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The Department of Education, the City University of New York (CUNY) and IBM partnered to open, P-TECH an innovative New York City high school where students are educated an additional two years from grade 9 through 14. The focus is on getting minority students prepared for joining the STEM sector of the workforce.
Jeff Wilson II wants to be a millionaire in 10 years. "I'll be surprised if it takes that long," says the optimistic 22-year-old. Wilson received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Bowie State University in December 2006. A month later he landed a job at the major international accounting firm KPMG.
When Terri Montague moved from Baltimore to Atlanta to lead the largest redevelopment project in the country, she saw decades of neglect firsthand. Transportation routes separated neighborhoods. Annual walkable cities lists put Atlanta near the bottom for its dependence on cars and lack of sidewalks. Most civil servants drive out from the city center where they work until they can afford to buy a home, which can be miles away. Commutes that used to be half an hour turned into two-hour ordeals. Unchecked urban sprawl disproportionately affected African American communities here, leading to soaring asthma rates and epidemic juvenile diabetes.
Lonnel Coats began his career as a sales rep for a beverage company in 1986. Ten years later, he switched careers and joined Eisai Inc., a healthcare products manufacturer that...
The charges are serious and the legal complaint doesn’t mince words. In July, the NAACP filed a lawsuit charging a dozen lenders with “institutionalized systematic racism.” This comes as the...
