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Face of New Racism – Teacher asks student to read “blacker,” a teen is gunned down, Muslims are profiled – all in the 21st century

A few weeks ago, we dealt with the issue of teachers using slavery as a math problem in Georgia.  Today, we are dealing with teachers telling African American students to read in a “blacker” way, in the “manner” of a slave or a rap artist.  This is 2012.  There is something horribly wrong with this ...

If Peyton Can Go – Anyone Can.

Four-time NFL Most Valuable Player, Peyton Manning, announced the end of his 14-year old career with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday.  The press conference with Colts owner Jim Irsay and Manning made it clear that the decision was out of their hands.  ”It wasn’t his decision. It wasn’t my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it,” Manning said. ...

What’s Wrong With Chris Brown?

As the Grammy’s gained more viewers last night in anticipation of the comeback of Adele and the tribute to Whitney Houston, one thing that wasn’t expected was the performance(s) and win of Chris Brown.  For those of you non-pop-culture lovers, Chris Brown was on the fast track to fame until he was arrested – and publicly chastised for ...

Slavery is Bad. No Exceptions.

It has become news that an Atlanta teacher resigned after an investigation over third-grade students being assigned math homework with slavery related word problems. Our questions is – why isn’t it news that these teachers were not fired?   The investigation by Gwinnett County schools concluded into four teachers who gave out these assignments at Beaver Ride Elementary.  Gwinnett ...

Entrepreneurs & Contracts: the basics

Before you even start a company, or else plan on developing professional relationships with external agencies, prospective partners and employees, it is critical to understand the laws of contract. When there is a dispute, and often there is at least one during the development phase, all parties will look to the contract. As such, having a lawyer on ...

Lay Offs at Rocawear, Drama at Hospital: the birth of Blue Ivy

The day before the birth of his daughter, Blue Ivy, half the staff of Rocawear was laid off.  According to documents filed at the New York Department of of Labor, 28 of the 56 workers at the fashion label were laid off on January 6, 2011.  Cuts were made to the men and boys’ division of ...

Yahoo’s Conundrum

Yahoo, Inc., once a leading technology company heralded as the digital homeland that would capture the entire spectrum of your life, is now in the financial doldrums, unable to come up with an effective and viable strategy for growth or a sale. Yahoo’s troubles began much earlier than the infamous and very public ousting of ...

Former Execs of Fannie and Freddie (Finally) Get Charged

In the first real set of real charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission, three former executives of Freddie Mac and three former Executives of Fannie Mae were targeted for securities fraud. The SEC filed securities fraud charges against former Freddie Mac executives, including CEO Daniel Mudd, Chief Risk Officer Enrico Dallavecchia, and Executive Vice ...

Lowe’s Pulls Ad in Respect for Anti Muslim Group, Trends as #boycottlowes

The decision of retail giant Lowe’s Home Improvement  to pull their ads from the reality tv show “All American Muslims” has gotten them their frist real “trending” opportunity on Twitter and Facebook: as #boycottlowes. The retailer pulled advertising from TLC’s show on American Muslims families after a conservative group known as the Florida Family Association ...