According to the National Association of Law Placement, 43 percent of all U.S. law firms do not have a single partner of color. Among the 7,846 attorneys practicing at five of the top law firms in t

Mellody Hobson was on stage and the audience was hanging on every word she spoke. “One of my missions is to make the stock market a topic of conversation at the dinner table in Black America,” dec

Ron Jordan is banking on his reputation as a skilled recruiter for the legal industry to change the world. He is a founding principal of Carter-White & Shaw LLC, an attorney placement and diversit

Two years ago they were 50.Today their number has swelled to more than 600. Once despairing victims of Rwanda’s infamous genocide, today they are entrepreneurs who have woven a success story with a

If you’re like most people, you probably happened into your first job. Very few of us actually choose our first positions. There’s nothing wrong with that, as long as you realize why you are worki

Rosa Parks took her first “stand” for civil rights just four months after the funeral of Emmett Till, the Chicago 14-year-old who was tortured then lynched by white men in Money, Miss., in the sum

There is no question in Jim Plotkin’s mind that hiring is the most important job for a supervisor. “How well you hire tells you how well your company will do,” says Plotkin, president of the Plo

Each year at its annual “25 Influential Black Women in Business” and “40 Under-Forty Dynamic Black Achievers” award ceremonies, The Network Journal shows a video profile of each of our honoree

Are you an active volunteer for charitable organizations? The reward for helping out takes the form of deductions for out-of-pocket expenses incurred while you do volunteer work. Write off only what y

A major concern facing the U.S. economy is inflation, which is a by-product of higher energy costs, industry and economic analysts say. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Econo

Hurricanes dominated the news in the latter part of 2005, but violent weather is not the only kind of disaster you may encounter in your life. If nothing else, Hurricane Katrina taught us that we must

Business owners from New York’s Harlem and Upper Manhattan communities gathered in late September at the Harlem State Office Building on 125th Street to seek answers to the critical issues casting a

Pick up any issue of Fortune or Forbes magazine and the cover invariably shows the typical face of corporate America—that of a white male. Although the number of minority attorneys in corporate la

Managing Customer E-mailDear Editor: It was with great interest that I read Mr. Leary’s column, “E-mail Business: Management failure can be costly,” in the November issue of The Network Journal.

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Do you have a home office where a sleepy cat competes for desktop space with your computer’s mouse? Office real estate can be a precious commodity, and it doesn’t help if your workspace is clutter

If the exhibit at New Jersey’s Newark Museum is any indication, you can tell how much power a man in Africa wields by the style of his dress. On display in the current exhibit, Power Dressing: Men�

At her installation as the 106th president of the National Medical Association (www.nmanet.org), the nation’s oldest advocacy group for Black physicians and patients, Sandra L. Gadson, M.D., outline

Many African-Americans believe that being wealthy is beyond their reach because either you have to be born rich, or be fortunate enough to secure riches through your life experiences. Author Melvin B.

Katrina Contracts Local, small and minority-owned businesses can register at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Hurricane Contracting Information Center, www. rebuildingthegulfcoast.gov, to receive