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May 9, 2024
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Inland Helps Raise Record Amount for Local Annual Charity Walk
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ASHA Highlights Need for Increased Understanding and Acceptance This Stuttering Awareness Week
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Union Pacific's Big Boy No. 4014 Returns this Summer with Public Display Days in Roseville, California and Ogden, Utah
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The Kemper Foundation Opens Fall 2024 Read Conmigo Grant Application Cycle to Bilingual Educators in Dallas, Los Angeles and Mia
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Naicatchewenin First Nation, Canada and Ontario reach settlement agreement on Treaty 3 flooding claim
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Government of Canada launches new call for proposals to increase the production of alternate format materials for persons with p
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Government of Canada launches major new initiative to support Indigenous tourism
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University of Phoenix Survey on Military Mental Health and Civilian Workforce Transition Experiences Finds Veterans Have Confide
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Advent Technologies Holdings Announces Effective Date of Reverse Stock Split
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Georgia Cleantech Innovation Hub Bolsters Leadership and Governance with an Expansion of its Board of Directors
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Leading Horse Care Brand Farnam and Country Music Trio The Castellows Partner in New Music-Led Campaign “Everything for th
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Children's Brain Tumor Network Introduces New "CBTN Champions" Giving Tier to Broaden Support for Researchers and Kids
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1.37 MILLION JEWISH ADULTS AND CHILDREN LIVE IN EIGHT-COUNTY NEW YORK AREA
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Ministers Rodriguez and Khera hosted a National Air Accessibility Summit
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Tool To Warn Of Concussions Wins Grand Prize At Sunstone CSU Startup Launch Competition 2024
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THE BOB WOODRUFF FOUNDATION ACTIVATES NATURAL DISASTER FUND TO AID MILITARY FAMILIES DISPLACED BY TEXAS FLOODS
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ServiceNow unveils new AI-powered capabilities to help improve employee experiences, supercharge talent development, and optimiz
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Tribe Saves Sacred Land
August 04, 2011
Hundreds gathered at Glen Cove, Calif., for a closing ceremony to celebrate what Native American activists and their allies are declaring an historic victory. The Yocha Dehe ...
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Manufacturing Giant Settles Bias Suit
August 03, 2011
A business unit of aluminum maker Alcoa has settled a discrimination case with the U.S. Department of Labor for $540,000, the government said. Alcoa Mill Products Inc. will pay $484,656.19 in back wages to 37 Hispanics and African-Americans as well as $35,516.88 to two women who all were rejected for job positions ...
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BLACKS QUESTION DEBT DEAL
August 01, 2011
Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Emanuel Cleaver is making headlines today for remarks he made about the Debt Ceiling Deal reached to avert a US government default. Cleaver said early reports of the new deal appeared to be “a sugar-coated Satan sandwich.†The Missouri Democrat said the CBC hadn’t yet made a formal declaration that the group would oppose it, “but this is a shady bill.†Cleaver took to the airwaves on Sunday ...
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Rosa Parks Memorabilia Missing
July 21, 2011
The memorabilia collection of civil rights icon Rosa Parks - medals, papers, even the hat she wore on her historic bus ride - is in the hands of a New York auction house, its ownership in limbo, with a value once pegged at $US10 million. Her estate, valued at $US372,000 at the time of her death, is mostly gone - eaten up by lawyers' fees. ...
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Victory In AZ Desegregation Case
July 20, 2011
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed a district court decision that terminated court jurisdiction over school desegregation policies in Tucson. In Fisher/Mendoza v. Tucson Unified School District, MALDEF, along with co-counsel from law firm Proskauer Rose LLP, served as attorneys for the Mendoza plaintiffs. In its ruling, the appellate court panel cited the district court’s finding that the school district did not ...
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OBAMA + DEBT = BIAS?
July 19, 2011
Congressional Black Caucus member Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas suggested to members of Congress that President Obama is being treated unfairly in debt negotiations because of his race. As Jackson and many members of the Black community see it, Republican’s reluctance to raise the debt ceiling when it has been raised ...
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Civil Rights Groups Back Obama's Choice Of Consumer Bureau Head
July 19, 2011
The appointment of former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray by President Obama to be the first director of the newly formed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is being applauded by civil rights leaders and groups alike. Nancy Zirkin, executive vice president of The Leadership Conference on Civil ...
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BLACKS WIN KATRINA SUIT
July 07, 2011
Black homeowners and two civil rights organizations today announced a settlement in a post-Hurricane Katrina housing discrimination lawsuit brought against the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the State of Louisiana regarding the "Road Home" program. ...
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Parent's Group Opposes Charter School Expansion Plan
July 05, 2011
Parents Across America (PAA), a grassroots organization representing public school parents from across the United States today is speaking out in opposition of HR 2218, the “Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act.†...
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Poll: 1 in 5 African Youth Plan To Start A Business
June 30, 2011
Gallup surveys in 27 African countries and areas underscore the interest young people in the region have in entrepreneurship. A median of one in five Africans between the ages of 15 and 24 who are not already business owners say they plan to start their own business in the next 12 months, although they are less ...
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Redistricting Reform Threatens Minority Voice
June 27, 2011
Few ordinary Californians have been more intensely interested in the state’s new Citizens Redistricting Commission than Berkeley-based Tea Party activist David Salaverry. Back in March, he realized that the fledgling panel, with its 14 citizen ...
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WARNING: CUT DEFICIT PROTECT POOR
June 27, 2011
Civil rights leaders are today calling on Executive and Congressional leadership to honor the precedent set by previous deficit reduction negotiations that have reduced the deficit without increasing poverty. In a letter to policymakers involved in deficit ...
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Bank Settles With Feds Over Allegations Of Discrimination
June 20, 2011
Justice Department reaches settlement in alleged lending discrimination in St. Louis. Settlement provides $1.45M to ensure equal lending services to African-American community ...
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Poll: Belief In Economic Opportunity Crosses Race Lines
June 07, 2011
Whites and minorities share many common views about what it takes to succeed in today’s economy and a cultural optimism about the progress America has made. ...
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Feds Resolve Citizenship Status Discrimination Claim
June 06, 2011
The investigation revealed that Canvas Corporation had a pattern or practice of rejecting non-U.S. citizen applicants, even though citizenship was not legally required. ...
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Tough AZ Sheriff Now Dealing With Feds
June 03, 2011
Sheriff Joe and his department, after much resistance, entered into a legal settlement to fully cooperate with the Justice Department. ...
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NY Gov Opts Out Of Controversial Deportation Program
June 02, 2011
Two weeks ago, a letter released by a former ICE contractor confirmed that ICE intentionally misled New York to obtain the state’s participation in Secure Communities. ...
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HUD Acts Against Pregnancy Discrimination In Home Mortgage
June 02, 2011
“Mortgage professionals may verify income and other resources and have eligibility standards but they may not single out women on maternity leave." ...
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Minorities Rely On Social Media For Activism
May 31, 2011
African Americans and Hispanics are significantly more likely to believe that they can help get the word out about a social issue or cause through online social networks. ...
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CA Sheriff Criticized Over New Immigration Policy
May 31, 2011
The sheriff's new policy comes as the California Assembly approved a bill to revise the state's agreement on using the federal Secure Communities program. ...
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New Black Heritage Network Being Shopped
May 26, 2011
The network will combine original programs with updated "classic material," all of it reality and/or history programming rather than scripted. ...
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Broad Civil Rights Coalition Lays Out Plan For 2012 Budget
May 25, 2011
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NAACP To Watch For Discrimination During "Black Bike Week"
May 24, 2011
“Any form of racial discrimination against Black Bike Week visitors will not be tolerated,†said NAACP Vice President of Stakeholder Relations Nelson B. Rivers, III. ...
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NY Urged To Get Out Of Deportation Program
May 18, 2011
In 2008 NY quietly entered into an agreement with the federal government regarding S-Comm. momentum to reject S-Comm is building in NY and across the nation. ...
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Feds Settle Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination In Arizona
May 17, 2011
The district had a policy of requiring newly hired workers who are not U.S. citizens but are authorized to work to present specific documentation that is not required. ...
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White House Releases Small Business Agenda
May 16, 2011
“Small businesses are the backbone of our economy and the cornerstones of our communities. They create two of every three new jobs in America." ...
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NY Governor Urged To Withdraw From Secure Communities
May 16, 2011
Joining a growing, statewide chorus calling for New York to exit the program, the lawmakers said ‘Secure Communities’ is needlessly harsh. ...
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USDA Vows To Tackle Discrimination
May 12, 2011
A significant number of the recommendations included in the report already have been or currently are being integrated into USDA operations. ...
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Civil Rights Group Sues MD. Education Commission For Discrimination
May 12, 2011
The lawsuit, filed in 2006 and amended four times, says the state under-funds traditionally black colleges, causing them to lag behind the state's other institutions. ...
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Blacks Support Ban Of Menthol Cigarettes
May 12, 2011
A ban is supported by a majority of Americans (56 percent), particularly African Americans (76 percent) who were found to be disproportionately affected. ...
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MINORITY COLLEGE DILEMMA
May 11, 2011
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