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September 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - For the owners of black businesses in the North that were established and thrived on the patronage…
September 9, 2011
OPINION - Perhaps the president's African-American critics expect too much when they demand that he explicitly mention black unemployment...
September 8, 2011
At 6 years old, he looked around his block in search of something that could be converted into a salable…
September 6, 2011
VIDEO - Last week investors received quite a few reports on the economy. Home prices rose by more than 1…
August 19, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Despite a city of mainly 'poor people,' luxury condominiums and apartments, live-where-you-work housing, new enterprise zones and…
August 7, 2011
OPINION - This does not bode well for the prospects of much of the jobless; people like me who have…
August 5, 2011
OPINION - Employment advocates maintain that unemployment discrimination could be illegal if there is a disparate impact on groups such…
July 13, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When government measures are still not enough to break-even on the monthly budget, many citizens have gotten…
July 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - For African-Americans the unemployment rate remained stubbornly steady at 16.2 percent...
July 7, 2011
OPINION - In many ways, tattoos for many people are evolving from expression to a quasi-form of cultural or even…
June 21, 2011
OPINION - There is evidence that black women's status as double minorities might actually afford us unique opportunities to avoid…
June 20, 2011
African American women are moving ahead in their lives and professional careers rapidly...
May 19, 2011
DETROIT (AP) - Don Barden, a prominent Detroit businessman involved in casinos, cable TV and real estate, has died, the…
May 4, 2011
The boards of directors of Fortune 500 companies still look pretty much how you'd expect: Primarily male, and primarily white...
April 21, 2011
Dealing with mean employees can heighten stress levels for you at work. When you're finding every excuse in the rule…
March 7, 2011
VIDEO - In February the unemployment rate fell to 8.9 percent - with strong job gains in manufacturing, business, services,…
March 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - African-American unemployment dipped to 15.3, while black teen unemployment declined sharply to 38.4 percent...
February 17, 2011
O.B. Nizam, an Altanta based hair care business owner, is in a trademark battle over the name of his product…
February 14, 2011
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Jackson, 82, was at the groundbreaking as one of the investors in the $2 billion, five-star…
February 11, 2011
CLUTCH - The 37-year-old model turned entrepreneur is enrolled in the Harvard Business School and is taking an executive education…