2004 HONOREES Lishan Aklog Catrise L. Austin Kenneth W. Austin Sylvia C. Bass Rhahime Bell Roslyn M. Brock Jodi Brockington Kevin D. Carr Karen Chambers Yvette D. Clarke Maurice L. Co

As plans accelerate for expansion of New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and construction of a new football stadium for the New York Jets, African-American business advocates fear mino

On April 27, 1994, the unimaginable happened in South Africa: South Africans of all races voted together in national elections, toppling 48 years of oppressive white minority rule. There was no euphor

Almost every day there is an announcement of another corporate layoff. Thousands of jobs are being cut each month. This has been going on for well more than 10 years, with no clear end in sight. The t

My talk today is on having the right perspective. Sometimes we need people to help us see better and people to give us perspective. Around 1968, at the American Psychological Association convention i

The Women’s Institute for Financial Education offers a bumper sticker on its Web site (www.wife.org) designed to encourage women to take control of their finances and their future. It reads: “A ma

Real estate is one of the surest ways for individuals to change their financial destiny. For one thing, property usually appreciates in value.  With real estate you can create cash flow through rent.

There is a weak pulse at the Harlem-based Black United Fund of New York (BUFNY), but the long-standing charitable organization is perhaps breathing its last. “For all intents and purposes, BUFNY is

When he was 5 years old, Bryant Scott McBride left inner-city Chicago for Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada, with his mother and Irish-Canadian stepfather. He liked his new home. Never mind that the

Tune into your favorite professional sports channel on any given day and you’re bound to see a plethora of Black faces. For the most part, they are competing on the field or on the hardwood. Sometim

Dear Editor:As someone who is entering the fashion industry, the article, “Starting at the Top: Edward Wilkerson” (March/April 2004) by Cheryl Ann Wadlington gave me a lot of insight into the stru

Mary A. Winston Mary A. Winston was appointed chief financial officer for Scholastic Corp. Winston joined Scholastic in February to strengthen the company’s capital allocation, cash flow and overall

A provocative new technology is driving widespread changes in the consumer packaged goods industry. Known as radio-frequency identification, or RFID, the technology uses small, wireless chips to repla

It’s summer again, a time when many people of African descent are lax about the care of their skin. Susan C. Taylor, M.D., a leading dermatologist, says care is needed year round. About five years a

If you want to see what Melvin Van Peebles went through to make the movie that spawned Independent Black Cinema—and, ironically, the “Blaxploitation” genre exemplified by Shaft, Superfly and Fox

What has happened to our culture, civilization, ourselves, that we seem hell-bent on self-destruction, embracing every notion that is designed to diminish or destroy authentic life? While we destroy t

Most of us have seen some wildly successful person being profiled on television and wondered what they had that we didnt. How many times have we heard Oprahs rags-to-riches story, admired the politica

United Effort to Curb Tobacco Use Among Blacks The American Legacy Foundation, which focuses on the prevention and cessation of tobacco use, announced a $4.5 million, three-year grant to a coalition o