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Black Enterprise Exclusive: Interview with President Barack Obama

On a chilly winter night, I received a call on my BlackBerry that most journalists wait for their entire career. “I’m just calling to let you know that Black Enterprise will be the first black publication to get an interview with the president,” the White House representative told me. I would later find out that be would be the first magazine to gain an exclusive with Barack Obama since he took oath on Jan. 20. “It’ll be a phoner. You’ll get 15 minutes. It’s an interview the president really wants to do.”

Preparing To Buy A Home

When Kimberly Davis-Howard bought her first home as a rental property in Las Vegas, she was in graduate school and working full time as an MIS specialist at Macy’s department...

6 Fixes That Could Have Made ‘UnderCovers’ A Hit

The truth is (and it kills me to say this), UnderCovers just wasn't very good. In fact, I couldn't bear to watch a full episode of the series since the second episode, where the sad running "joke" was that world-class spy Stephen Bloom couldn't work the coffee machine. (Why would he even care to try?) I was one of the attendees of the NABJ convention in San Diego in the audience for the special preview of the first episode of UnderCovers. The fatal flaws I saw in the show then were only confirmed as I tried to commit to watching it as the fall television season began. Then, as now, I believe the show could've been the hit we all hoped it would be. In fact, with the following changes, it still can be.

Sound Bites

Sound Bites

Economy Our economy is under attack. China is acting like [economist] Adam Smith on steroids, buying oil from the world’s worst, and selling nuclear technology. Russia and the oil states...

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