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A New Reality

May 23, 2017March 1, 2009 by shay subscriber

I had not planned on blogging this weekend but reading this piece in today’s NY Times really left me needing to vent. In this piece the Times spoke with former executives who were used to earning decent salaries (70K and up) who now are having to take on survival jobs. One fellow went from earning …

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Categories Current Events, frugality Tags financial insecurity, hard economic times, NY Times

Frugality and Black Folks

May 23, 2017February 27, 2009 by shay subscriber

While I write this blog so that anyone regardless of race or ethnicity can read it, I will admit my audience by and large is Black folks and this is one of those times I am writing for that audience. In these tough economic times it seems everyone is attempting to scale back on some …

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Categories Current Events, Money, Racial and Cultural Tags frugality and Blacks, self-sufficiency and Blacks, US economy

Leave her arms alone

May 23, 2017February 26, 2009 by shay subscriber

OK, I am late to the party but as always I have to add my two cents. It seems when Barack Obama spoke the other night before Congress, Michelle Obama may have upset the First Lady protocol by appearing sleeveless. At first I thought it was just a few folks perhaps older folks up in …

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Categories Current Events Tags fashion, media imagery of Black women, Michelle Obama
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