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Demonstrators protest against the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., on August 18, 2014.

Here’s why you should care if you don’t have any black friends

Culture

The conversation about events in Ferguson involves race, but maybe not in the way you think. While a new study showed that most white Americans don’t have non-white friends, many people say it shouldn’t be taken as an indicator of personal racism but rather large-scale issues that deserve the real attention.

BET’s Robert Johnson wants companies to be required to interview minority candidates

Business, Economics and Jobs

African American media struggling to survive

Business, Economics and Jobs

Follow Friday: Obama Endorses Gay Marriage, North Carolina Rejects It

Friday Follow: Supreme Court ObamaCare Hearings, Anger Continues in Trayvon Martin Shooting Death, Bully is Bullied by Ratings Board

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Friday Follow: GOP, Affirmative Action, and Satan

The NYPD has been monitoring Muslims. Affirmative Action is under attack. A Koran was burned in Afghanistan sparks protests. The GOP primary race roles on, and Rick Santorum believes in Satan. These stories and more will be covered by our panel which includes Kai Wright, editor of Colorlines, Farai Chideya, a journalist and blogger at […]

Solving Black Unemployment in America

The national unemployment level continues to hover around 9 percent. But among African-Americans, that number shoots up to about 16 percent.  On Friday’s program The Takeaway spoke with Robert Johnson, founder of BET and CEO or RLJ Companies. Johnson, who was the first African-American to become a billionaire, has a new idea for how to get […]

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This week’s agenda: Wall Street protests, jobs bill, Ben Bernanke

Conflict & Justice

Kai Wright, editor of Colorlines.com, and Charlie Herman, economics editor for The Takeaway and WNYC, look at all the big stories in the news this week.

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This week’s agenda: Obama’s bus tour, super committee, Perry’s bid

Business, Economics and Jobs

President Obama is departing today for his three-day bus tour through the Midwest. As the race to for the presidency kicks up a notch, a Congressional twelve-member ‘super committee’ will begin work on a debt-reduction strategy. Kai Wright joins us.

Are Blue Collar Jobs the Answer to the Shrinking Black Middle Class?

Conflict & Justice

The public sector is the leading employer for African-American men, and the second-largest employer for African-American women – which means public sector lay-offs have disproportionately affected the black middle class. What is the solution?

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