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April 23, 2024
JBG SMITH Releases 2024 Sustainability Report
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Seagate Drives Progress on Its Renewable Energy and Circularity Programs
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First of its Kind Partnership Delivers a Waste Heat to Power Project That Will Reduce the University of Dayton’s Carbon Fo
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TULU 2024 World Indigenous Tourism Summit Opens in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Gathering 27 Countries to Focus on "Indigenous Cultures an
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BOARDWALK RELEASES 2023 ESG REPORT
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iSun, Inc. Announces Restructuring of Executive Team
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AUSTRALIAN BATTERY MATERIALS INNOVATOR ANNOUNCES US EXPANSION
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The 2024 Japan Prize Award Ceremony Is Held with Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan in Attendance
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FPT to Shape the Future of AI and Cloud on a Global Scale in Collaboration with NVIDIA
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The Tokyo Station Hotel Expands Carbon Neutral Stay Program to All Rooms to Help Achieve Sustainable World
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Alterra Mountain Company Releases Its 2023 Impact Report
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Resilient Waters Fund Wins the 2024 Kellogg-Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge
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Quaker Houghton Releases its 2023 Sustainability Report
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2023 Sustainability Report Demonstrates Canfor Pulp and Canfor's Continued ESG Performance
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Vasta Platform Limited to Report First Quarter 2024 Financial Results on May 08, 2024
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2023 Sustainability Report Demonstrates Canfor and Canfor Pulp's Continued ESG Performance
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JA Solar Joins United Nations Global Compact's "Forward Faster" Initiative
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New novel explores love, loss and triumph through the eyes of a first-generation Latina lawyer
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Coke Florida Celebrates Earth Day with Statewide Sustainability and Conservation Activities
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BUDGET WOES THREATEN BLACK WOMEN
July 15, 2011
According to reports, the chained CPI, a Social Security COLA cut on the table in deficit talks between the President and Republicans, could dramatically worsen poverty among unmarried senior African American women. As such, it violates the request of major progressive organizations in a letter to the White House and Congressional leaders to "make sure that deficit reduction is achieved in a way that does not increase poverty." ...
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Asian American Navigating The College Admissions Process
July 05, 2011
The existence of obstacles to Asian Americans gaining admission to elite universities stems from the perception that, as a group, they have performed relatively well in higher education. From 1976 to 2007, the percentage of Asian American college students increased from 1.8 to 6.7 percent ...
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Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny
June 30, 2011
Sixteen U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday urging it to review new state voter ID laws and scrutinize their implementation to ensure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised. “The civil and human rights community welcomes the senators’ request ...
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Black Baby Boomers Eye Uncertain Retirement
June 08, 2011
Financial planners typically say retirees will need replacement income of 70-80 percent to continue living as well as they did prior to exiting the workforce. ...
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Minority Pedestrians Disproportionately Killed In California Accidents
May 26, 2011
Hispanic pedestrians have a 97% higher chance of being killed by cars and African Americans have an 83% higher pedestrian death rate in the state. ...
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Best Way To Save Medicare, Offer It To Everyone
May 23, 2011
Proposals to privatize Medicare have been met with such fierce opposition, because it was revealed that privatization meant much higher out-of-pocket costs for seniors. ...
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Russell Simmins Keynotes UNCF "Recipe For Success" Scholarships
May 23, 2011
“We are honored to recognize the achievements of these students and to have Russell Simmons, Darden Restaurants and UNCF do the same.†...
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Harvard Kennedy Latino Leadership Initiative Expands
May 20, 2011
The program helps to prepare the rising generation of Latino leaders for the opportunities and challenges they will face in the coming decades. ...
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Michelle Obama Speaks At Spelman College
May 16, 2011
In a commencement speech at the traditionally black women's college, Obama told the graduates their degrees are "not an entitlement that you can take for granted." ...
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DNC To Get First Woman Chair In 4 Decades
May 04, 2011
The 44-year-old Florida congresswoman, selected by President Barack Obama to replace former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, is known as a sharp partisan with an outspoken style. ...
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Generations Clash Over Asian Mixed Marriages
April 29, 2011
Some experts see similar cultural discord between older and younger generations increasing as some aging parents hope to preserve tradition. ...
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Morehouse College To Defend Minority College Golf Title
April 27, 2011
The 25th PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship presented by Brown Capital Management will once again feature nearly 200 athletes from minority-serving institutions. ...
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Group Decries Voter ID Requirement
April 22, 2011
"Photo ID requirements would erode the integrity of elections by systematically excluding large groups of eligible voters and place them in second-class status." ...
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Three Biomarkers Better Predict Kidney Disease, Complications
April 18, 2011
The study participants were, on average, 65 years old. Overall, 40 percent were black, 54 percent were women. ...
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Civil Rights Leaders Call End To Water Fluoridation
April 18, 2011
Atlanta civil rights leaders have asked Georgia legislators to repeal the state’s mandatory water fluoridation law. ...
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Tri-Caucus Speaks Out On 100th Day Without Jobs Bill
April 15, 2011
"In the first 100 days of the Republican lead house they have ignored America’s number one concern, job creation." ...
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Blacks Have Vested Interest In Budget Cuts To Health Care
April 07, 2011
One in four black Americans between the ages of 18 and 64 get their health insurance from the government. ...
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GA Professor Recognized For 'Empowered Youth' Work
April 05, 2011
The program provides children and adolescents in grades K-12 with tutoring, guidance and social skills training. ...
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Finalists In $1M Urban Education Competition Announced
April 05, 2011
The "Prize" is an annual $1 million award that honors large urban school districts making the greatest progress in America in raising student achievement. ...
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Hispanic Caucus Decries GOP Leader's Comments On Social Security
March 31, 2011
“We’re going to have to come to grips with the fact that these programs cannot exist if we want America to be what we want it to be.†...
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MINORITIES SUFFER FOOD SHORTAGE
March 28, 2011
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Minority Groups Mark 1st Yr Of Affordable Care Act
March 24, 2011
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Civil Rights Game 'Beacon' Honorees Named
March 23, 2011
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Urban Education Fund Receives $40M Endowment
March 21, 2011
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"Match Day" For HBCU Meharry Students
March 18, 2011
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Exhibition Highlights Contributions Of Blacks
March 16, 2011
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NYC Minority Groups: $75M Question
March 16, 2011
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Millions Raising Their Grandkids In Poverty
March 03, 2011
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Army Partners With Urban Basketball Invitational
February 28, 2011
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Study: Blacks Readmitted To Hospitals More Often
February 23, 2011
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Heritage Tour Commemorates Bloody Sunday
February 18, 2011
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