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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the enactment of the Women’s Business Ownership Act of 1988, a landmark piece of legislation that laid the …

Welcome to the new Blog – Positive Directions (MIA) Minorities in Action.  Positive Directions will highlight the incredible accomplishments by Minorities are contributing to this …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) _ Nearly 50 protesters working with the state NAACP have been arrested at the General Assembly over the past two weeks in …

In the urban lingo, “It’s all good” is a platitude that covers a wide range of sins, emotions and situations seemingly saying very little. Its …

WASHINGTON (AP) –President Barack Obama is launching a new effort to rally the public around his hotly disputed health care law, a strategy aimed at …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – With tens of thousands of foreclosure cases clogged in the state's courts, the Florida Supreme Court is signing off on a …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The clock is ticking for Gov. Rick Scott. Scott has until May 24 to act on a proposed $74.5 billion state …

NEW YORK — PepsiCo is once again learning the risks of celebrity partnerships after an ad for Mountain Dew was criticized for portraying racial stereotypes …

First of two parts. In the 1990s, I frequently worked in Côte d’Ivoire, primarily in Abidjan, the third largest French speaking city in the world. …

MIAMI – When his native Haiti was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, Joseph Veve Max II’s interest in becoming a civil engineer grew stronger. …