveals How the NCAA Shortchanges Black Men 
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Report Reveals How the NCAA Shortchanges Black Men 

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent April 4, 2019

A  new issue brief from the Center for American Progress (CAP), a Washington D.C.-based a nonpartisan research and educational institute, paints a vivid portrait of how college athletics distort the reality of black male experiences on college campuses and raises significant concerns about racial equity in college admissions and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).