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From Tech Giants to MANGOS: A New ETF Trend Emerges

During the past month, the ETF market has seen a wave of excitement surrounding a concentrated group of companies. While investors still want exposure to the tech giants that have dominated the past few years, the successful launch of SpaceX in early June created widespread anticipation for planned IPOs like Anthropic and OpenAI. In response to […]

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Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; this new startup wants to fix that

Aseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator’s 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others.

Healthcare Coverage Drops By 5M After Medicaid, ACA Rollbacks

More than five million Americans lost health insurance coverage through Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplaces between early 2025 and early 2026. This issue is raising concerns about access to care for millions of low- and middle-income households across the United States, NBC News reports. The decline follows the expiration of pandemic-era federal policies that […]

Redemption Bank Launches Debit Card To Expand Economic Opportunity For Single Mothers

Tishaura O. Jones knows what it’s like to be the sole breadwinner of her family, and the importance of having financial help along the way. “When you solve the problems of Black single mothers, you solve everybody’s problems because there aren’t too many problems that Black single mothers experience that everybody doesn’t experience,” said Jones, […]

Bitcoin & the Risk-Off Rotation: What Advisors Should Watch

Bitcoin briefly traded down to US$58,000 this week before recovering convincingly, signalling meaningful resistance at the US$60,000 level alongside genuine buyer interest on dips. Two macro forces are weighing on digital assets. The first is an equity-led risk-off rotation: the Morningstar AI Index has fallen 6.1% over the past two days, pushing investors toward the […]

Billionaire Sheila Johnson’s Flagship D.C. Hotel Is In Talks To Rebrand As A Marriott Property: Report

Billionaire entrepreneur Sheila Johnson, the founder and CEO of Salamander Collection, a luxury hotel and hospitality company, is reportedly in discussions to rebrand the Salamander Washington DC as a Marriott property, according to the Washington Business Journal. The 373-room hotel, located along the city’s Southwest waterfront near the National Mall and Tidal Basin, has operated […]

Recent Supreme Court Decision Raises New Concerns About Voting Rights

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to Arkansas’ restrictions on who can assist voters at the polls — a move voting rights advocates say further weakens the federal Voting Rights Act and narrows legal action for combating discrimination at the ballot box. The court’s decision leaves in place a ruling […]

Milly Alcock delivers in a derivative ‘Supergirl’ film that pulls its punches

In an interview with IndieWire last week, “Supergirl” director Craig Gillespie said that the tone of his film will be very different from James Gunn’s “Superman” – the first film in Warner Bros. relaunch of the new DC Universe. Gillespie said audiences could expect less “Guardians of the Galaxy” and more Mad Max – “The […]

SDOG: The High Dividend ETF With More Perks

Investors love to have their cake and eat it too. That’s especially true when it comes to equity income investing. Experienced market participants know that with the right stocks, it’s possible to locate both above-average yields and steadily rising payouts. Some ETFs deliver both attractive traits under one roof. Just look at the ALPS Sector […]

June 25, 1773: The Holbrook Petition

The Massachusetts legislature formed a committee to review a freedom petition by Felix Holbrook and other enslaved Americans. By using the colonists’ own revolutionary rhetoric to expose the hypocrisy of slavery, the petition marked the first time an American governing body formally met to consider systemic emancipation. RELATED CONTENT: The Forgotten Story Of How Freed […]