Do Black Entrepreneurs Have Workers' Backs?

January 15, 2012

The Bottom Line: A report on benefits planning says yes. Plus: Rum ad fails, and Ludacris' new eatery.

Meet the Newest Black White House Fellows

These achievers are in an elite program that prepares them for public service at the highest level.

Young Blacks Want Their Own Businesses

The Bottom Line: What future entrepreneurs will look like, Georgetown's biz-school dean and more.

TechCrunch Founder's Black Amnesia

The Bottom Line: No black CEOs in Chicago, creating jobs, Radio One's 54th station and more.

Kenya Lifts Itself Up by Its Tech Bootstraps

The East African country sees infotech as the key to moving up, but terror threatens those plans.

Bryant Gumbel Stands With NBA Millionaires

The Bottom Line: Hoops slavery, music's new royalties cop, Detroit's mayor exults over jobs and more.

Yes, There Are Black TV and Film Directors

A black presence may be rare behind the camera, but as this gallery shows, the talent does exist.

So What If Joe Mamo Made $788 Million?

Attempts to curb a Washington, D.C., gas station mogul raise issues of money, power -- and race.

Survey Sheds Light on TV's Diversity Problem

The results might help explain the lack of diversity this fall in scripted television.

Michael Strautmanis

Michael Strautmanis is deputy assistant to President Barack Obama and counselor for strategic engagement to White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.