In 1968, following the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., the Reverend John Brooks, a professor of theology at the College of the Holy Cross recruited 20 African American high school students he felt had the potential to succeed if given an opportunity. Diane Brady tells the story of five of these men, among them were Clarence Thomas, Edward P. Jones, and Theodore Wells. In Fraternity, she looks at how their years at Holy Cross shaped them, and how they went on to shape our country.

David Leonhardt, Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, and Diane Brady, Bloomberg BusinessWeek senior editor and author of Fraternity, talk about taxes -- the IRS, corporate rates, the Buffett rule and cheating. Plus the revolt from Citi shareholders about corporate compensation.

Diane Brady, Bloomberg Business Week Senior Editor and author of Fraternity, discusses the story of a fraternity of young African American men formed in 1968. 

Bloomberg BusinessWeek senior editor Diane Brady, and Will Saletan, Slate’s national correspondent, and Jacob Goldstein from NPR's Planet Money, and WNYC's Ilya Marritz from the Stock Exchange floor, chat about the S&P downgrade, the market reaction today, and the political fallout.

BusinessWeek senior writer Diane Brady, and political reporter for Roll Call David Drucker, discuss the latest news, including the deficit reduction commission and trial of Charlie Rangel.

Diane Brady, senior writer at Business Week, and WNYC's business and economics editor Charlie Herman talk about the latest gross domestic product numbers and what they mean for the economy.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission begins hearings today, where the CEOs of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America are expected to answer questions about how we arrived at the current economic situation. Business Week's Diane Brady reflects on what we've learned during the first hours of ...

President Obama is giving an address on jobs and the economy from the Brookings Institution today, scheduled for 11:20am. Hear the speech and get reaction from Diane Brady, senior editor at Business Week.

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Yesterday saw some promising economic numbers, and a technical end to the recession, but the country is far from full recovery. Diane Brady of Business Week explains what the numbers do and do not tell us.

What do you think? When will you know that the recession is over ...

Believe it or not, there is non-health care economic news out there. Heidi Moore, freelance economics reporter (read her twitter stream here) and Diane Brady of Business Week preview the top economic stories of the week.

Daniel Gross of Newsweek and BusinessWeek's Diane Brady discuss the startling profits at Goldman Sachs, the return of big bonuses at AIG, and whether the business of banking has really changed at all.

Joe Nocera, New York Times business columnist and author of the Executive Suite blog, Tom Braithwaite, business and politics correspondent for the Financial Times, and Diane Brady, senior writer at Business Week, discuss what the President's new financial overhaul plan may mean for the future of the US ...

Bert Ely, head of Ely & Company, a financial institutions consulting firm, and Diane Brady, senior editor of Business Week, talk about the results of the bank stress tests.

Diane Brady, senior editor of Business Week, breaks down the president's big economic speech yesterday, what to expect from changes in the TARP program, GM bankruptcy, and other economic goings-on.

Diane Brady of Business Week offers quick-reaction to the hearings taking place on Capitol Hill looking in to AIG bonuses and bailout money. What do you think? Should AIG pay the bonuses back? Comment below with your opinion: Heck Yes! Heck No! Why Bother...

CNBC pundit Jim Cramer and The Daily Show's Jon Stewart are publicly feuding. Diane Brady, senior editor at BusinessWeek, and Dan Gross, senior editor at Newsweek, talk about the back-and-forth -- and whether it's good for journalism.

Diane Brady, senior editor at Business Week, discusses this morning's announcement by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlining the details of the next round of bank assistance, as well as Obama's press conference last night.

Diane Brady, senior editor at Business Week, looks at the provision in the bailout plan that allows the Treasury to inject cash directly into banks in exchange for ownership stake. And, today marks the return of short-selling. What will be the immediate effect on the stock market?

Lawmakers spent most of the weekend finalizing the details of the emergency bailout plan. The compromised proposal is now before the House, and looks to face a tough road to approval. Diane Brady, senior editor at Business Week, discusses the current state of the bailout deal with Adam Davidson, NPR ...