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Getting Ahead of Obama’s National Export Initiative

President Barack Obama’s National Export Initiative (NEI) hit a milestone on 15 May 2013 as a delegation of business officials and Commerce Department officials traveled to Brazil, Colombia, and Panama during the one year ann...

by Alton Drew

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Post-High School Decision Could Cost You $550,000

With an economy in recovery and a job market harder to enter than Fort Knox, many are questioning the true value of college these days. For African-Americans and Hispanic Americans this question is particularly important. Both ...

by Jessica Washington

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Mel Watt is “The Man”

By William Reed of the Washington Informer President Obama has named Melvin L. Watt (D-N.C.) as overseer of government-backed mortgage financiers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, there’s rising skepticism, on both the l...

by The Washington Informer

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Joining Forces: Wal-Mart Plans to Hire 100,000 Vets

Wal-Mart has recently joined forces with the United States Government in an effort to better the opportunities for U.S veterans. As it stands now thousands of veterans return to this county unable to find work, and are struggli...

by Jessica Washington

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Rich Get Richer, Blacks Get Stymied by Fiscal Policy

By Charlene Crowell of the Philadelphia Tribune According to a new research report, America’s racial wealth gaps will persist until public policy reforms provide every family the opportunity to build wealth. Less than Equal:...

by The Philadelphia Tribune

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President’s Budget Made Concessions Too Soon

By George Curry for the Philadelphia Tribune There has been much discussion about the big-picture items in President Barack Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014. If the devil is in the details, as politicians like to say, ...

by The Philadelphia Tribune

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America Has an Adequate Supply of STEM Workers, We Just Won’t Hire Them

Even with the educational gap between minority and white students, it is not clear that this gap has led to an insufficient supply of workers in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines. This is one o...

by Alton Drew

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Bridging Racial Economic Inequality One Industry at a Time

For many Americans, particularly in our communities of color, their personal economies are showing no signs of recovery. Unemployment rates for both African Americans and Latinos hover near twice the national average and econom...

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