Immigrants Sending $45 Billion Home
(washingtonpost.com) Immigrant workers are sending more money than ever to their families in Latin America, but two new studies show that only a small portion of the billions of dollars directed there has gone to economic development.
A report released yesterday by the Inter-American Development Bank estimates that immigrants living in the [...]
From “African-American Entrepreneurship: The View from the 1910 Census” by Margaret Levenstein
(pdf file — download)
This was the first census to include a question on employment status (employer, own account, or employee) and is thus the first nationwide survey to include information about both business ownership and race. This study focuses on a period before the [...]
(eurweb.com) “CBS has ordered a pilot of a medical drama from executive producers, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. The drama series will be executive produced by CBS Paramount Network TV and Will Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment.
Based on an idea by Mr. & Mrs. Smith, the untitled drama is set at the Centers for Disease Control [...]
(blackenterprise.com) “New York-based urban development company Full Spectrum NY has landed an estimated $500 million deal to revitalize a stretch of downtown Jackson, Mississippi.
The Old Capitol Green project is expected to fill 2.5 million square feet of Jackson’s downtown area with residential, office, retail, and entertainment space, says Carlton A. Brown, chief operating officer of [...]
So the material girl finally got her way recently by winning a battle with charity workers over her adoption of a child from Malawi.
“(news.independent.co.uk) David Banda’s first year of life has been normal enough for Malawi. His mother died within days of giving birth to him, his elder brothers succumbed to malaria and his father, [...]
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(chicagodefender.com) Throughout the nation, prominent individuals such as Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children’s Defense Fund, and educational activist and author of Shame of the Nation, Jonathan Kozol, along with educators and parents agree that subsidizing public education through property tax is unfair. It is the contention of this movement’s supporters that too often [...]
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(AP) WASHINGTON – The nation’s population officially hit 300 million at 7:46 a.m. EDT Tuesday, when the Census Bureau’s population clock rolled over to the big number.
But there weren’t any wild celebrations, fireworks or any other government-sponsored hoopla to mark the milestone. Why bother? Many experts think the population actually hit 300 million [...]
(freep.com) “Detroit’s most influential black business leaders are coming together to combat a slowing Michigan economy by establishing a network of organizations called the African American Business Alliance.
The Booker T. Washington Business Association, the National Association of Black Automotive Suppliers, the Detroit Black Chamber of Commerce and the Black Women Contracting Association, which combined represent [...]
Remeber this?
NOAA PREDICTS VERY ACTIVE 2006 NORTH ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON – NOAA release
NOAA today announced to America and its neighbors throughout the north Atlantic region that a very active hurricane season is looming, and encouraged individuals to make preparations to better protect their lives and livelihoods. May 21-27 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
During a news [...]
Charters on Rise; Quality Unequal
Officials Told to Consider Closing Low-Performing Facilities
10/3/06 – Washington Post
The number of District charter schools has grown dramatically in the past 10 years, but the quality has been uneven, and officials should consider closing low-performing schools, according to findings in a study to be released today.
“The State of the District of [...]
This past Saturday I commented on a scheduled march to take place in Baltimore demanding $1 billion dollars for their failing school system. What I did not hear in any of the comments in the article was a greater demand for fiscal responsibility for the money they already have. In other words, with access to [...]
“There is no inherent reason for young black males to be suspended from school at significantly higher rates than white males. As a group, they are just as intelligent, they have just as much potential and desire to succeed as any other children. But the fact is, in Maryland last year more than 28,000 black [...]
First the news…
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The NAACP’s economic boycott of South Carolina may bother Gov. Mark Sanford and even hurt some minority businesses, but the civil rights group has no plans to end the sanctions before the confederate flag is taken off Statehouse grounds, NAACP Chairman Julian Bond said Friday.
Bond’s comments came one day after [...]
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