Blog Posts
Yahoo Finance: How Financial Literacy Sets Students Up for Success
February 23, 2025Brad Smith of Yahoo Finance asked me why financial literacy belongs in every school. My answer: a young person who understands credit, saving and ownership has options that a young person without that knowledge will never see. Source: Yahoo Finance, February 23, 2025.
Funky Friday with Cam Newton: From Homelessness to Purpose
February 21, 2025Cam Newton gave me more than two and a half hours on Funky Friday. We went all the way back: South Central and Compton, the season I was homeless as a young man, and the decisions that turned that into a life’s work. Cam asks real questions, and his audience is exactly who I want […]
Excellence is the Only Path Forward
February 18, 2025From the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, John Hope Bryant. This past weekend, I had the profound honor of receiving the Candle Award at Morehouse College’s Candle in …
Keys to a New Beginning: The Power of Financial Literacy and HOPE
February 14, 2025When Ms. Brown first reached out to her loan officer, Ruth at Cadence Bank in Memphis, TN, she had one goal in mind—purchasing a home. However, with a credit score in the low …
Market Mondays: A Wealth Blueprint for the Next 10 Years
February 10, 2025I joined Troy Millings, Rashad Bilal and Ian Dunlap on Market Mondays for a wide-ranging episode on stocks, the S&P 500 and how to set up the next generation, including what it means to start kids investing early. Earn Your Leisure also posted my segment on credit scores as its own clip. If you
Finally Off the Rollercoaster: A Journey to Financial Stability
February 7, 2025For years, Cedric and Shavonta Hudson dreamed of homeownership, but the path to financial stability had been anything but smooth. Married since 1998, the couple moved across California, Arizona, and …
Driven by Ambitious Goals and Sacrifice, Homeowner Settles and Succeeds in San Diego
January 31, 2025Written by: Lisa Karel How do you purchase a home in one of the country’s most expensive real estate markets? That was the conundrum for Juliette, who moved to San Diego, …
Hope Must Answer: Leadership in a Divided World
The times we live in today are both challenging and familiar. From John Hope Bryant’s Unlocking Success newsletter.
Operation HOPE Announces Formation of Project Restore HOPE Los Angeles
January 30, 20255-Year Initiative Aimed at Addressing Immediate and Long-Term Needs for Individuals, Small Businesses and Communities Impacted by Recent LA-Area Wildfires ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Operation HOPE, a national nonprofit dedicated to helping low- …
80TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION TO FEATURE BLACK-JEWISH
January 29, 2025OŚWIĘCIM, Poland – A powerful moment of Black-Jewish solidarity will unfold this week as a distinguished group of Black leaders and activists from the U.S. embark on a four-day trip …