How Non-Profit Pockets Change Uses Hip Hop to Teach Financial Literacy
The non-profit group Pockets Change is using hip hop to bolster financial literacy among youths. Cheddar News reporter Michelle Castillo spoke to Andrea Ferrero-Haggerty, the executive director of Pockets Change, about her approach to teaching young people how to navigate their finances. "When I was stepping out of the house and heading off to college, there were a lot of things that I had to learn really fast by making mistakes, and I want more of our students to be able to unpack those money myths that permeate our communities," she said.
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Rite Aid’s plan to close more stores as part of its bankruptcy process could hurt access to medicine and care, particularly in some majority Black and Hispanic neighborhoods and in rural areas, experts say.
Taylor Swift's concert tour has dominated the box office in recent days and it's also the top-grossing concert film of all time here in the U.S. But a conversation on social media raised questions about movie etiquette and videos shared show film audiences singing, shining their phone flashlights and dancing in the aisles.
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