By Wesley Brown, Arkansas Black Vitality Publisher June 30, 2025 – As the U.S. Senate considers approving the budget reconciliation process for President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” the nation’s leading healthcare providers warn that the nearly 1,000-page legislation to make many of the tax breaks from Trump’s first term permanent could cause millions of Americans […]
By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff May 26, 2025 – President Trump reacted angrily to Walmart’s first-quarter earnings report, in which the Bentonville-based retailer said it intends to raise prices later this month on some grocery items due to ongoing tariffs and the administration’s trade war with China. During the company’s May 15 conference call with […]
By Wesley Brown Republicans back Trump’s $5 trillion BBL, critics say 1100-page-plus bill could put the nation’s $5 trillion deficit on the backs of the next generation By Wesley Brown – May 25, 2025 – As most Americans prepare for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend, Congress is poised to adopt a 1,116-page omnibus bill that […]
Rod West joins small bench of Black CEOs for publicly traded companies with revenues exceeding $1 billion By Arkansas Black Vitality Staff March 14, 2025 – A former Entergy Corp. executive responsible for the operational and financial performance of the company’s five utilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas was named the nation’s newest Black […]