Law & Finance
How U.S. Bank Measures Engagement With The LGBTQ Community
The LGBTQ community has made great strides in the past few decades, yet one area that’s still a struggle is financial equity. U.S. Bank is hoping to change that. They recently conducted a “LGBTQ+ Financial Landscape insights” study designed to help organizations and advocates gain a greater understanding of the financial struggles the LGBTQ community…
New BIPOC-Owned Credit Union Coming To North Minneapolis
Residents of Hennepin and Ramsey counties are on course to receive a game-changing new development — the first Black-led community credit union in North Minneapolis called Arise Community Credit Union. “This will be the first Black-led community credit union. There have been church-led unions before but this is the first community one,” says Debra Hurston,…
From The Editor: Let’s Talk About Money
A wise person once said that you should never talk about money. That wise person is right. However, this issue does talk about money in various ways. For one, we discuss economic power and investment. Not just for our community. When we consider BIPOC communities, there will always be discussion on how to overcome institutional…
Gold Title – 50 YEARS LATER, A STITCH IN TIME STILL SAVES TITLE IX
The Federal law known as Title IX is often misunderstood. Actually, the federal law known as Title IX is often under-understood. Most people could sum up their comprehension of Title IX as something like this: “Yeah, Title IX, something about women in sports, schools or something, something about the something-something, now shaddup and let me…
A Phoenix From the Ashes
Discrimination against the LGBTQ+ persists in home buying and renting, but groups like the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance are working to change that. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the LGBTQ+ Real Estate Alliance grew into an authority on all things concerning housing and real estate within the LGBTQ+ community. After several years of…
Constant Inequity: A Look at Trans & BIPOC Workplace Discrimination
Workplace discrimination continues to impact marginalized people across the world and within our country. According to 2022 State of the Gender Pay Gap, released by Payscale, women now earn 82 cents to every dollar that men earn, a discrepancy that is only worsened for black, indigenous, and other people of color. And the LGBTQ population continues to…
Roya Moltaji Helps Seniors Keep Their Golden Years Shining Bright
Once upon a time, retirement planning typically consisted of working for a single company for your entire career, a gold watch and maybe a cake on your last day in the office, and a comfortable company pension to cover your expenses for the rest of your life. Nowadays, a huge percentage of people make a…
Coming Soon: Your 2021 Taxes – Be Prepared!
By E. B. Boatner with ROR Tax Professionals’ Larry Murphy, Enrolled Agent, and Mike Cassidy, Partner and Income Tax Specialist “Wait! It’s not that time of year,” you plead, “Not yet!” Ah, but now is the time, because, as the old song warned, “It’s later than you think.” And so Lavender has asked ROR Tax Professionals for some early…
From A to Zee: Our Rights Are Always on the Docket
Photo courtesy of BigStock/lucky-photographer Every June, LGBGTQ+ folk around the world join in celebrating our ability to be out and proud in many, but not all, aspects of our lives. However, here in the United States, June is also a very important month for another reason. It is the end of the Supreme Court’s term….
