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Go Go Green Economy

September 13, 2009 – 1:48 pm

I’m a recent fan of former Obama administration green jobs czar, Van Jones. Though I was vaguely familiar with his work prior to him coming to work for the Obama White House, the controversy surrounding Mr. Jones (and his unfortunate resignation) these past couple of weeks gave me a crash course into Van – the [...]

By J. Fahiym Ratcliffe | Posted in African-American, Economic Development, Hip-Hop Business, Inner-City, Liberal, Urban, Urban Development, Urban Planning, energy | Also tagged environmentalism, green collar economy, green economy, green for all, green jobs, President Barak Obama, van jones | Comments (0)

Oil Is Down, But Other Prices Are Stable

October 20, 2008 – 3:00 pm

We’ve all seen the price of a barrel of oil plummet over the last few weeks to half of what is was in the summer, now $70-$75. While gas prices at the pump have gone down by a lot too, roughly 29% since July, that’s still not half (-50%) to match the decline in a [...]

By Saabir | Posted in Business, Commodities, Dow Jones, Economic Development, Economy, Finance, Futures, Inner-City, Mutual Funds, NASDAQ, Politics, Rural, S&P 500, Stocks, Wall Street, energy | Also tagged Barack Obama, Cynthia McKinney, economic plan, food, gas, groceries, inflation, John McCain, oil, presidential debate, taxes, wages | Comments (0)