House Republicans Off Base: Small Businesses Support Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Senior House Republican aides say the bill is unlikely to come up in the chamber for a vote
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Tough Times, Tough Choices
The sluggish economy turned Steven L. Grevious’ professional life upside down. From the late 1990s until the middle of 2001, Grevious earned $150,000 a year as an independent contractor in...
How to Buy Black
When Chicagoans John and Maggie Anderson made a pledge to spend all of their income with black-owned businesses for an entire year, they launched a movement that would eventually become The Empowerment Experiment (www.eefortomorrow.com). The story of that year, 2009, has now been told in a new book by Maggie Anderson, Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy (PublicAffairs; $25.99).
Synchrony Commits $100 Million to Grow Minority-Owned Businesses
Project Black invests in middle-market companies that are not currently minority owned, as well as existing Black- and Hispanic-owned businesses, providing capital, resources and minority executive talent.
Oakland Mayor Candidate, Cat Brooks, On the Issues
Cat Brooks is gearing up for one of the biggest moments of her life—a race to become the new mayor in Oakland, California. In this interview with Black Enterprise, she outlines her stance on pertinent issues.