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Cover of premiere issue of BLACK WALL STREET ECONOMY.

September 2026

premiere issue of BLACK WALL STREET ECONOMY.

Black money, Black ownership, and the real economics behind building lasting wealth, stronger businesses, and a modern Black Wall Street.

Digital buyers read the full issue online and can download or print it. Print copies are mailed within the United States.

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Editor’s note

Welcome to the premiere issue of Black Wall Street Economy.

This publication was created with a simple but urgent purpose: to move the conversation about Black economics beyond slogans and into strategy.

For generations, we have talked about supporting Black businesses, circulating the Black dollar, creating generational wealth, and rebuilding the spirit of Black Wall Street. Those conversations matter. But if we are serious about building a stronger economic future, we must also be willing to ask harder questions.

Are our businesses competitive?

Are our entrepreneurs getting access to capital?

Are we building companies that can scale?

Are we creating jobs, acquiring property, winning contracts, controlling supply chains, and developing institutions that can survive beyond one generation?

And perhaps most importantly, are we building an economy that actually serves the people we say it is designed to empower?

Black Wall Street Economy exists to examine those questions without fear, favoritism, or empty celebration.

We will recognize success, but we will also examine the numbers behind it.

We will celebrate Black ownership, but we will also challenge Black businesses to compete, innovate, provide value, and become stronger.

We will talk about capital, banking, entrepreneurship, real estate, technology, procurement, investing, manufacturing, consumer spending, and the circulation of money within our communities.

Our goal is not simply to tell readers to buy Black.

Our goal is to help build an environment where buying Black makes economic sense, investing in Black businesses creates opportunity, and Black owned companies have the resources to compete anywhere in the marketplace.

The original Black Wall Street was more than a collection of businesses. It represented an economic ecosystem. Businesses supported other businesses. Professionals served their communities. Property was owned. Money circulated. Institutions were created.

That spirit remains relevant today, but the modern economy requires a modern strategy.

This magazine will be part news publication, part economic watchdog, part business resource, and part conversation about where we go next.

Some of the stories we publish may be uncomfortable.

That is intentional.

Economic progress requires more than encouragement. It requires accountability, information, competition, cooperation, and a willingness to change strategies that are not working.

The premiere issue represents the beginning of that conversation.

Black Wall Street does not have to exist only as a memory of what once was.

It can become a blueprint for what comes next.

Welcome to Black Wall Street Economy.

Thomas Ford Editor

Inside this issue

  1. 1

    Black Founders Raised Hundreds of Millions in 2026, But One Company Distorts the Picture

    Black business

    Black founded startups have raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital in 2026, but a closer look at the numbers shows that the apparent rebound is far less broad th

  2. 2

    Where Black Entrepreneurs Are Actually Finding Money in 2026

    Entrepreneurship

    The conversation about Black business financing often begins and ends with venture capital.

  3. 3

    Black Women Are Building Businesses Faster Than Capital Is Reaching Them

    Black business

    Black women are becoming one of the most powerful forces in American entrepreneurship, but the money needed to build, expand and sustain those businesses is still not reaching them

  4. 4

    Black Economic Culture Disaster: When Supporting the Culture Becomes Too Expensive for the Culture

    Entrepreneurship

    Black owned businesses frequently tell Black consumers to support the culture.

  5. 5

    Brio and BRTN Are Building a Minority-Owned Media Alternative — But Will the Community Support It?

    Technology

    A new partnership between Brio, a Black-owned media company, and BRTN, the Broadcast Television and Radio Network, is attempting something Black America has talked about for decade

  6. 6

    Where Black America Can Thrive: 10 U.S. Cities That Stand Out for Safety, Economics and Diversity

    Community development

    For Black and minority families considering where to live, work, invest and build generational wealth, the question is bigger than simply finding a city with a large Black populati

  7. 7

    Talarico's Economic Vision: A New American Dream for Workers SUMMARY: State Representative Talarico is promoting an economic platform focused on workers and affordability, aiming to redefine the "American Dream." This agenda seeks to address financial challenges faced by many, with potential impl

    Housing

  8. 8

    The Black Church and Economic Empowerment

    Housing

    The Los Angeles Sentinel recently posed a critical question about the Black Church's continued relevance, prompting a vital discussion on its evolving role within the community. Th