Financial literacy (understanding the language of money) is absolutely essential to living a successful and independent life. That is what we are all learning as a result of a global economic crisis. It is what what comes to be obvious, when you recognize that the U.S. economy, the largest in the wo...

AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THEPRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FINANCIAL LITERACY November 25, 2008 “We believe that the current economic crisis underscores the need to increase financial literacy among all Americans.  The President formed this Advisory Council for expressly that purpose.  We ar...

Written by Francis Taylor, Sentinel Staff Writer. See full article here. Throughout our history there have been individuals whose wisdom, vision, and results-orientation help deliver some of us to a new level of consciousness. We recognize them when we listen to them speak, observe the measurable co...

Non-Profit's Partnership With Los Angeles City Council Results in 12,020 Calls in Twenty Days Last week Operation HOPE, the organization I founded, and its HOPE Coalition America division in concert with the HOPE Banking Center Network, provided the public with an update on our Mortgage HOPE Crisis ...

By John Hope Bryant It has almost become a new sport for some to endlessly bash and criticize President George W. Bush. And while yes, naturally, as with any sitting President, there are important areas where the President and I don't necessarily agree, but I choose to focus on what on what we can a...