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More than a dozen retailers including Circuit City, Sharper Image, and Linens ’N Things filed for Chapter 11 in 2008. Though retailers are suffering, they are hoping Retail’s Big Show, the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) 98th Annual Convention and Expo, will help them find some insight into how they should proceed in this difficult economy.
Many have joined the fight to prevent, treat, and study the spread of diseases affecting black communities, one of those being Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, a nationally recognized adolescent health specialist and pediatrician who was the first Morehouse School of Medicine physician to receive the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Humanism Award last October. BlackEnterprise.com talked with Dr. Wimberly about the importance of community awareness, health education, and disease prevention.
During these tough economic times, states throughout the country are hurting. But after hearing President-elect Barack Obama's unprecedented State of the Union-style speech on the economy, a number of governors are optimistic that help is on the way.
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.
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.
