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Permission to dream: Teen entrepreneurs win national competition

Friday, 12 August 2011 12:58 Julie Desmond

When math advisor Sayra Loftus signed on as mentor for a group of teen entrepreneurs, she saw a handful of teenagers who were curious, interested and completely lacking in business experience. By the time they were selected from among fourteen U.S. and Canadian companies by Junior Achievement as winners of the 2011 North American JA Company of the Year Competition in Washington, D.C., Loftus’ group had been transformed into young, eager, ambitious and successful professionals.

Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture

Tuesday, 01 June 2010 14:10 Book Review by Kam Williams

“Since the dawn of the hip-hop era in the 1970s, Black people have become increasingly freer and freer as individuals, with a wider range of possibilities spread out before us now than at any time in ...

Man Talk: Like Father, Like Son

Monday, 18 June 2012 16:08 Timothy Houston

This past Sunday, we celebrated “Fathers Day.” It is a special day of recognition for the fathers and father figures in our lives. It also serves to highlight the importance that male influence has in...

Success: What Do You Need to Achieve It?

Friday, 19 August 2011 12:11 Julie Desmond

At a conference recently, corporate managers were asked, “What do you need to be successful?” The question behind the question was, “What does the company need to provide in order to help you help us...

Bitch Is the New Black

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 14:07 Book Review by Kam Williams

"Bitch Is the New Black"
A Memoir
by Helena Andrews
Harper Books
Hardcover, $24.99
244 pages
ISBN: 978-0-06-177882-7

“I’m such a badass. I am literally the baddest bitch on the planet. If there was a bitch c...

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