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Aspen Power To Acquire Community Solar Portfolio in Illinois
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Robert Half Releases 2023 Leading With Integrity Report
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Navy Federal Credit Union Honors Servicemembers and Military Families Who Go Above and Beyond for Military Appreciation Month
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Construction Industry Round Table Announces Board Elections & New Chairman
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Navajo Transitional Energy Company Selected by US Department of Energy to Receive $2.6M in Grant Funding for Home Solar Installa
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Advent Technologies Holdings Approves Reverse Stock Split
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74% of American Employees Would Prefer to Work for a Smaller Business Over a Larger Business. So Why Don’t They?
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March of Dimes Launches Low Dose, Big Benefits™ Campaign to Combat Preeclampsia and Preterm Birth
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Innovative Commercial and Community Solar Project Starts Generating Power in Maryland
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National Water Safety Month Marks the Start of Summer Swim Season
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MITRE’s 2024 Embedded Capture the Flag Competition Concludes with Record Participation from Future STEM Workforce
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Black Health Equity Coalition of Frederick proudly announces Grants
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Patricia Vila Honored with Communications Award at the 2024 Hispanic Leadership Awards hosted by the South Florida Hispanic Cham
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CA Redistricting Angers Minorities
July 19, 2011
Redesigning new political boundaries in California has given minority observers a bigger headache then they expected. The spotlight centers around Los Angeles. A big problem is that the upcoming August 15 deadline for approval of the ...
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Hispanic GOPs Call For Herman Cain To End White House Bid
July 12, 2011
As the 2010 census and redistricting battles taking place around the country have shown, the U.S. Hispanic population has surged in the past 10 years, making it a critical political constituency for anyone running for president. But GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain may be a nonstarter with this key ...
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Black Women Stress Compounded
July 12, 2011
Using incense or lighting a candle may seem like good ways to let go of racial stress, but a recent study found that might not be the case in terms of racial tension among women. In fact, some coping strategies employed by African-American women ...
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Do Dark Skinned Black Women Get Harsher Sentences?
July 11, 2011
Colin Powell said it, Sen. Harry Reid hinted at it about President Barack Obama, and black folks have known it for hundreds of years. There are advantages to being a light-skinned black person in the United States. Online news magazine The Root reports, research on those advantages isn't new ...
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Florida Marks End Of Beach Segregation Anniversary
July 07, 2011
The city of Fort Lauderdale honored the legacy of civil rights activist Eula Gandy Johnson and the 50th year anniversary of the end of beach segregation. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Eula Johnson House, 1100 Sistrunk Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale. The program was a part of the city’s year-long centennial celebrations ...
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American Indian Infants Death Rate Double That Of Whites
July 06, 2011
American Indian infants in North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota are roughly twice as likely to die as white infants, and health officials say the best defense is prevention and education. American Indian infants tend to face greater risks, including being born prematurely, having teenage mothers ...
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Newly Elected Black Mayors Make Jobs A Priority
June 29, 2011
The recent elections of Alvin Brown as Jacksonville, Florida’s first African American mayor and Michael Hancock as Denver’s second Black mayor, provide much needed new hope and leadership in the war on unemployment. Both Brown and Hancock have strong Urban League roots and both have made job creation in their ...
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Stunning Admissions In Katrina Shootings Case
June 29, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice ...
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Mystery Still Surrounds '64 KKK Killings
June 27, 2011
A cloud of mystery still surrounds the events of the Deep South’s most notorious nights: the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three civil rights workers who were chased down a rural lane by a gang of Klansmen, beaten, shot and buried in a dam. The case riveted America, prompting Lyndon Johnson, the President ...
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HIV/AIDS Worry Majority Of Blacks
June 22, 2011
The Kaiser Family Foundation today released its eighth large-scale national survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS. Kaiser is reporting black Americans, and particularly young blacks, express much higher levels of concern about HIV infection than whites. ...
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Settlement Over Indian Land Royalties Approved
June 21, 2011
Federal judge Thomas Hogan yesterday approved a $3.4 billion settlement in a class action that alleged U.S. officials mismanaged Indian royalties. The class-action settlement, the largest ever approved against the U.S. government, generated more than 20 published judicial opinions and numerous appellate-court hearings. ...
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Women's Risk Of Heart Disease After Gestational Diabetes Differs By Race
June 07, 2011
When they analyzed the study participants by racial-ethnic group, black race and Hispanic ethnicity predicted heart disease even after adjusting for other risk factors. ...
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New Evidence Could Win Medal of Honor For Black WWI Hero
June 06, 2011
Despite federal policy that denied blacks combat roles in white American units, the Hellcats distinguished themselves in battle. ...
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Court Orders New Look At City Immigration Law
June 06, 2011
"We are required to intervene when states and localities directly undermine the federal objectives embodied in statutes enacted by Congress." ...
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Navajo Prosecutor Files Charge In Toddler's Death
June 07, 2011
Her case was made headlines over the impact of federal prosecutors declining to take Indian Country criminal cases. ...
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Report: More Hispanics Go To Federal Prison
June 06, 2011
Statistics released this week revealed that Hispanics now comprise nearly half of all people sentenced for federal felony crimes, a number swollen by immigration offenses. ...
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"Cosby Show's" Taylor Funeral Tomorrow In Harlem
June 06, 2011
The family is grateful for the light and laughter our mother gave not only to us but to the world during her time on The Cosby Show. ...
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Maternal Mortality Rates Increasing For Black Women
June 06, 2011
Nationally, blacks have a four-times greater risk of pregnancy-related death than whites - a rate of 36.1 per 100,000 live births. ...
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Former LA Black Panther Leader Pratt Dies At 63
June 03, 2011
Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, was a former Los Angeles Black Panther leader and spent 27 years in prison on a murder conviction that was later overturned. ...
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Gil Scott-Heron Laid To Rest
June 03, 2011
Scott-Heron, most well-known for his composition, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,†was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jamaican soccer player. ...
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"Cosby Show's" Grandma Huxtable dies at 93
June 02, 2011
Taylor's films include the Clint Eastwood movie "Play Misty for Me." She was among the original members of the Negro Ensemble Company. ...
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Blacks And AIDS: 30 Years Later
June 02, 2011
AIDS, initially thought to be the exclusive purview of white gay men, has taken a large toll on African Americans. ...
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IS MEMORIAL DAY A BLACK CREATION?
May 27, 2011
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S. African Anti-Apartheid Veteran Dies
May 26, 2011
Nelson Mandela once spoke of "numerous political discussions" with Goldreich, and of recommending he be recruited into Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's armed wing. ...
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New Drugs Encouraging For Blacks Hepatitis C Patients
May 26, 2011
“We found a 65 to 75 percent cure rate in both the people who had never been treated and in those who had a relapse and in the third group we found up to a 55 percent cure rate.†...
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Navy Criticized For Naming Ship 'Cesar Chavez'
May 18, 2011
Chavez, who died in 1993, served two years in the Navy, which he later was reported to have called "the two worst years of my life." ...
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Redistricting 2011: Power Shift In Chicago?
May 17, 2011
Community activists charge that by undercounting thousands of African-American residents, the Census Bureau, itself, is partly to blame. ...
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WAS BIN LADEN TARGETING LATINOS?
May 16, 2011
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Mentors Help Black Child Stay Focused On Success
May 12, 2011
The researchers found that behaviors such as anger, breaking the law, and substance abuse were reduced when informal mentors provided support. ...
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Urban Minority Children Have Trouble Sleeping
May 16, 2011
There is mounting evidence suggesting that children from minority groups have significantly shorter sleep durations and increased sleep disruptions.†...
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Hispanic Cosmetics Icon Dies
May 11, 2011
She was a very good person, to the point of giving many of her employees the down payment they needed to buy a house. ...
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