Who’ll Get the Boot?
Short of men leaping from buildings on Wall Street and children selling apples roadside, the rippling of the economy is taking a dramatic toll on Americans. The tumult hit close...
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On the Issues: Obama vs. McCain
Issue McCain Obama Civil Rights For more information: McCain Obama Voted against recognition of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a holiday in Arizona in 1983. (But during a speech...
HBCU to Get $18 Million Research Center Grant
North Carolina A&T State University will receive $18 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in a project to develop a research center on its campus. The university is the first historically black institution in the country to lead the multimillion-dollar endeavor.
UNCF Offers Agenda for Higher Education
HBCUs serve different purposes for different people. For some students, who might otherwise have gone off to one of the Ivy League schools, they offer a nurturing sanctuary where young...
Five Investment Sectors to Consider
The equity markets have been battered, largely driven by the sour economy: Through the first eight months of this year, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped nearly 13%, the Nasdaq composite index fell 10.7% and the S&P 500 slid 12.6%, according to Eric Fitzwater, an associate director at SNL Financial LC, a Charlottesville, Virginia-based financial services research firm.
