Y2K at the Community Level
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The Year 2000 Problem -- the programming glitch that prevents computers from recognizing the year 2000 -- guarantees to have a major impact on every area of society. The private and public sectors are wrestling with ...
The Y2K Problem
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In year 2000 the Assistant Secretary of Defense stated that “we are going to be in the biggest operational test the world has ever seen.” It has become known as the Y2K problem. 2103
Is Federal Policy Threatening Black Middle Class?
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Blacks represent barely 13 percent of the population, but nearly 40 percent of the total federal workforce. It has been estimated that this statistic represents nearly 80 percent of the Black middle class. What woul...
History of Blacks In Radio
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The pages of radio history are turned back to examine the treatment of Blacks during radio's Golden Age. (319)
The Lost Africans of the Andes
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Dr. Allen Counter's film looks at the village of Chota, Ecuador whose population is descended from Africans brought over the mountains by Jesuit missionaries to work as slaves on the sugar plantations. Guest: Allen...
Blacks and the GOP
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The New York Times, in a 6-column headline, concluded that the Republican Party’s efforts to attract more Black votes had come up short. What is it that prevents the Republican Party from attracting a large Black bloc...
Mixing Civil Rights and Business Success
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Apparel entrepreneur Don Polk turned a college business into a $100-million-a-year conglomerate. He shares one of his secrets to success, mixing business savvy with civic responsibility.(2625)
An American Wake-Up Call
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Can the present middle class maintain its own indebtedness and remain competitive in a knowledge-worker labor force and sustain the American economy as the world’s leader? Guest James Carr, a senior vice president at ...
Does the Davis-Bacon Act Cause Black Unemployment?
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The Davis-Bacon Act is a federal law that costs taxpayers $1 billion annually in inflated construction costs and more than $100 million in administrative costs. This law, says the Institute For Justice, was created wi...
