Blacks Continue to Climb on Broadband Bandwagon
The rate of African Americans adopting broadband has grown to 56% from 46% at a similar point in 2009. That translates to a 22% year-on-year...
Deborah Creighton Skinner
Deborah Creighton Skinner is the Editorial Director for BlackEnterprise.com, where she is responsible for assigning, editing and management of the company’s Website.
Education Trust: 4 Keys to Closing the Higher Education Gap
If a solid college education is a necessary journey on the path to wealth and prosperity, then African Americans are being derailed, according to new...
African American Unemployment Rate Inched Higher in July
The unemployment rate for African Americans was edged slightly higher in July to 15.6%, from 15.4% in June, while the overall jobless rate remained steady...
Talking Points: Interracial Marriage, Budgeting, Vacations
A record 14.6% of all new marriages in the U.S. in 2008 were between people of a different race or ethnicity, according to a Pew...
Black News Coverage Leaves a Lot to Be Desired
Despite having a black president, African Americans attracted little attention in the U.S. mainstream news media during the first year of Barack Obama’s administration. The...
African American Investors are Down, but Not Out
Middle-class African Americans are more likely than whites to have cut back on saving and investing in order to make it through the recession, according...
Shirley Sherrod: A Rush to Judgment?
In the last 24 hours, Shirley Sherrod has gone from being portrayed as a racist government official, vilified by conservatives, liberals, and the White House,...
Reverse Racism or Hatchet Job?
In this highly polemic society, people/groups will too often resort to any mean necessary to try to prove their point. Once the NAACP called out...
Signs of the Times: Tea Party Protests
Decide for yourself: Is the NAACP right in calling on the Tea Party movement to repudiate those who use racist language in their signs and...
NAACP Condemns Racism of Tea Party Movement
The NAACP passed a resolution Tuesday to condemn extremist elements within the Tea Party, and called on Tea Party leaders to repudiate those who use...