Economy

January 21, 2009 - Even as the nation celebrates the first African-American man to become president, around the country the economic recession continues to hit black men the hardest.

January 16, 2009 - Thursday would have been the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 80th birthday, coming only a few days before the election of the nation's first black president. Indeed, the events of this past year are a testament to how far we've come in terms of racial relations in the United States.

January 16, 2009 - Yesterday at midnight, Bank of America announced it had finalized a $20 billion infusion of federal cash, largely to cover expected losses from the Charlotte-based bank's takeover of floundering Merr

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January 13, 2009 - President-Elect Barack Obama, Majority Leader Harry Reid and Speaker Nancy Pelosi received letters Friday urging the signing of an Executive Order authorizing the Gulf Coast Civic Works Program and the inclusion of $6.7 billion for Gulf Coast Civic Works projects to rebuild communities, restore the

January 13, 2009 - The sight of more than a billion gallons of