Dr.Stacey Pearson-Wharton

A few weeks ago, I went to a Women's Wealth Builders live event. The room was full of serious investors: Black women who own office buildings and multifamily properties, who invest in tech and venture capital. They were impressive. Me? I don't know the first thing about any of it. If there's a category below “novice,” that's where I live. And still, I felt completely at home. That surprised me at first. But the more I sat with it, the more it made sense. I wasn't at home because I understood...

Gallup has spent decades studying what makes employees engaged and productive at work. After surveying millions of workers across industries and countries, they landed on something deceptively simple: people do their best work when they know what is expected of them, have the resources to do it, are recognized for doing it well — and have a best friend at work. That last one catches people off guard. A best friend? At work? In a professional setting? Yes. And it turns out it matters more than...

Juneteenth is more than a holiday. It is a heartbeat, a reminder, a call to memory. It is the day we honor the moment when the last enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas finally learned they were free—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a day that asks us to remember our history, to honor our ancestors, and to recognize the brilliance that has carried us through every storm. And Lord knows, we have weathered storms. In a time when white supremacy and xenophobia are...