Category: National

Minority and low-income students are less likely to have consistent access to effective teachers

This year the chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors,

In Prince George’s County, Maryland — one of the United States’ wealthiest majority-Black jurisdictions — the foreclosure crisis has hammered several solidly middle-class communities.

Toyota demonstrated their commitment to reach minority consumers, winning 10 out of 20 top honors during the Diversity Volume Leadership (DVL) Awards in Detroit, Mich., a few days before the North American International Auto Show opened to the public.

President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union address with the same finesse and style that first got him elected. In fact, he ended his hour-long speech to Congress and the nation Tuesday night with reference to his grassroots campaign eight years ago, and mentioned words such as “change” and “believe.”

As the number of unarmed African American shooting and murder victims continues to climb, at the hands of law enforcement officials, without any accountability, there is tremendous reason for concern; and to have those officers fail to be indicted, there is room for even more concern.

The financial services industry is a vast matrix of banks, credit and debit cards products, venture capital and mortgage companies, investment firms, and other financial institutions that compete to provide services to 326,346,200 people in the United States and millions more around the world.

Melvin Douglas Williams, the legendary drug kingpin and hustler who inspired the

Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own money and were locked out of their accounts, due to a computer glitch, leaving some unable to make rent payments, pay utility bills or buy groceries for their families.