Alfredo Ortiz

Community banks may pay a heavy price for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. But the nation's smallest banks bear no responsibility for recent financial fiasco.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen delivered a lot of spin before the Senate Finance Committee this week. Yellen spoke about Silicon Valley Bank and President Joe Biden's budget.

Black History Month is observed in February and the focus is often on activism. Instead, we should look at entrepreneurship as a proven pathway to economic and personal success.

When we look at Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream for America it creates racial progress by uniting us, not dividing us. Capitalism and the free market are the way to bring us together.

Inflation is creating major problems for America's small businesses and they are confronted by other hurdles. Our plan will give entrepreneurs the help they need to thrive.

On Friday, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act. They should not approve this bill to pass.

Team Biden has been working hard this week to spin the bad economic news they knew was coming from the Commerce Department. Bu it's clear now the U.S. is in recession.

Historic inflation is not mainly a result of Russia's war in Ukraine, and the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes may cause a recession.

At Tuesday night's State of the Union address, President Biden will no doubt try to distract from his failures at home by focusing on Russia's war in Ukraine abroad.