By Kalena Thomhave, MSN Too often still, we think we know what poverty looks like. It’s the way we’ve been taught, the images we’ve been force-fed for decades. The chronically homeless. The undocumented immigrant. The urban poor usually personified as a woman of color, the “welfare queen” politicians still too often reference. But as income […]
By BBC News An investigation is underway after US officials received reports a “white supremacist manifesto” was sent to students at Syracuse University. It was the latest in a spate of racist incidents that have been reported on the upstate New York campus. The school said it has added security as the reports are investigated. […]
A good business plan guides you through each stage of starting and managing your business. You’ll use your business plan as a roadmap for how to structure, run, and grow your new business. It’s a way to think through the key elements of your business. Business plans can help you get funding or bring on […]
By Marilyn Silverman If you google the words how seriously are concussions taken, you will be stunned that parents are not even alarmed if their sons and daughters are the recipients of this diagnosis by their trustworthy family physicians. As per WebMD, these mothers and fathers should in fact be alarmed, very alarmed indeed since […]
Members of the New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters donate their time and skills to rebuilding efforts in the Bahamas following widespread devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian
Photo Credit: HEART 9/11 NYCDCC members volunteering in the Bahamas New York, NY – The New York City & Vicinity District Council of Carpenters (NYCDCC) is rebuilding homes and hearts with Heart 9/11, a disaster-relief organization that is now on-the ground mobilizing the rebuilding and recovery efforts in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian ravaged […]
By Mary Campbell. Oftentimes, people make decisions that can negatively or positively impact their and their family’s lives. As such, when making certain decisions, individuals must ensure that it is the best one, not just for themselves, but for the other parties involved. Sadly, this is no longer the case in today’s society. Persons are […]
By Janet Howard Botham Shem Jean, was a 26-year-old Harding University alumnus and an accountant for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Jean, born in Saint Lucia, a was smart, law-abiding, God-fearing young man. He wasn’t a criminal. He wasn’t loitering on the streets, drunk, smoking drugs, causing a public scene or armed. He was at his home, sitting […]
TRADING IS OPEN: This screen grab is taken from a video posted to Facebook and shows Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley ringing the bell to signal the start of the day’s trading at the New York Stock Exchange (NASDAQ), the first Head of State from the Caribbean to do so. New York, NY: Trinidad and […]
It's more than a tool for getting funding. Think of it as the road map to your business's future. (entrepreneur.com)
By Stever Robbins, Entrepreneur (Photo: Shutterstock.com) Recently someone asked me why they needed a business plan if they were getting all the funding they needed from friends and relatives. It sounded to me as if they were thinking of a business plan as just a fund-raising tool. In fact, a business plan is much more […]
Certified Travel Agents and Destination Specialists get offers for free and discount travel from major travel suppliers
(By Victoria Falk) As we move into the busiest travel season of the year, it is the perfect time to become a Certified Travel Agent and Destination Specialist. Many people think that summer vacation generates the most travel requests each year. However, it is the holiday season, beginning the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and ending a […]