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Commentary: 'Post-racial' America isn't here yet

They're not going to like this.

Have we overcome our race problems?

While the country celebrates the first black president, African-Americans are facing critical challenges from high unemployment, home foreclosures and a record number of black men in prison.

Campus bigwigs' advice on getting through college

If tuition stays the same, an undergraduate living on campus will have spent $33,720 on tuition alone after eight semesters at Kent State.

Black in America: Resources

The following is a list of local and national organizations and programs designed to address many of the issues raised in "CNN Presents: Black in America" and "CNN & Essence: Reclaiming the Dream." Some of the people or guests featured in the programs are involved in some of these organizations.

FSB: Funding sources for women and minorities

Dear FSB: Way back when, there were low-interest rate loans from the government for women and minorities in small business. They no longer exist, business advisors say. Why is this? I am an older woman in business and find it all but impossible to get a loan.

Commentary: Black-brown coalitions are tough to sustain

With Hispanics being the nation's largest minority group, the general assumption among many political and social pundits is that they will align themselves with African-Americans to represent a potent political force on the local, state and national level.

Obama: My presidency would unleash a 'transformation'

He would surely make history. But would Sen. Barack Obama's election as America's first black president transform the nation? Obama says yes.

Rice: Disaster shows 'ugly way' race, poverty collide

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the people who were stranded in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina are evidence that race and poverty can still come together "in a very ugly way" in parts of the "Old South."

Fortune: HOW YOU CAN DO BETTER ON DIVERSITY

IT'S BEEN 40 YEARS since Congress passed Title VII, which banned workplace discrimination based on sex, race, color, or creed, and today scarcely a major company in the land lacks a policy on workp...

Fortune: "THERE IS OPPORTUNITY AND THERE IS ACTION" A CONVERSATION WITH HUGH PRICE OF THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE

In March, Hugh Price, president of the National Urban League, approached FORTUNE with the idea of publishing one or more stories about African Americans in business to coincide with the 87-year-old...

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