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When Your ‘Something Blue’ Meets the Pink Slip

Sometimes the "for worse" part of "for better or for worse" comes early. In this economy, engaged couples are coping with pay cuts, layoffs, even the possibility that Bernie Madoff ran off with some of the wedding fund. So what do you do when you suddenly need to pare down your budget?

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We Were First!

In early 2003, a lanky state legislator from Illinois visited the offices of black enterprise. Our editors heard about this young politician who sought to make history by becoming the third African American elected to the U.S. Senate. Admittedly, we were a bit skeptical about his prospects: Did he truly have the financing and organization to achieve that milestone? After an extensive Q&A session, however, our editorial team was so won over by his charisma, strategic mind, and bold vision we decided to have our then-Managing Editor Kenneth Meeks bird-dog him on the campaign trail. And in October 2004 we were the first national magazine to publish a cover story on the man we billed as “The Next Big Thing in Politics.” That man, of course, was Barack Obama.

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