Top 5 Trends in Ending Hunger and Poverty in 2012
This year saw a continuation and expansion of many of the positive trends in last year’s list: civil society consultation, gender mainstreaming, transparency, small...
Job Gains Made by Black Women
There seems to be one segment of the American population that is making strides in the job market--Black women.
According to the latest numbers from...
Will Nigeria's Good Financial Forecast Boost International Trade?
While the news has caused much debate, theInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Nigeria is now the third fastest growing economy in the world.
“Nigeria's...
Parental Involvement By Black Parents Helps Sons Succeed
Parents banded together recently to help a group of eighteen young black men to achieve exceptional success in their high school years. Their efforts...
Muhammad Ali Named 2012 Liberty Medal Recipient
Boxing great Muhammad Ali, known for his unabashed self-confidence inside and outside the ring as well as his outspokenness on social and humanitarian causes,...
Famous African American Sites Now on Most Endangered Historic Places List
The Doors to Several Historic Black Sites May Soon Be Shuttered
Recently, the National Trust for Historic Preservation placed Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Historic District, the Ella Little...
Jan Carew, Activist, Author, Scholar, Teacher, Passes at 92
At the close of his remarkable essay “Columbus and the Origins of Racism in the Americas,” Jan Carew wrote, “In this hemisphere we cannot...
Still Thinking Independence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Apr 17, CMC – The Turks and Caicos Islands is still considering political independence from Britain, Premier Dr. Rufus Ewing...
iZania: Connecting the people of Africa via the Internet
According to Roger E. P. Madison, Jr. founder and CEO of iZania.com , the business oriented social networking site for African Americans, it’s not...
Kisha Holt: Black Female Entrepreneur Fills Void in Children's Marketplace
A friend of mine likes to tell the story of how when she was growing up, if there was a baby shower or a...
