When it comes to their children’s future success, African-American men tend to be optimists. This was among the findings of an online survey conducted the week of June 13 by The Root. The survey included the responses of 292 people who identified themselves as African-American men (245 of whom are fathers), most (87 percent) of…

If you have a head for promotions and the numbers that tell you how well they’re working, then you may be just the person Haas & Riley Analytics Executive Search is seeking. Haas & Riley’s client is a New York ad agency in need of an associate director of marketing analytics. The ideal person has…

L.A. Banks, the author of the New York Times best-selling hit vampire-huntress series Minion, is fighting for her life at a hospital in her Philadelphia hometown. The writer, whose real name is Leslie Esdaile Banks, has adrenal cancer, reports Jenice Armstrong of philly.com.  The 51-year-old author is gravely ill with late-stage adrenal cancer. Diagnosed seven…

The role of fathers and what it takes to be a good one are popular topics these days. Comedian Bill Cosby, whose role as the wise Cliff Huxtable made him America’s favorite TV dad, has taken African Americans to task over the high percentage of black children growing up with unmarried parents. President Barack Obama,…

If you’re good at coming up with solutions and speaking up for the underdog, then becoming a case manager for Amerigroup in San Antonio might be the job for you. You’ll need to be licensed in nursing, social work or related fields and enjoy working with people in need. You’ll spend your time analyzing patients’…

Gucci, one of hip-hop’s favorite fashion houses, paid Rihanna less for her services because she is Caribbean, says a former company employee. In a discrimination lawsuit against the company, former Gucci tax attorney Josephine Robinson charges that her supervisor, Stan Sherwood, ordered her to “tax the hell” out of the singer for an ad campaign…

If African Americans ever needed another reason to be politically engaged, here’s one: The Ku Klux Klan says it’s giving up cross burnings in favor of the ballot box. Pastor Travis Pierce, national membership director for the Ku Klux Klan, LLC, told the Huffington Post‘s Lucas Kavner that protests and violence are a thing of…

Having the coveted “government job” has long been a sign of economic stability among African Americans. But since the current recession began, federal, state and local governments have slashed public-sector jobs, hurting blacks the most. As Janell Ross of the Huffington Post reports: Since the beginning of 2008, some 375,000 government jobs have been eliminated,…