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A lawsuit is accusing Dr. Dre (pictured right) and record producer Jimmy Iovine (pictured) of bilking their former partner at Beats Electronics before selling to Apple in a $3 billion deal, USA Today reports. SEE ALSO: Lawmakers Ramp Up Pressure On Silicon Valley To Hire Black People In 2015 Noel Lee, CEO of audio tech company […]

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Walter Dean Myers, the author of more than 100 young adult and children books, died yesterday. He was 76 years old. “Walter’s many award-winning books do not shy away from the sometimes gritty truth of growing up,” said Susan Katz, President and Publisher of HarperCollins Children’s Books. “He wrote books for the reader he once […]

With African American unemployment at 15 percent and climbing, many Black Americans are struggling to find jobs on websites at companies  interested in diversity. But with BlackPlanet.com and Monster’s partnership for diversity jobs, many African Americans have been able to get in touch with companies who are looking for different faces and perspectives in their […]