Blog Posts
Bloomberg: Keep the Stimulus Talks Going
October 7, 2020Bloomberg Television asked me about the breakdown in stimulus talks in Washington, the week after Up From Nothing came out. Ending those talks with millions of families still hurting was cruel. I also gave the Federal Reserve credit for injecting stability and confidence into the economy when it nee
Squawk Box: How Much Relief the Economy Needs
July 31, 2020With coronavirus relief negotiations stalled in Washington, CNBC’s Squawk Box asked me what the country needed to spend to keep the economy standing. My view: relief is not charity. It is a bridge that keeps working families and small businesses intact until the economy can carry them again. S
expediTIously With T.I.: Building Wealth
July 30, 2020T.I. invited me onto his podcast, expediTIously, for an hour and a half on building wealth. We covered Operation HOPE, real estate, credit and ownership. Tip has a real following among young people who need to hear that wealth is not a mystery. It is a set of rules anyone can learn. Source: expediTI
Squawk Box: Reopening and Minority-Owned Businesses
June 24, 2020As small businesses began reopening into a new normal, CNBC’s Squawk Box asked me how minority-owned businesses were faring in the real economy. Many had no banking relationship to lean on when the relief money came. They were the last in line for help and the first to close. That is a problem
World Affairs Council of Atlanta: His Name Was George Floyd
June 5, 2020Days after George Floyd was killed, the World Affairs Council of Atlanta asked me to speak about racial inequality in America. COVID-19 had already shown us who lacked health care, savings and a safety net. His death put the rest of it in front of the whole world. I founded Operation HOPE after Los
Roland Martin Unfiltered: Reopening, and Getting Your PPP Money
May 19, 2020I joined Roland Martin to talk about what reopening would mean for small businesses: the legal questions, and the need for a COVID-compliant workplace. We also talked about the Paycheck Protection Program. My message to Black business owners was blunt. Stop complaining about the process and go get y
Climate Action News: What the Corona Crisis Can Teach Us
May 8, 2020We Don’t Have Time asked me to open its Climate Action News One-on-One series with a question that was on everyone’s mind that spring: what can the coronavirus crisis teach us about facing the climate crisis? Both are tests of whether we prepare before the storm or pay for it after. And
John Hope Bryant Recognized in 2020 Notable Georgians Listing
January 7, 2020From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant. ATLANTA – January 7, 2020 – John Hope Bryant, founder, chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Operation HOPE, Inc., has …
Squawk Box: Americans Hate a Gamed System, Not Rich People
December 10, 2019With the 2020 race heating up, CNBC’s Squawk Box asked me what investors and voters were really looking for. Americans don’t hate rich people. They hate a gamed system. Show people a fair path to the middle class and to ownership, and the anger goes away. Source: CNBC Squawk Box, Decembe
Squawk Box: A Stronger Economic Model at HOPE Global Forum 2019
May 31, 2019CNBC’s Squawk Box asked me about the 2019 HOPE Global Forum, where business leaders gathered to work on a stronger, more sustainable economic model. The goal is simple to say and hard to do: an economy where rising prosperity reaches more people. When it does, everybody, including the people a