By C. Nicole Mason
The Administration is mulling over the possibility of another stimulus bill that would focus on job creation. The likely companion to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 comes at time when the national unemployment rate has hit a record high of 10.2 percent.

By Dionne Ford
When former Louisiana Judge Keith Bardwell denied an interracial couple a marriage license in mid-October, it called to mind my family’s long history of straddling the color line. I’m black, my husband is white, and we have two biracial daughters. I am, like First Lady Michelle Obama and most other African Americans, the descendant of a black slave and a white master.

By Jackie Jones
For those who end up in the brand-name schools, Jeffrey Mazique has some advice. “If you go to an Ivy League, study as if you life depends on it. Expand your horizons and move outside your comfort zone and interact with all races and classes.”

By Eisa Nefertari Ulen
Victor LaValle’s third book belongs on your shelf if you enjoy fine literary work from African-American writers. Or if you like to kick back on a wild ride with a fast read. Or if you dig genre fiction.