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Deal to Limit College Loan Interest Rates is Limited

Cheers to Congress for holding interest rates on college loans down. Instead of doubling to 6.4 percent, the interest rate on federal college student loans will remain at the 3.2 percent level. However, this proviso is only in effect for one year. This time next year, Congress will be waging the same fight.

Power M.O.V.E.: How to Transition from Employee to Employer.

Atlanta, GA -- Devin Robinson is no stranger to entrepreneurship. He continues to lead a crusade on helping individuals open beauty supply stores. This is how Devin was first introduced to being an invited guest on the nationally syndicated Michael Baisden radio show.

Obama Continues to Disrespect Black Press

ATLANTA (NNPA) - A panel discussion at the National Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention titled, “Get Out the Vote” should have been renamed, “Get Out the Anger” as Black newspaper owners expressed their strong displeasure over the Obama administration’s failure to accommodate the needs of the Black Press.

Young Black Males’ Writing Workshop at UIC Spawns National Curricula

A summer writing institute for adolescent black males based at the University of Illinois at Chicago is advancing literacy around the country through two curricula based on it. Scholastic, Inc. recently launched “On the Record,” a middle-school school curriculum by Alfred Tatum, director of the UIC Reading Clinic. Last year, Scholastic published Tatum’s “ID,” a writing curriculum for high school.

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Deal to Limit College Loan Interest Rates is Limited

Power M.O.V.E.: How to Transition from Employee to Employer.

Obama Continues to Disrespect Black Press

Young Black Males’ Writing Workshop at UIC Spawns National Curricula

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