We are in a sun-lit conference room that shows off the magnificent mid-Manhattan panorama as only the upper floors of a corporate headquarters can.The public relations officer has just finished explai

In February, when the 107th Congress designated 2003 the Year of the Blues, it was mainly to commemorate composer and musician W. C. Handy’s notation of the music he heard one day while resting near

Perhaps you’ve heard the news. Nigeria successfully launched a satellite. NigerSAT-1 was one of six satellites launched in Russia in September as part of a $40 million Disaster Monitoring Constellat

Managers and executives with fewer than 24 months on the job be warned: Job-cutting employers are increasingly targeting you, according to the latest job-search statistics compiled by outplacement fir

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Thomas Flannery thinks it should be self-evident that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. “The reaction may not be obvious and it may not be immediate, but there will be a reac

As I write this, new government reports are proclaiming that with the economy growing 7.2 percent in the quarter ending Sept. 30, the longest hiring slump in 60 years may be over. While we are a long

When the Consumer Federation of America, BET.com and the Fannie Mae Foundation hosted a press conference in Washington, D.C., last November to discuss data culled from the Federal Reserve’s recent �

Don’t give money to anyone who promises to get you a tax refund or credit for slavery reparations, Social Security taxes, disabled access to pay telephones or any of the other scams that flourish du

When it comes to matching word to deed, you can count on the Black Retail Action Group Inc. (www.bragusa.org), a New York-based, not-for-profit organization that promotes the participation of minoriti

Neal Shoemaker speaks enthusiastically about sharing the rich cultural history of America’s most famous Black community with the millions of visitors who are eager to learn about the many different

Hoyt H. Harper II sealed his fate in the travel and hospitality industry when, at 24, he chose to go to Jamaica with a travel company rather than be a sales rep for IBM. Today, Harper, 48, is senior v

It used to be that the African-American experience in the hospitality industry was little more than shining shoes, working in the kitchen, doing laundry or carrying luggage. Today, African-Americans c

The Marriott Corp. is adding its world-renowned red logo to the Harlem landscape. It is the latest in a legion of top corporate brands to flock to an area considered New York City’s hottest resident

Dear Editor: I received a copy of the March/April issue of The Network Journal from a friend because I have been specializing in diversity placement of attorneys nationwide for several years. I wish

  Phil Andrews Phil Andrews was named public relations director for the African Atlantic Genealogical Society. Active in New York's Caribbean American/African-American communities for more than a

It may be hard to detect a geek just by looking at him or her, but you know one when you get within earshot. Geeks toss around terms like “double-data-rate RAM” and “disk defragger” as if they

Every year, glaucoma robs thousands of Americans, mostly African-Americans, of their eyesight. It doesn’t have to be that way, says Kevin C. Greenidge, M.D., MPH, FACS, chairman of the Department of

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The weeklong cruise organized by the Haiti Support Project is more than your typical summer sail from Miami to the Caribbean on a Royal Caribbean ship. Conceived in 2001, the Aug. 14-21, 2004, “Crui

(Part One of Two)  The largest post–World War II economic expansion, which occurred during the Clinton administration, was trumpeted as the vehicle that sent tens of thousands of African-Americans

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American Express donates $500,000 to Civil Rights Museum The National Institutes of Health awarded the New York University College of Dentistry a $100,000 grant to establish an intensive research tra