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Hi-Tech and Black Employment

A brute fact of life in 2014 is that black inner city youth are being frozen out of lucrative future high tech careers for lack of early preparation in mathematics.  In addition to—not instead of—reading, writing and speaking effectively, early mastery of the basic computation skills is crucial to a child’s future educational development. Children

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Giants vs. Washington Preview

The Giants will play their first divisional game of the season Thursday night as they take on the (1-2) Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland. Division games are always important, but this game is particularly important to both teams as they look to remain in striking distance of the 1st place Philadelphia Eagles.

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Legalize Marijuana? Pros and Cons

Excessive use of alcohol, tobacco and marijuana can be devastatingly harmful—physically, socially, spiritually. If any easy, painless way could be found to banish them from the face of the earth, mankind would be the better for it. Unfortunately, we don’t know how. And all past efforts to deal with the problem—from the most severe to

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The “Real” Jersey Shore and Long Island Beaches

The media’s exemplification of an area always seems to emanate from a culturally enriched history. The Jersey Shore is pervasively known as a television reality series that has permeated households, while creating a viewership dichotomy; a sensationalistic appeal vs an oversimplification of stereotypes. Human drama driven by romance and conflicts, it has spiraled the show

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AABE in Energy; AABE says “Get on Board”

The American Association of Blacks in Energy is on a mission. With an almost forty year history and forty chapters nationwide, they want to get African-Americans entrenched in the energy industry. AABE has grown to become the unique “national association of energy professionals founded and dedicated to ensure the input of African Americans and other

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