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Recession or Depression: Defining Economic Decline

Deep recession or depression? As a journalist, it’s hard to argue that words don’t matter. Certainly, there’s a textbook difference between the “two or more consecutive quarters slowing of economic growth” that marks a recessionary period, and a more severe depression, technically defined as a greater-than-10% decline in national economic activity or GDP.

Bridging the Gap

Name: Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell Current Position: Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education Age: 38 Bridwell-Mitchell always had a strong desire to change the way schools were run and to ensure...

World AIDS Day: Where Do Blacks Stand?

World AIDS Day: Where Do Blacks Stand?

Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), spoke with BlackEnterprise.com to address the serious toll that AIDS/HIV is taking on the African American community and advise the best course of action to reduce that impact.

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