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Scientific American June 5, 2006 Sally Lehrman |
Trace Elements Even as population geneticists battle over the meaning of race and biogeographical ancestry, a small industry has emerged out of the quest to understand human migration and identity. One new firm helps African-Americans reconnect to their ancestral past. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Jennifer Popovec |
Targeting the Ethnic Shopper The shopping center industry as a whole has yet to reach ethnic consumers, despite the prospect of capturing hefty revenues -- and the majority of retail real estate owners across the nation have no formal strategy for tapping the wallets of these growing populations. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2006 Pam Black |
Adviser Pulse: Life Insurance for Hispanics A new study suggests that Hispanics show different tendencies when considering the purchase of life insurance. |
Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2006 |
Marketing to Professionals: Ensuring Equality An interview with the National Medical Association president and medical director of the Northwest Indiana Dialysis Center on the racial issues surrounding enrollment of seniors in Medicare Part D, targeted advertising and promotion, and participation of minorities in clinical trials. |
Reason May 2006 Jacob Sullum |
Blow for Injustice Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town, by Nate Blakeslee. This book points out that the scandal of Tulia is the scandal of the war on drugs. |
Reason May 2006 Damon W. Root |
When Bigots Become Reformers Book Review: The Progressive Era and Race: Reform and Reaction, 1900-1917, by David W. Southern deserves careful attention. The Progressive movement unleashed, aided, and abetted some of the most destructive forces in America. |
Bio-IT World April 2006 Kevin Davies |
NitroMed Ties Gene Biomarkers to BiDil Benefit The FDA approval of BiDil, NitroMed's heart failure drug for blacks, raised howls of controversy. Now at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology, researchers presented two papers that offer the first preliminary hints of genetic factors that affect BiDil response. |
Registered Rep. April 5, 2006 John Churchill |
UBS Wins Prominent Black Rep From Smith Barney In what can be considered a coup of sorts for the firm, UBS hired a prominent black Smith Barney broker this past winter -- while it was under fire from a lawsuit brought by former brokers alleging a pattern and practice of racial discrimination. |
Job Journal March 26, 2006 Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: When Employers Misfire Even in "work at will states," employers might violate state or federal civil rights laws when they fire employees. |
ifeminists March 22, 2006 Carey Roberts |
Black Men, Soul Brothers Some pessimists look at the pattern of intergenerational poverty, crime, and broken families. They wonder whether we will ever find the formula to lift American Black men from the bowels of hopelessness and despair. The simple answer is "yes." |
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