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A new study released today on the advertising industry’s history of racial bias found that, compared with the overall labor market, the racial pay gap in advertising is more than twice as large as it was 30 years ago. “Research Perspectives on Race and Employment in the Advertising Industry†measures the pay gap between whites and blacks and addresses what can be done to rectify what researchers state is a widespread problem.
President-elect Barack Obama warned of significant consequences if Congress doesn't act quickly to boost the economy, making an impassioned pitch for his spending proposal.
Sometimes, even the experts can make missteps when it comes to implementing technology solutions. In 2006, when Neil Nelson and Iziah Reid launched BrokenCurve (www.brokencurve.com), they had no idea that technology would change their business strategy—for the better. Initially, Nelson, 30, who holds degrees from Morris Brown College and Georgia Institute of Technology, and Reid, the company’s chief technology officer, a 30-year-old New York native, launched BrokenCurve to develop software that would deliver media content such as videos, music, and film, targeted at the African diaspora via Internet Protocol (IP) to TV set-top boxes. That was the plan, at least. The two poured roughly $150,000 of personal funds into the Atlanta-based startup—then floundered for nine months.
Barack Obama finally has a chance to follow through on his campaign mantra of change. However, when it comes to pocketbook issues such as tax cuts, health insurance, and mortgage relief, expect certain transformations to take longer than others.
As the U.S. government works to overhaul the nation’s financial system and contemplates bailing out its top automakers, a recent independent study highlights what it calls “the uneven distribution of higher education opportunity and achievement in the United States,†suggesting many current and future college students may need a lifeline of their own.
