Archive | October, 2007

Women in the Workplace: The Fight for Respect

Women have gone from being viewed as desperate housewives to key players in the corporate world. In this competitive world women have to become experts at being on top of their game to prove that they are equal if not more qualified than men. At the same time they must maintain a certain level of [...]

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In 2007 Stereotypes Still Stick

Despite an age of political correctness in the U.S. most people still stereotype people based on race, according to a survey at World Journalism Preparatory School. The 11-question survey answered by 25 students showed that 92% of students make assumptions about a person’s intelligence, culture and other abilities.

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Ministry in Action Brings Out Teens

On any given weekday you will find youngsters attending Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill, not for service but to complete their homework and participate in other fun activities. Ministry in Action, a religious-based program that prevents young people from going into gangs and other criminal activities was created by Rev. Carl Callendar. [...]

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Life in the shoes of a journalist

The life of a journalist is very busy, but also very fascinating. Everyday people read the newspaper or their favorite magazines and never fully realize that there’s a person behind all the words and phrases on the printed page. Veteran journalist Ikimulisa Livingston is one those people. As a reporter at the “New York Post,” [...]

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Residents Turn Over Guns at NYPD’s Buyback

EAST FLATBUSH – On November 12, local residents turned in guns at the NYPD’s Gun Buyback Initiative in Central Brooklyn. [...]

Hundreds Pack Times Square for Mario 3D Launch

Video game fans brave the cold to join event promoting release of Super Mario 3D Land

Pet Hospital Opens With Hot Dog Contest

Brooklyn’s newest pet hospital opens with dog contest and visit from hot dog eating champ

How Will the Barclay’s Center Affect its Brooklyn Neighborhood

Sometimes when Anne and Adam are walking past the construction at Barclay Center Arena in central Brooklyn, they see rats [...]

Brooklyn Turns Containers Into Shops

Dekalb Market converted unused shipping containers into a small village of eateries, craft shops, and performance spaces

NBA Lockout’s Effect on Store Sales

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN – Stores around Madison Square Garden usually experience a boom in business during the NBA season. But due [...]