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Government of Canada delegation to make historic mission to northern France to bring home unknown Newfoundland First World War s
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Nexon’s Highly Anticipated Dungeon&Fighter Mobile Now Available in China
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2024 Book and Journalism Award Winners
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Gartner Says Sales Organizations That Use an Adaptive Approach Are Three Times More Likely to Grow
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Huntsman Publishes 2023 Sustainability Report
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PowerFlex Kicks Off Reseller Partner Program for EV Charging Solutions
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Aqua Pennsylvania Secures up to $6.7 Million PENNVEST Grant for PFAS Treatment Facility Serving 25,000 People in Bucks County
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Dallas Bright Futures Announces Winners of the 2024 Monty J. and Sarah Z. Bennett Dallas Scholarship Fund
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Maydone Appliance Repair Wins 2024 Consumer Choice Award for Best Appliance Service in Toronto
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NewSouth Window Solutions Donates Windows to Local First Responders and Nonprofit
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American Indian College Fund Partners with Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies to Enhance Native Arts Programs
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NEW MAZDA SPONSORED SURVEY FINDS NEARLY HALF OF CAR-SHARING AMERICAN COUPLES HAVE MONTHLY VEHICLE DISAGREEMENTS
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Affinity Plus Foundation Announces Addition to Board of Directors
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KRISPY KREME’S® ‘Doughnut Detour’ Deal Sweetens Memorial Day Holiday
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Assisted Living Locators Sets Industry Standard for Personalized, Ethical Senior Care Placement
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Meadow Lake Tribal Council and Canada set to advance talks on reconciliation and self-determination
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Smithfield Foods Donates 38,000 Pounds of Food to Feed Kansas Veterans and Families
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Advantage Capital Names Steven Lichtin as CEO of Advantage Renewables
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$1.3Mil Grant "Empowering Visible Ethnic Minority Scientists" Awarded To Keystone Symposia
March 15, 2010
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Are Universities Failing Ethnic Minority Students?
December 10, 2009
A widening disparity between the academic achievements of white and ethnic minority students has been highlighted in a new report by the Equality ...
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Labour general secretary calls for all-ethnic minority shortlists
April 21, 2009
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Boosting the chances for ethnic minority graduates in UK
April 15, 2009
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Ethnic minority groups asked for their views on end of life care
April 14, 2009
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MINORITY NYC BUSINESSES COMPLAIN
July 03, 2020
NEW YORK - Angered by what they consider overly punitive enforcement by police, Black and Brown New York City business leaders today demanded the practice end. Led by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams outside of New York Police headquarters, the minority businesses claimed they received exorbitant fines, required changes to a business's method of operations, including shorter hours, and even revocation of a business's liquor license. ...
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MINORITY COMMUNITIES HIT BY NEW DRUG CRISIS
November 27, 2020
Alarmed that 33 people were severally sickened by an overdose of the synthetic marijuana known as K2, law enforcement have fanned out in minority sections of Brooklyn, NY to locate the sources of the drugs. ...
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NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - The 4000 mostly minority tenants of the Diego Beekman Houses in New York’s South Bronx are receiving some good news today. That news is taking the form of a new, low interest, 30-year mortgage for $19 million dollars. NYC Comptroller John Liu told reporters the funds came from the NYC Employee Retirement System and the Police Pension Fund. ...
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Research: Minority Children Need Strategies To Fight Obesity
September 08, 2011
The White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity, created by the president as part of the first lady's "Let's Move" campaign, aims to solve the epidemic of childhood obesity within a generation, returning the country to a rate of 5 percent by 2030, which was the rate before childhood obesity first began to rise in the late 1970s. ...
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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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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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NAACP Intervenes In Florida Minority Voting Rights Case
September 07, 2011
The NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF) has filed a motion seeking to intervene in a lawsuit on behalf of the Florida State Conference of the NAACP and Black voters to prevent the State of Florida from implementing discriminatory voting laws. In the lawsuit, Florida v. United States, Florida asks a federal court to approve, under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, voting measures that would significantly alter Florida's voting process. ...
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Study Debunks Minority Financial Aid Myth
September 06, 2011
A new report by financial aid and college planning author, Mark Kantrowitz, challenges the assumption that college grant money flows disproportionately to members of minority groups. Kantrowitz, an ABD in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, says his paper presents data concerning the distribution of grants and scholarships by race. It debunks the race myth, which claims that minority students receive more than their fair share of scholarships. ...
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Study: Degree Of Obesity A Factor For Minority Diabetics
September 06, 2011
According to a new University of Michigan Health System study obesity is a known risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes. But it hasn’t been clear whether the “dose†of obesity—how much excess weight a person has, and for how long—affects the risk of diabetes. The study of about 8,000 adolescents and young adults shows the degree and duration of carrying extra pounds are important risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes in adulthood. ...
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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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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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$12M Grant To Improve Minority Mental Health
September 02, 2011
Five minority fellowship program grants are being awarded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for a total of up to $12.2 million. These three year grants will be used to train a new wave of behavioral health care providers. The program focuses on increasing the number of culturally competent behavioral health ...
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CA Passes Law Protecting Minority Voting Strength
August 31, 2011
The California State Legislature is receiving praise for passing legislation to end prison-based gerrymandering. Assembly Member Mike Davis sponsored the bill that will help bring California's redistricting process in line with basic principles ...
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Study: Minority Kids Feel Stigma In Elementary Grades
August 31, 2011
According to a study published today in Child Development magazine, US Children belonging to ethnic minorities feel socially stigmatized as early as primary school, and may suffer greater anxiety about their academic performance. Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles, and New York University found that students ...
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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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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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Bill Gates Announces Low-Income Minority Student Scholarship Program
August 26, 2011
The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program (GMS) will select 1,000 low-income minority students to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Scholars will also be provided with personal and professional development through their leadership programs, along with academic ...
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Minority Counsel Assoc. Names New President
August 23, 2011
Joseph K. West has been selected as the new President and CEO of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA). Mary E. Snapp, Board Chair of the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), announced today that West, currently an Associate General Counsel at Walmart, will take the position effective September 12. He succeeds Veta T. Richardson, who is now serving in the position of President and CEO of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC). A long-time acquaintance ...
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MINORITY STUDENT BULLYING RISES
August 23, 2011
New research presented today at the 106th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association says victims of bullying often suffer academically, and this is particularly true for high achieving Black and Latino students. “Although academic achievement is largely influenced by family background and school characteristics ...
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FDNY Official Says Minority Members Subjected To Harassment
August 16, 2011
A black FDNY official said minority members of the nation’s largest fire department are subjected to harassment, detailing several incidents of racism as he testified at a federal discrimination trial in Brooklyn federal court today. The department is only 3 percent black, while blacks represent nearly 26 percent of New York City’s population. ...
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Firm Awards $400K In Minority Accounting Scholarships
August 15, 2011
The KPMG Foundation a private firm that operates on donations, today announced it has awarded a total of $400,000 in scholarships to 40 minority accounting doctoral students for the 2011-2012 academic year. The students include 10 new recipients and 30 students whose scholarships have been renewed. Each scholarship is valued at $10,000 and renewable annually for up to five years. ...
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MINORITY BANK SCAMMER GETS MAX
August 12, 2011
A federal judge has sentenced Jammie E. Harris to the maximum prison term for her role in fleecing Pittsburgh's only minority-owned bank of more than $3 million. "I regret a lot of the things I have done," said Harris in a rambling statement to Senior U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch. Judge Bloch interrupted Harris' plea for leniency citing her 36 prior convictions ...
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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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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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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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