New Guide Keeps Diversity Conversations Authentic

Chicago human resource executive and former chief diversity officer is now the author of a dynamic new diversity book, Profitable Diversity: How Economic Inclusion Can Lead to Success....

Frank Savage Knows How to Sail Against the Wind

Frank Savage has a theory about what it will take to bring down the rate of African-American unemployment, which is hovering at 14 percent, higher than any other group in the nation....

GDN Book Feature: Duty Call: Rendezvous With Destiny

The author details how the potential of many readers is like a jewel, in that it is hidden under layers of lifetime experiences both positive and negative, and how to rediscover significance through the origin of humanity....

Un-Sung Hero of the Civil Rights Movement

In view of the young black man who was being installed as the chief of police, my mind raced back instantly to the sacrifices made by the young men and women...

Annual Quality and Disparities Reports Include Data on Rates of Health Care-Associated Infections, Obesity and Health Insurance

Written by Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) | 19 April 2010

Improvements in patient safety continue to lag, according to the 2009 National Healthcare Quality Report and National Healthcare Disparities Report issued recently by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Sports Marketing Expert: Lasting Damage to Woods as Endorser

Written by Organization's Staff | 18 December 2009

The Tiger Woods scandal may have a lasting impact on his endorsement potential, says University of Maryland professor Stephen McDaniel, a consumer psychologist who studies sports marketing and fan behavior. http://www.sph.umd.edu/KNES/faculty/smcdaniel/ “A brand such as Nike has historically been less interested in an athlete endorser’s virtue and more interested in their athletic prowess,” McDaniel says.

Outrage and Tears: Anti-gun violence rally in Times Square

Written by Cyril Josh Barker | 03 December 2009

NEW YORK (NNPA) - Outraged community activists across New York has brought the struggles of inner-city violence to Times Square. Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Acton Network held a National Day of Outrage Against Gun Violence Nov. 23. The rally was one of 25 held simultaneously across the country.

Psychologists Debunk Judge's Theory About Bi-Racial Children

Written by Crystal Cranmore | 03 December 2009

WASHINGTON (NNPA) - After he was blistered with criticism for not marrying an interracial couple, Justice Keith Bardwell of Tangipahoa Parish, La. made a statement that he is not a racist, but that he knows biracial children suffer through hardships in life.

Insults, Rumors, Lies: Why is White Right Attacking First Black President?

Written by By Charlene Muhammad | 14 August 2009

(NNPA) - President Barack Obama recently met over beer with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley, hoping to diffuse tense debates over racial profiling and racial bias triggered by the arrest of the Harvard University scholar by the Cambridge, Mass., police department officer. Though that racially charged conversation may be over, vicious attacks on the first Black President of the United States are not. Analysts say don't expect the attacks to end anytime soon.

Creating Our Community Leaders of America

Written by Farrah Gray | 13 March 2009

Great men and women don’t always start out to be great. Many times, the truly great in our society achieve greatness in the pursuit of individual goals and ideals. Last week while in Chicago, I went for a quiet walk to clear my head. Immediately, I noticed the scent of stale dank night air interrupted by the jolting sound of police sirens on the chaotic inner city streets clearly giving a sense of the economic devastation the recession has caused in many communities.