Imagine coming from a family of tinkerers: you, your mother, your father, even your siblings, all spent time hovering over electronic components and computer parts, trying to figure out how they work

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm was the first African-American to run for president. A U.S. representative from Brooklyn, N.Y., she received 9 percent of the vote at the Democratic Party’s national conven

There was a time in America when the very idea of a Black pilot was as unthinkable as flying across the Atlantic Ocean. Small wonder, then, that the accomplishments of the early Black pilots—men and

On that first day, there were just three refurbished railcars with a few dedicated souls on board. Their mission was to deliver primary eye care to the most remote rural villages. It was a dream of th

Prior to graduating from Norfolk State University, and at the suggestion of a sorority sister, I began looking into a career in health-care management. I was amazed that most of the staff providing ca

I am offended by TV ads that taunt you with mystery pills. The ads don't tell you what affliction these pills are supposed to treat. Rather, they depict individuals basking in idyllic splendor. Ergo,

Leadership coach Mitch Simon gets frustrated every time he sees a company with shortsighted management. When the hard times hit, employee training, development and coaching are often the first victims

On December 4, we commemorated the life and the murder of Fred Hampton, chair of the Chicago chapter of the Black Panther Party. We commemorated Hampton's life because he was young, articulate, charis

Cost to a middle-income family to raise a child born in 1960 to age 18, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Expenditures on Children by Families Annual Report”: $145,000. Cost t

Tick, tick, tick. There’s no other time of year that the clock ticks so loudly as when it’s racing toward April 15. The Internal Revenue Service offers the following advice for preparing and filin

If you own a small business outside Washington, D.C., chances are you won’t land a federal procurement contract. That riles Hector V. Barreto, point man at  the U.S. Small Business Administration.

To regain our natural state of health, we must get in touch with our mind, body and soul. These words resonate as herbalists and common folk alike discuss the impact of alternative therapies on the Af

Dr. Lishan Aklog, associate chief of cardiac surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, eagerly embraces new technologies for heart surgery. “If I’m not open-minded about new, potentially benefi

At 94, Viola Lehr lives in a manner many older people only dream of. She has remained in her longtime two-bedroom condominium on the top floor of a chic four-story complex with a park view and a pool

During his ophthalmology rotation in medical school at the SUNY-Buffalo in the mid-1970s, Dr. Kevin C. Greenidge discovered what would become his professional passion. “I was very impressed by the n

Three years ago, the husband-wife team of doctors Charles C.H. Edwards and Maritza Gattereau-Edwards turned their vision of a “surgi-center” in Manhattan into a reality. The Acu-Med Surgical/Medic

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This summer, thousands of African-American physicians and other health-care professionals will meet in San Diego, Calif., for the 102nd Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly of the National Medica

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Dear Editor:It was a real pleasure to read Cheryl Wadlington’s article on Gerard Murray, founder and CEO of the sportswear company School of Hard Knocks (March/April 2003). Two years ago, before I s

Noel HankinNoel Hankin is the new senior vice president of Multicultural Initiatives for Schieffelin & Somerset Co., in New York. In this newly created position, Hankin will be responsible for com

Five years ago few consumers looked at digital cameras seriously—and for good reason. The cameras were terribly expensive, hard to use and offered mediocre picture quality. Early models even lacked

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.”      — Gandhi Do you have trouble sleeping? Do you often feel irritable? Have you lost your appetite, or can’t stop eating? You might be

Brooklyn has always been a thriving New York City borough, but many people are unaware of its strong ties to the struggle of African-Americans for freedom. Historian Fred Laverpool, 66, started his Br

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Reviewed by Ann BrownBlack Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American Millionaire, by Carol Jenkins and Elizabeth Gardner Hines, is more than a story about an African-American entrepreneur

HYLife develops multimedia CD-card HYLife Productions LLC, a multimedia production company based in New York, has developed a Video Interactive Media (VIM) Card that plays in both Mac and PC CD-ROM