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May 2, 2024
Clearwater Living's Clearwater Newport Beach Named Best 55+ Luxury Assisted Living Community in Annual SAGE Awards
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Higher Logic Appoints Cheryl Brogan as General Counsel
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge Returns to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 6, 2024
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Government of Canada announces new chair and the appointment of four members to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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Pork Company Criticizes EATS Act Inclusion in House Farm Bill Framework
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Inclusive Workforce Pathways Emerge as the Cornerstone for Corporate Resilience
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1863 Ventures Founder and General Partner Melissa Bradley, Honored with Prestigious John Carroll Award
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GROUNDBREAKING STUDY REVEALS HEIGHTENED CONSUMER DEMAND FOR GENDER EQUALITY IN ADVERTISING RESULTING IN UP TO 10X INCREASE IN SA
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First Horizon Bank Teaches Financial Literacy Skills to more than 7,000 Students
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BUBS Naturals Commemorates Military Appreciation Month with Exclusive Discount for Veterans
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American Water Continues its Commitment to the Camden, NJ Community
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Alameda Health System adds group singing and lullaby composition to perinatal care
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University of Phoenix Leadership Appointed to UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation
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Belmont Becomes First Tennessee University To Partner With Evolv Technology
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Sonida Senior Living Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call
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The Fresh Market Debuts Color Changing Performance Peonies for the Season
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American Indian College Fund Hosts Virtual Annual Summer of Success Conference
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UMC Passes Historic Changes for our LGBTQ+ Family
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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
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ISACA’s CMMI Certification Pathways Courses and Exams Updated to Align with CMMI V3.0, Latest Best Practices
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Non-Profit & Laborers Union Partner with Maryland Legislators to Simulate Growth of Small Businesses
May 08, 2009
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THE CLINTON GIUSTRA SUSTAINABLE GROWTH INTIATIVE (CGSGI) AND THE CARLOS SLIM FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE THE CREATION OF A $20 MILLION I
April 21, 2009
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Fed Report Blasts "Heavy-Handed" Puerto-Rico Police
September 08, 2011
Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings that the Puerto Rico Police Department (PRPD) has engaged in a pattern and practice of misconduct that violates the Constitution and federal law. The investigation, launched in July 2008, was conducted in accordance with the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. ...
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Report: Poverty Linked To Minority Health
September 07, 2011
After a decade-long rise in concentrated poverty, one in 11 residents of metropolitan areas now live in communities where at least 30 percent of their neighbors are poor, according to a pair of studies unveiled today by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The reports, A Lost Decade: Neighborhood Poverty and the Urban Crisi ...
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Latino Voting Advocates Object To Texas Redistricting
September 02, 2011
Advocates for LULAC that included former Congressman Ciro D. Rodriguez, National LULAC Counsel Luis Roberto Vera, Jr., Maverick County Judge David Saucedo and John Tanner, former Department of Justice Voting Rights Section ...
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Latino Youth Not Prepared For Kindergarten
September 01, 2011
A new report released today by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) shows that Latino children are at a disadvantage when it comes to elementary school. The report shows that in 2009, only 48 percent of Latino four-year-olds attended preschool, compared to 70 percent of White and 69 percent of Black children of the same age. The report, “Preschool Education: Delivering on the Promise for Latino Children,†provides recommendations to ensure that young Latino children enter school on track for academic success. ...
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Conference To Focus On Boosting Minorities In Technology
August 31, 2011
Several of the nation’s leading technology entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, along with members of the Black technology community will take part in the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s (CBCF) 41st Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center to discuss tangible efforts ...
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US Closer To Minority Majority
August 31, 2011
New analysis released today by the Brookings Institution Metropolita Policy Program reveals rapid growth of Hispanic and Asian populations and new internal shifts of Blacks are transforming the demographics of America‟s largest metropolitan areas ahead of other parts of the country. The report, The New Metropolitan Minority Map, is based on decennial census data from 1990, 2000, and 2010 for the 100 ...
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Al Gore Compares Climate Change Skeptics To Racists
August 30, 2011
In an interview with FearLess Revolution founder, Alex Bogusky, former U.S. vice President Al Gore compared the debate over climate change to the Civil Rights movement in the US in the 1960s. This comparison has sparked negative reaction from members of the black leadership network, Project 21. The group condemned Gore’s attempt to "injected race into the debate over emissions regulations by comparing those ...
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Feds Announce Minority Enterprise Conference
August 29, 2011
The U.S. Small Business Administration and the Minority Business Development Agency today announced the opening of registration for the 2011 Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week) Conference, which will be held Sept. 27-30 ...
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Hispanic Media Holds Its Ground Against The Mainstream
August 29, 2011
A Pew Research Center’s study released today reveals Spanish-language media remains important to the nation’s growing and changing Hispanic population. The report, Project for Excellence in Journalism, shows in the last year, this media sector tended to fare better overall than the mainstream English-language media Hispanic newspapers overall lost circulation in 2010, but not nearly to the extent of the English-language ...
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Black Caucus To Make Final Jobs Tour Stop In L.A.
August 29, 2011
Beginning tomorrow, 13 Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) will join Congresswoman Maxine Waters, in Los Angeles for the final stop on the CBC’s “For the People†Jobs Initiative, which includes a Job Fair and Town Hall at Crenshaw Christian Center in South Los Angeles. Joining Congresswoman Waters will be the co-hosts of the event, Reps. Laura Richardson and Karen Bass ...
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Latinos Surpass Black College Enrollment
August 26, 2011
Driven by a single-year surge of 24% in Hispanic enrollment, the number of 18- to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States hit an all-time high of 12.2 million in October 2010, according to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis of newly available Census Bureau data. From 2009 to 2010, the number of Hispanic young adults ...
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Unintended Pregnancies Rise For Poor
August 25, 2011
A new study from the Guttmacher Institute reports that as the rate of unintended pregnancies continues to decrease among wealthy or educated women, the rate among women who fall below the federal poverty line has climbed. A new analysis from the Guttmacher Institute shows that following a considerable decline between ...
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Sharpton Inks Deal As Political Show Host
August 24, 2011
Reverend Al Sharpton, the civil rights activist and minister, has been named host of a nightly live MSNBC talk show. Phil Griffin, President of MSNBC, said in his announcement that Sharpton's show “PoliticsNation†will debut on August 29. The choice of Sharpton to host the hour has been marked by some controversy. ...
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Native American Fair Commerce Coalition Names Strategic Advisor
August 19, 2011
The Native American Fair Commerce Coalition (NAFCC) has retained Barry W. Brandon as Strategic Advisor. Brandon, a respected attorney and advocate for the Native American community nationwide, will represent the NAFCC in Washington DC in support of the organization's campaigns to promote tribal economic development and sovereignty rights. Brandon is the Founder and President of Hvmken ...
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LATINOS BADLY PREPPED FOR COLLEGE
August 17, 2011
College and career readiness among 2011 Hispanic U.S. high school graduates who took the ACT test shows slow but steady improvement, particularly in the key areas of math and science, according to ACT’s yearly report, The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2011, released today. However, ACT results continue to show a high number of students who are graduating without all of the academic skills they need to succeed after high ...
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Latinos Upset With Final CA Political Maps
August 17, 2011
Latino rights groups are speaking out regarding the California Citizens Redistricting Commission's approval of final redistricting maps. A challenge was approved earlier this week and could result in lawsuits. So far no lawsuits have been filed, but Latino civil-rights groups are analyzing the new maps to determine if there are any violations of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. A National Association of Latino Elected ...
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School Reform Discussed At Black Caucus Confab
August 12, 2011
As Memphis City Schools enacts groundbreaking reforms to turn around the low-income urban district's troubled history, Deputy Superintendent Irving Hamer is sharing the city's story of increasing the effectiveness of its teachers at the Congressional Black Caucus' mid-year conference in Tunica, Miss., on Friday. With the recent announcement by the Obama administration that individual states ...
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Report: Blacks And Latinos Earn Less Than White Counterparts
August 11, 2011
African-Americans and Latinos earn less than their white counterparts, even if they are highly educated workers. Members of these groups who hold master’s degrees do not earn more during their lifetimes than whites with bachelor’s ...
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GA Redistricting May Limit Minority Voting Power
August 09, 2011
The passage of HB 87, state legislation clearly targeting immigrants, has given rise to an increasing awareness among Georgia’s ethnic minorities about what’s at stake for their political empowerment under the ongoing ...
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August Is Black Business Month
August 09, 2011
August, which is National Black Business Month, is a good time for American businesses to confront the reality that supplier diversity should be a top strategic priority, not simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Senior Advisor James H. Lowry, coauthor of Minority Business Success: Refocusing on the American Dream (Stanford Business Books, 2011). "Black Business Month is the right time to remember that minorities will become the majority ...
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Group Wants 2nd All Latino District in Calif.
August 04, 2011
The Los Angeles Redistricting Committee’s new constituency lines was met with fierce opposition by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). At issue for the group is the fact that the Los Angeles County Board ...
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Policy Change Aims To Lessen Health Care Disparities
August 04, 2011
To help address serious racial and economic disparities in cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in the United States, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released a policy statement that outlines specific provisions of 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that have the potential to reduce these disparities. ASCO’s statement makes recommendations to ensure that such provisions ...
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Banks Target Latino Customers
August 02, 2011
The founders of the Latino Community Credit Union launched the first branch of the financial institution in Durham, North Carolina, 11 years ago amid concerns about growing crime against Latinos. Erika Bell, the credit union's vice president of strategy and services, said the population was targeted as result of a perception ...
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In Arizona Aftermath, States Steer Clear Of Immigration Fight
August 02, 2011
A year after SB 1070 took effect, states nationwide are turning away from similar bills, fearing the financial and political fallout seen in Arizona and the consequences that anti-immigrant legislation could have in their own backyards, according to a New America Media report. “Arizona was a wake up call for other states,†said Elena Lacayo, field coordinator with the Immigration Policy Project at the National Council ...
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Home Ownership Spikes For CA Latinos
August 01, 2011
Hundreds of thousands of white Californians, most of them under age 45, gave up their homes in the past decade, an Orange County Register analysis of census data shows. While homeownership declined among non-Hispanic whites, it rose sharply among Latinos and Asians, the Register found. Rising population is a primary reason for the rising number of minority homeowners. ...
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Latest CA Redistricting Maps Leave Latinos Dissatisfied
August 01, 2011
Now that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission has approved new political boundaries for the state, civil rights groups are weighing what impact the maps will have on communities of color. Local sources report ...
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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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Authors Say Ignoring Minority Businesses "Recipe For Disaster"
July 19, 2011
American businesses must make supplier diversity a strategic priority and stop viewing it as simply a corporate citizenship obligation, according to a new Boston Consulting Group (BCG) book. "U.S. companies need to do a better job of supporting and developing minority businesses. Minorities will ...
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