Cannes: No Insurance if Film Festival Axed Due to Coronavirus
Variety is reporting that one of the world's most glamorous and famous film festivals will not be covered by insurance if it is cancelled...
Africa: W. African Countries Court Single ‘ECO’ Currency
West Africa has pulled the trigger. Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have adopted the name 'ECO' for a planned...
Caribbean Summit: Venezuelan Crisis Tops Concerns
Solving Venezuela's leadership and economic crisis is slated to be a top priority at the 2016 Caribbean Summit.
PolicyLink CEO Angela Glover Blackwell: ‘Organizing Matters’
Angela Glover Blackwell is attentive the entire time at this year’s Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI) conference. As she peers through her eyeglasses,...
Black Businesses Resuscitating Detroit’s Resurgence
Kate Abbey-Lambertz of the Huffington Post is reporting that black owned businesses are quietly helping Detroit's economic recovery, but getting little to no credit...
‘Black Beverly Hills’: View Park Battles Gentrification
Angel Jennings of the Los Angeles Times is reporting that a recent proposal to place predominately African American View Park on the National Register of...
Puerto Rico Facing Historic Default on $72B Debt
Alan Gomez of USA Today is reporting Puerto Rico is days away from a historic economic collapse. Gomez writes:
"Gov. Alejandro García Padilla, who took...
Brazil Uses Text Messaging to Reach Job Seekers
Ozy.com is reporting that text messaging is becoming an option for job seekers in places where expensive cell data plans and Internet cafe's are...
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry Dies
Mike DeBonis and Martin Weil of The Washington Post are reporting that former Washington, DC Mayor and current D.C. Council member Marion Barry has...
Why Are So Many Female Veterans Unemployed?
Kelly Wallace of CNN is reporting that the unemployment rate for female veterans who have been discharged since September 11, 2001, was 9.3% in...
