Saw this web ad today. Has the tobacco industry engaged in some very questionable tactics to hook consumers on buying their product AND BEEN CALLED OUT ON IT NATIONALLY? Yes. Despite all of that, do people still make the conscious decision to get their smoke on?
The New York Times, along with other publications have recently been talking up the latest study that suggests that racial bias is playing a major role in high Black unemployment. Here is a clip from the NY Times article. Similarly, Barry Jabbar Sykes, 37, who has a degree in mathematics from Morehouse College, a historically […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The White House unveiled Thursday the first hard data on how many jobs the $787 billion recovery act has created. So far, 30,383 jobs have been created by companies that have gotten $2.2 billion worth of stimulus contracts directly from the federal government. That equates to $71,500 per job based on […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The stimulus spend-a-thon was nothing more than one big PR stunt to convince folks that the government can single-handedly create jobs where their was no market demand. Foolishly, too many people stood in line for this kool-aide to top all other kool-aides only to find out it was nothing more than flavorless, colored sink water. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Randi Payton is the President & CEO of On Wheels Media. His company produces the magazine “African-Americans On Wheels”. Here is what he said recently in a NY Times article. “In many cases, the Big Three have provided more support to minority businesses, nonprofits’ causes and media than the federal government. Many of its minority […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know folks out there are excited about our country having the first Black President, but you still have to be careful not to simply repeat talking points from the White House without challenging them. I was on one site yesterday afternoon and folks have fully accepted the claim that the economy is “recovering”. Huh? […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you view government or industries not created by us as some form of salvation for Black people, Jesse Jackson wants you. “We must now save the entire industry from itself,” Jackson said as part of the keynote address Sunday night at the Detroit NAACP’s 54th Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner at Cobo Center. “We […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The other day, I talked about how Black farmers (who were held up as props during the Presidential campaign) are now getting shafted. Today we turn our attention to Miss Henrietta Hughes. From CNN After her plea, Hughes was given a free home to live in temporarily. But she is still struggling to find a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
CaribWorldNews, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. April 9, 2009: Clerks and nurses aids comprise a large percentage of Caribbean workers who have migrated to the U.S., according to an analysis of the Census Bureau’s American Community sample Survey. A New York Times break down of immigrants and the jobs they do reveal that immigrants from the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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