“Justices Take Up Race As A Factor In College Entry” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/us/justices-to-hear-case-on-affirmative-action-in-higher-education.html “Rick’s Religious Fanaticism” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/opinion/dowd-ricks-religious-fanaticism.html “Dick Anthony Williams, 77, Actor and Theater Producer” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/theater/dick-anthony-williams-actor-and-producer-dies-at-77.html “Homeowners Roll Up Sleeves to Trim Costs” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203358704577237442888655690.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “From Home Depot to Saks, Some Retailers Gain Edge” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204131004577237543244180780.html Industry Coverage: “Why [...]

“A Club Refutes the Myth Black People Don’t Ski” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/nyregion/ny-ski-club-adds-black-faces-to-slopes.html “Value Our Families” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/opinion/bruni-value-our-families.html “Berkeley’s Loss Is a Museum’s Gain” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/arts/design/art-by-sargent-johnson-berkeleys-loss-is-museums-gain.html “Mulling the Role of Race But Without Answering” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/arts/dance/where-were-calling-from-at-st-marks-church.html “As Job Market Mends, Dropouts Fall Behind” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203315804577211190378957930.html “Comcast, ‘Magic’ Team Up” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203358704577235871724867002.html?mod=ITP_marketplace_0 [...]

“Moochers Against Welfare” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/opinion/krugman-moochers-against-welfare.html “Video Content at ‘the Beginning of the Future’” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/17/business/media/video-content-at-the-beginning-of-the-future.html “Jobless Claims Hit Lowest Level Since 2008” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204304204576051450430209160.html “Santorum, Romney Again Slam Auto Bailouts” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204059804577227700916784184.html “New Rich Fuel Luxury Boom” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204792404577227274215171072.html

“As It Improves, Economy Lifts Obama in Poll” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/us/politics/economic-gains-give-lift-to-obama-in-poll.html “A Fault Line in Harlem Plays Out at Tables 2 and 3” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/nyregion/a-fault-line-in-harlem-plays-out-at-tables-2-and-3.html “Pointed Talk About the Barriers for Asian-Americans at the Casting door” – NYT http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/advocates-ask-why-do-asian-americans-go-uncast-in-new-york-theater/?ref=todayspaper “That Old Black Magic” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/opinion/dowd-that-old-black-magic.html “A Product To Add Sparkle and Pop To [...]

“The Do-Over Derby” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/opinion/bruni-the-do-over-derby.html “Scenes From a Marriage That Segregationists Tried to Break Up” – NYT http://tv.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/arts/television/the-loving-story-an-hbo-documentary.html “A Storyteller Is Seen With New Eyes” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204883304577221281637260666.html

“Hospitals Flout Charity Aid Law” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/nyregion/study-finds-new-york-hospitals-flout-charity-rules.html “Mooresville’s Shining Example It’s Not Just About the Laptops” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/education/mooresville-school-district-a-laptop-success-story.html “Severe Conservative Syndrome” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/opinion/krugman-severe-conservative-syndrome.html “Twitter Is All In Good Fun, Until It Isn’t” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/business/media/twitter-is-all-in-good-fun-until-it-isnt.html “Erasing the Boundaries” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/technology/keeping-consumers-on-the-digital-plantation.html “At MSNBC, A Professor As TV Host” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/business/media/host-of-msnbcs-melissa-harris-perry-is-a-professor.html “An [...]

“Poor Dropping Further Behind Rich in School” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/education/education-gap-grows-between-rich-and-poor-studies-show.html “The Crowd Pleaser” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/opinion/brooks-the-crowd-pleaser.html “Money And Morals” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/opinion/krugman-money-and-morals.html “A Pianist and a Honey-Throated Chanteuse in the Heart of Havana” – NYT http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/movies/chico-rita-animated-film-about-cuba-and-its-music.html “An African-American Painter Who Tried to Transcend Race” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/arts/design/henry-ossawa-tanner-at-pennsylvania-academy-of-fine-arts.html “Job-Market Bellwether Strengthens” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203646004577212822887066562.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Don’t Look [...]

“Surplus Surprises Michigan, But Is It Safe to Spend Again?” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/us/surplus-surprises-michigan-but-is-it-safe-to-spend-again.html “Tales From The Kitchen Table” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/collins-tales-from-the-kitchen-table.html “The White Underclass” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/opinion/kristof-the-decline-of-white-workers.html “Color the 1 Percent 99 Percent Conflicted” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/09/business/color-the-1-percent-99-percent-conflicted.html “Snack CEO Ousted in Accounting Inquiry” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577211490040427400.html “Michigan Takes On Its Deadly Cities” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577187404227466474.html?mod=googlenews_wsj [...]

“T-Shirts, Tuxes And Rap Without Frills” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/arts/music/jay-z-performs-charity-concert-at-carnegie-hall.html “Little Room for New Workers” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203315804577209251472854354.html “Auto and Student Loans Drive Borrowing Surge” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203315804577209532626046436.html?mod=googlenews_wsj  

“Republicans See Politics In Chrysler Super Bowl Ad” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/us/politics/republicans-see-politics-in-chrysler-super-bowl-ad.html “The Fiery End Of a Life Lived Below the City” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/nyregion/the-fiery-end-of-a-life-lived-beneath-the-city.html “High Ambitions for a Commercial Arts Center in Harlem” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/arts/design/high-ambitions-for-my-image-studios-in-harlem.html “Colonialism Tints a Battle Over Souls” – NYT http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=908961&f=63 “Take Zap! Tech Geeks, Starved for More Battery Power, Give [...]

“How About Gardening or Golfing at the Mall?” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/business/making-over-the-mall-in-rough-economic-times.html “Things Are Not O.K.” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/krugman-things-are-not-ok.html “Print News Media Go Live With Video Programming” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/business/media/news-organizations-plunge-into-video-production.html “South Africa Pauses on Mines” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203315804577204892786831560.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Auto-Industry Ads Score at the Super Bowl” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203315804577205141969749270.html “PepsiCo, Coke to Update Investors” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204662204577201550527464064.html [...]

“Romney Isn’t Concerned” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/krugman-romney-isnt-concerned.html “Study: Hospitals Overpay for Devices” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204662204577199431130637776.html “With Tax Break, Corporate Rate Is Lowest in 40 Years” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204662204577199492233215330.html “The Man Behind Facebook’s Marketing” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204662204577199271676522972.html Industry Coverage: “Unemployment rate hits 8.3 percent: Black jobless numbers improve for first time in months” – Thegrio.com http://www.thegrio.com/news/unemployment-rate-hits-83-percent-black-jobless-numbers-improve-for-first-time-in-months.php

“Marijuana Arrests Rose in 2011, Even With Directive to the Police” – NYT http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/low-level-marijuana-arrests-rise-for-seventh-straight-year/ “Don Cornelius, ‘Soul Train’ Creator, Is Dead at 75” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/arts/music/don-cornelius-soul-train-creator-is-dead-at-75.html “Mitt Speaks. Oh, No!” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/opinion/collins-mitt-speaks-oh-no.html “Chrysler Ends Quarter With a $225 Million Profit” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/business/chrysler-earned-225-million-in-4th-quarter.html “In a Surprise, Car Sales Start New Year Strongly” – NYT [...]

“In Spanish Village, Everyone’s a Winner, Almost” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/world/europe/tiny-village-of-sodeto-wins-big-in-spains-lottery.html “Cancer Group Halts Financing to Planned Parenthood” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/us/cancer-group-halts-financing-to-planned-parenthood.html “Who’s Tough Enough?”  NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/dowd-whos-tough-enough.html “A Dismal Distinction in Housing” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/business/economy/in-atlanta-housing-woes-reflect-nations-economic-pain.html?_r=1&ref=business Industry Coverage: “Meet Our Future: 25 Young Black Innovators” – Theroot.com http://www.theroot.com/young-futurists-2012-video?wpisrc=root_lightbox “Black History 101 Mobile Museum Takes History Out Into The [...]

“Newt’s Real Legacy” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/29/opinion/sunday/collins-the-real-legacy-of-newt-gingrich.html?scp=3&sq=gail%20collins&st=cse “College Says It Exaggerated SAT Figures For Ratings” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/education/claremont-mckenna-college-says-it-exaggerated-sat-figures.html “At the Century Mark, It’s Not Just About the Cookies” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/business/media/girl-scouts-celebrating-100-years-with-more-than-cookies.html “Segregation Hits Historic Low” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203920204577193261646566778.html Industry Coverage: “Black female artists are focus of Black History Month programs at Rock and Roll Hall of [...]

“Hope, But Not Much Change” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/brooks-hope-but-not-much-change.html “Jobs, Jobs And Cars” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opinion/krugman-jobs-jobs-and-cars.html “Auto Retailer Heralds a Turnaround, Citing Demand to Replace Aging Cars” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/27/business/citing-increased-demand-autonation-improves-its-outlook.html “Recovery Doesn’t Feature Typical Snapback in Growth” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577185313667095068.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Auto Makers’ New Math Drives Net” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203363504577185231066443106.html “Storm Clouds Loom on P&G’s Horizon” – [...]

”The True Cost Of High School Dropouts” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/the-true-cost-of-high-school-dropouts.html “How Pimps Use the Web To Sell Girls” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/opinion/how-pimps-use-the-web-to-sell-girls.html “Accusations of Delay In Disclosing Volt Fire” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/business/republicans-charge-delay-in-volt-fire-announcement.html “Economic Gains Aid Obama” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577183264192772768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Car Makers Turn to U.S. Plants” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577177050015873424.html

”For Newcomers in Silicon Valley, the Dream of Entrepreneurship Still Lives” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/us/silicon-valley-newcomers-are-still-dreaming-big.html “Average Is Over” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/opinion/friedman-average-is-over.html “Mitt, Is This Wit?” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/opinion/dowd-mitt-is-this-wit.html “Officer Admits False Arrest” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577181253378885594.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “GM Sees Politics in Criticism” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203718504577181183637129626.html Industry Coverage: “State of the Union: Proposals may do little to reduce black [...]

“Free-Market Socialism” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/brooks-free-market-socialism-.html “The Gusts of Gingrich” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/bruni-the-gusts-of-gingrich.html “Collision in the Making Between Self-Driving Cars and How the World Works” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/technology/googles-autonomous-vehicles-draw-skepticism-at-legal-symposium.html “Lifting Veil On Love And Islam” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/books/in-love-inshallah-american-muslim-women-reveal-lives.html “Steelmakers Lighten the Load” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204624204577176853937984874.html?mod=ITP_marketplace_0 Industry Coverage: “Newt Gingrich: Latinos, Blacks Don’t Understand ‘Key To Future Wealth,’ [...]

“Is Our Economy Healing?” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/opinion/krugman-is-our-economy-healing.html “Car Makers’ U-Turn Steers Job Gains” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203806504577177050015873424.html

“Johnny Otis Dies at 90; A Mover and Shaker Of Rhythm and Blues” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/arts/music/johnny-otis-musician-dies-at-90.html “Taxes at the Top” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/opinion/krugman-taxes-at-the-top.html “Homeowners Stop Waiting To Spruce Up” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577167303887587024.html?mod=googlenews_wsj “Second-Generation Genius” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204301404577170680390562956.html Industry Coverage: “Obama Apollo Theater Fundraiser Marks President’s Return To Harlem” – Huffingtonpost.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/19/obama-apollo-theater-fundraiser-harlem-election-2012_n_1216905.html?ref=black-voices         [...]

“Reporter Dies in Pakistan, And Taliban Warn Others” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/world/asia/reporter-dies-in-pakistan-and-taliban-warn-others.html “Anchors Aweigh, My Boys” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/19/opinion/anchors-aweigh-my-boys.html “U.S. Debt? Bain Might Leverage It” – NYT http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/the-united-states-economy-through-a-private-equity-lens/?ref=todayspaper “Bain Capital Saved America” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577169032997242246.html “A Jolt for GM’s Volt: Car-Pool Access” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577168972685094672.html Industry Coverage: “Black, Latino or Both?” – Theroot.com http://www.theroot.com/buzz/black-latino-or-both-1 “P&G Has [...]

“Piles of Petitions Are Delivered To Recall Wisconsin’s Governor” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/organizers-say-1-million-signed-petition-to-recall-gov-walker-in-wisconsin.html “Risks for G.O.P. in Attacks With Racial Themes” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/politics/risks-for-gop-on-attacks-with-racial-themes-political-memo.html “Humbled Flint Forced To Take State’s Orders” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577163752725118984.html “Kraft to Cut Jobs As Part of Split” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577166881097384506.html “Which Car Fantasies Should Come to Life?” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577166674291116402.html Industry [...]

“Split by Race and Wealth, but Discovering Similarities as They Study Steinbeck” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/education/studying-steinbeck-new-jersey-students-find-common-ground.html “Keep It Simple” – NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/opinion/bankings-got-a-new-critic.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper “From Bottom Up, Signs of Housing Recovery” – WSJ http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204468004577165163238970438.html?mod=googlenews_wsj