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March 28, 2024
Visit Visalia Recognizes Autism Awareness Month in April
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PMI Foods Gives Easter Donation of 15,000 Pounds of Prime Rib to New Life Church in Arkansas
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John Legend to Perform at City Year Los Angeles’ 13th Annual Spring Break Event
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Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Expands OTC Portfolio for Children with the Introduction of bébé Bottoms™
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Torrid Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2023 Results and Initiates Fiscal 2024 Guidance
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Carnegie Learning Named 2024 SIIA CODiE Award Finalist for Best Educational Game and Best AI Implementation in Ed Tech
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Re:wild and Colossal Biosciences team up to leverage revolutionary technology to save critically endangered species on the brink
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Empire State Realty Trust Receives WELL Health-Safety Leadership Award; Becomes Among the First Commercial Office and Multifamil
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VIRGIN HOTELS CHAMPIONS INCLUSIVE TRAVEL FOR NEURODIVERSE TRAVELERS
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Sypher Secures Strategic Partnership with FAIA to Fuel Growth
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Parkland Corporation Announces the Results of the 2024 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
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Equalpride Partners with TransLash Media for Trans Day of Visibility, Amplifying Voices of Black Trans Femmes in the Arts
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Suffolk Kicks off 2024 “Build With Us @ Suffolk” Program in Boston for Trade Partners, Opening Doors for Minority-,
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Jamieson Wellness Publishes Inaugural Sustainability Impact Report
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Fastenal Releases 2024 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report
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Amerex Group Unveils Red Carter Swimwear's Revitalized Collection
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Make-A-Wish and celebrity wish granters announce goal to recruit 1 million people to become "WishMakers"
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YMCA of the USA Partners With Old Spice To Increase High School Graduation Among Boys And Young Men Of Color Through Mentorship
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Planet to Provide Carbon Mapper, Inc. with Hyperspectral Data Until 2030
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ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS MIGHT GET STIMULUS JOBS, EXPERTS SAY
March 10, 2009
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U.S. loses skilled immigrants from China: slow economy here, better jobs, family at home
March 04, 2009
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Despite Tough Economy, NY Social Services Program Helps Find Jobs for Those With Barriers to Employment
March 04, 2009
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Despite Struggling Economy, New York Social Services Group FindsJobs for Those With Many Barriers to Employment
February 24, 2009
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MAC gains points for minorities in head-coach jobs; other conferences are far behind curve
February 23, 2009
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NYC Students Demand End To Job Bias
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK – Students and graduates from the Borough of Manhattan Community College, joined by members of the NY City Council, are demanding an end to credit checks by employees, which they charge unfairly blocks qualified students and recent graduates from needed jobs. ...
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Food Insecurity Higher In Minority Households
September 08, 2011
The USDA today released a new report of Food Security in the U.S.. The report showed that food insecurity rates were substantially higher than the national average for households with incomes near or below the current federal poverty line ($22,350 for a family of four), households with children headed by single women ...
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CA Black Community Rallies For LA Sports Complex
September 07, 2011
Citing Black unemployment, minority rights groups in the Black community are calling on California Senator Alan Lowenthal and all California legislators to stand up for jobs, especially for those hit hardest by the recession. The protest is co-sponsored ...
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Chicago Minority Caucuses Push For Casino
September 02, 2011
Chicago City Council’s Black and Hispanic Caucuses this week joined the battle between Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Gov. Pat Quinn over a land-based casino and slot machines at O'Hare and Midway airports. The City Council members said a ...
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BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS
September 02, 2011
The Labor Department released the August jobs report today showing that while unemployment figures remained unchanged from July's 9.1 percent. Black unemployment climbed to 16.7 percent. This is the highest its been since 1984. The unemployment rate for Black males rose a whole percentage point to 18.0 percent and the rate for Black youths aged 16–19 jumped from 39.2 to 46.5 percent. ...
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Minority Groups Stress Transportation Funding
September 02, 2011
Following President Obama’s call for a “clean extension†of the surface transportation bill and a reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), The Leadership Conference Education Fund released a new report, “Getting to Work: Transportation Policy and Access to Job Opportunities,†which highlights how inequities in transportation ...
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Labor Secretary Solis Says Latino Support For Obama Still Strong
August 31, 2011
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said today the Hispanic community still supports what President Obama is doing on jobs despite the high unemployment rate. “I think there’s still a lot of confidence and support for the work the president is doing,†Solis said of what Hispanic leaders have told her at various town-hall meetings she has held across the country. “It’s not happening fast enough — that’s one of the major concerns ...
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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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OBAMA REACTS TO BLACK CRITICS
August 30, 2011
Under fire from Black lawmakers for allegedly ignoring rising unemployment in their communities, President Obama took to the radiowaves saying he understands their concerns. Obama appeared on the popular Black-oriented Tom Joyner show today as part of an effort by his administration to remind Black voters that the country’s first Black president is fighting for them. The president reminded the show's primarily Black audience that Martin Luther King's efforts regarding unemployment took time ...
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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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Report Touts HUD Progress On Discrimination
August 30, 2011
A report released today by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) shows that the agency is resolving individual housing discrimination complaints faster, increasing its focus on complaints that affect multiple people, and launching more investigations using its authority to initiate cases on behalf of discrimination victims where no one has filed a complaint. HUD’s Annual State of Fair Housing Report also illustrates how the agency is helping municipalities and state and local agencies receiving HUD funding to comply with civil rights requirements ...
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96% Of Latinos Want College For Children
August 25, 2011
A new impreMedia/Latino Decisions poll reveals when it comes to their children’s education, Latino voters have clear and high aspirations. The poll shows that 96% of Latino parents would like to see their kids earn a college degree, whether it is a bachelor’s, master’s or professional degree. What is not so clear ...
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Obama Latino Support Slipping
August 23, 2011
A tracking poll by impreMedia, a Hispanic news company, today indicated declining support for President Obama and the results suggest that the President and Democratic Party may face a continuing political problem in retaining Hispanic support. The survey was conducted between late July and early August, and compared results with a poll ...
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Feds Sue Racist CA Restaurant Chain
August 18, 2011
The federal government is suing a Panda Express restaurant in West San Jose, California, for making its Latino workers clean toilets while Asian employees stood by and watched. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in a federal court filing that the general manager of the Panda Express gave Latino workers fewer hours and more menial jobs. The commission also said the manager more frequently and harshly disciplined Latino employees. ...
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Chicago Ordered To Hire 111 Black Firefighters
August 18, 2011
The City of Chicago has been ordered to hire 111 Black men and to compensate 6,000 others who were passed over for employment due to discriminatory testing practices. The city must hire 111 bypassed black firefighters by March 2012 and pay at least $30 million in damages Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed that black candidates did not wait too long before filing the lawsuit A federal appeals court affirmed that ruling in May and remanded the case back to the trial court to implement ...
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BLACK POLITICAL UNREST
August 18, 2011
Two Black members of Congress, one Democrat and the other Republican, are voicing concern today about circumstances facing the nation. Black California Congresswoman Maxine Waters has some advice for President Obama about blacks in America, "Pay more attention to us." Speaking at a job fair in Atlanta today, Waters said unhappiness is growing in the Black community with the nation’s first Black president. ...
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Study: Suburban Schools Keep Disadvantaged "Down"
August 18, 2011
A new study by University of Kansas researchers shows as suburban school districts have gained advantages over their urban counterparts, they have tenaciously clung to them, often at the expense of urban districts. While urban schools’ not keeping pace with suburban schools is an acknowledged problem, few have studied the causes of the discrepancies. ...
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Latinos Get OK To Sue Kraft For Discrimination
August 16, 2011
Kraft Foods must face a race-discrimination trial, even though it pointed out that another worker of the same minority group as the plaintiffs did not face similar discrimination, the 7th Circuit ruled. Discrimination against one member of a minority group violates federal discrimination law no matter how well another member of the same minority may have been treated, said the unanimous ruling. ...
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Black Women Historians Speak Out Against 'The Help'
August 15, 2011
The Association of Black Women Historians released a statement today urging fans of both the best-selling novel and the new movie The Help to reconsider the popular tale of African American maids in 1960s Jackson, Miss., who risk sharing their experiences with a young white journalist. The open statement to "fans of The Help" says the book and the movie "distorts, ignores, and trivializes ...
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BLACKS-BP PROBLEMS CONTINUE
August 15, 2011
A coalition that advocates for those who were harmed by the April 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Members of Operation People for Peace, are at the world headquarters of BP in the UK demanding compensation. The campaigners say blacks, the most vulnerable and disenfranchised claimants, are being overlooked in favor of those with political connections who have been compensated handsomely. The group submitted more than 10,000 claims and says ...
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Union Head Blasts GOP Over Black Job Crisis
August 12, 2011
This summer, millions of working families got a front-row seat to the dysfunctional leadership of Republicans in Congress who proved once again that they just don’t get it. The national unemployment rate is 9.1%. For blacks, the unemployment rate is hovering around 16 percent. Instead of creating solutions for the jobs crisis, Republicans are killing jobs and destroying the American Dream. ...
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Lack Of Financial Know-How Leaves Latino Firms Exposed
August 11, 2011
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company's "The Business Owner Financial Wellness" study emphasizes the lack of a long-term strategy by many Hispanic entrepreneurs, who in 89 percent of the cases founded their firms to economically support their families and seven of 10 of whom want to hand the company down to their children although the majority do not have any concrete succession plans. ...
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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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Ad Campaign Tells GOP To Focus On Minority Job Creation
August 11, 2011
In an effort to refocus Republican lawmakers on the need for job creation, the 2.1 million nurses, janitors, security officers, child care providers and other members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) today unveiled a 7-figure ad campaign, including broadcast and cable television, radio ...
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Civil Rights Icon Eleanor Josaitis Dies at 79
August 09, 2011
Eleanor Josaitis was a stay-at-home mom, raising five kids in Taylor, Michigan in the 1960s, when she decided she wanted to help build racial harmony in Detroit's segregated communities. So she packed up her family and moved them to Detroit's Sherwood Forest neighborhood after the 1967 riots. ...
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Ethnic Californians Are State's Environmental Champions
August 08, 2011
A new Public Policy Institute of California survey reveals a majority of Californians want to move forward with environmental regulation, despite a tough economy, with the strongest support coming from minorities and those with the highest joblessness rates. “People of color are the strongest environmentalists in California,†said Roger Kim ...
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