In such a volatile employment market, it is perfectly reasonable for people to ask, “What is the best career choice?” There are several great “recession-proof” careers, and minorities and various ethnic groups are represented in many of these jobs already. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) listed the following as the top 10 career choices based on current hiring trends.
Each week, the White Privilege Conference and the Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion, housed at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (UCCS), hosts a half hour radio show called Intersections Radio that features an interview with a different author, scholar, and/or speaker.
A recent article, “Who Gets to Vote?” appeared in The New York Times, and addresses the pervasive practice of states denying Americans with criminal records the right to vote. The article noted that during the next Presidential election in November 2012, more than 5 million Americans with past criminal convictions will not have the right to vote.
