Detroit Takeover: Michigan Governor To Name Emergency Manager of City Finances

  In a move that has very few precedents, Governor Rick Snyder has made a move to take over the finances of Detroit. The finances of the city are said to be in such a bad predicament, that a takeover is necessary. An emergency manager will be appointed to resolve the crisis, thus over-ruling all [...]

I Didn’t Know About the Pink Ghetto

By Dr. Nicole McZeal Walters Until I found myself watching Bloomberg TV’s Women to Watch program early Sunday morning. Riveted, I listened to a panel of four, successful women leaders representing social media, technology, business, and finance, all based in the Silicon Valley. Much of the line of questioning related to asking these women did [...]

Harlem’s Historic Lenox Lounge To Close At The End of December

Good evening folks. I hope all is well with those reading this. A word about Lenox Lounge closing, and Black businesses in Harlem in general. There is this narrative out there that “Harlemites fiddled while this all occured” and that “Harlem residents allowed this to happen” and it is no one’s fault but their own. [...]

“Layoff Bomb” Threat: Is The Private Sector Really Holding The Economy Hostage?

There is never an end to crisis mode in politics. With the nation in the aftermath of the election shifting the conversation from Obama’s mandate to the pressing matters of government, the term “fiscal cliff” has been bandied about. If that was not enough political fear-mongering for you, then the private sector has concocted its [...]