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April 19, 2024
Bright Horizons Family Solutions Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call
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CF Industries Holdings, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend and Confirms Dates for First Quarter 2024 Results and Conference Call
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Dr. Cathleen Brown Named Medical Director of Winona, Pioneering Menopause Telehealth Company
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Yom HaAliyah: The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews Celebrates Helping Thousands of Jews Make Aliyah in 2023
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WK Kellogg Co and Meijer Donate $50,000 to Battle Creek Public Schools Mission Tiger
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Dr. Laurie Leshin, Director of JPL, to Receive THE MUSES of the California Science Center Foundation 2024 Woman of the Year Awar
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Nationally Syndicated “The Bert Show” Hosts Candid Interview with Usher, Who Credits Top Morning-Drive Radio Intervi
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Angels Helpers NYC Announces 2024 Charity Gala “Big City, Big Hearts: New Yorkers Helping New Yorkers”
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Semrush Holdings, Inc. Announces Investor Conference Call to Review First Quarter 2024 Financial Results
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Targeting A Solution Panel Aims to Find Solutions for the Veteran Suicide Crisis with National Thought Leaders Tulsi Gabbard, Ti
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RepTrak Announces 2024 Global RepTrak® 100 Report
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SuperWomen Of FMS Leadership Award Nominations Now Open
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Canada brings the world together in pursuit of an ambitious global deal to end plastic pollution
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Innovafeed Expands to U.S.; French Agtech Firm Opens Insect Innovation Center in Decatur, Ill.
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First Annual U.S.-Ukraine Veterans' Charity Golf Tournament Announced with General Retired David Petraeus as Guest of Honor
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Genome-wide association analyses identify 95 risk loci and provide insights into the neurobiology of post-traumatic stress disor
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Wheels in Motion: Nationwide Ride of a Life Time Cycling Event Set for April 27 to Support Children's Health
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Franklin Covey Announces New Common Share Purchase Plan
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Brief "Racial Disparity In School Funding Is No Myth"
July 07, 2011
This week the Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, released a new issue brief that debunks a recent backgrounder by Jason Richwine of the Heritage Foundation. Richwine’s report, titled “The Myth of Racial Disparities in Public School Financing,†suggests that public education spending is broadly similar ...
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MINORITY WOMEN TARGETED FOR RAPE
July 06, 2011
Minority Rights Group International says in its 2011 annual report released today, women from minority and indigenous communities are targeted for rape and other forms of sexual violence, torture and killings specifically because of their ethnic ...
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Black Film Festival Starts Tuesday In Miami
July 05, 2011
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) comes back to Miami to celebrate the contributions that the African-American community has made to the film industry. This year the ABFF schedule includes four days of film screenings, cocktail receptions, workshops, and "master classes" taught by the likes of Robert Townsend and Spike Lee. ...
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Black Bone Marrow Registry Raises Awareness
July 05, 2011
A bone marrow transplant can be a cure for someone with sickle cell disease or other illnesses like leukemia and lymphoma. Most patients who need transplants do not have a match in their family and depend on the Be The Match Registry to find a match. But many African Americans and other minorities can’t find marrow donors ...
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MLK 'Table of Brotherhood Project' Announced
June 30, 2011
On the 48th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech, Chevrolet is sponsoring the “Table of Brotherhood Project,†a four-city tour honoring King's legacy. The tour culminates with the Aug. 28 dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington. ...
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Newly Elected Black Mayors Make Jobs A Priority
June 29, 2011
The recent elections of Alvin Brown as Jacksonville, Florida’s first African American mayor and Michael Hancock as Denver’s second Black mayor, provide much needed new hope and leadership in the war on unemployment. Both Brown and Hancock have strong Urban League roots and both have made job creation in their ...
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Latinos Could Smash 2012 Voting Record
June 24, 2011
Latinos will turnout in record numbers in the next Presidential election, with at least 12.2 million casting ballots, according to projections made by the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Educational Fund. This analysis also reveals that Latinos will account for a significant share of the electorate in several states. ...
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Minorities Not Being Properly Screen For Diabetes Despite Risks
June 24, 2011
Although people from certain ethnic groups are at high risk for getting diabetes and should be screened, a new study suggests that such screenings are not being done as often as they should. Dr. Ann Sheehy, a hospitalist and clinical assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, was lead author of the findings, which appear in this month's edition of Diabetes Care. ...
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House Rejects GOP Bill To Terminate Election Assistance Commission
June 22, 2011
The Congressional Tri-Caucus members denounced Republican efforts to terminate the Election Assistance Commission, the agency Congress created in the wake of the debacle in Florida during the 2000 Presidential Election. Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Elections Subcommittee Ranking Member and Congressional Hispanic Caucus ...
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Black Leaders Speak Out Over Religious Liberty Protections
June 21, 2011
Led by members of the Congressional Black Caucus, law makers today are calling upon President Obama to restore religious liberty protections in employment law. On June 25, 1941, with the U.S. poised to go to war, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 8802 in response to the efforts of black labor leader A. Philip Randolph and other civil rights leaders to acquire fair employment practices for Black workers at defense plants. ...
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Latinos Keep $169B Out Of Banks
June 20, 2011
A new study released by the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and its Tayloe Murphy Center outlines specific steps for how banks and credit unions can capture billions of dollars in deposits by reaching out to Latino and other "unbanked" households across the United States. ...
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Landmark Study On Millennials Challenges "Post-Racial" Myth
June 07, 2011
“Contrary to widespread labeling of the millennial generation as 'post-racial,' young people actually see a lot of racial problems." ...
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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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Program Brings New Class Of Latino Interns To Capitol Hill
June 06, 2011
The program works to expose talented young Latinos to the inner-workings of Congress, while preparing them to become part of Congress. ...
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UN Criticizes US On Women's Rights
June 06, 2011
Inadequate implementation of current policies have “resulted in the continued prevalence of violence against women. ...
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Gil Scott-Heron Laid To Rest
June 03, 2011
Scott-Heron, most well-known for his composition, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,†was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Jamaican soccer player. ...
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Study: Cost Of College Shows Low-Income Students Have Few Choices
June 02, 2011
s it stands, these financial-aid policy choices increasingly benefit affluent students instead of those with the greatest demonstrated need. ...
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Criminal Deportees Worry Mexican Border Mayors
May 31, 2011
Many of the mayors said they are concerned by the court's order because U.S. authorities sometimes don't warn them when migrants are deported. ...
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Communities Of Color, Poverty Bear Burden Of Air Pollution
May 26, 2011
“It’s well known that communities of color and low income communities bear the disproportionate share of the deaths and illnesses associated with pollution. ...
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TEA PARTY COURTING MINORITES?
May 26, 2011
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Broad Civil Rights Coalition Lays Out Plan For 2012 Budget
May 25, 2011
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Study Looks To Explain Trends In Hate Crimes Against Immigrants And Hispanics
May 25, 2011
NIJ was directed by Congress to evaluate trends in hate crimes against immigrants and Hispanic-Americans and to assess the underlying causes. ...
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AG Holder Speaks At Asian Heritage Month Event
May 24, 2011
We pay tribute to the contributions – and sacrifices – made by generations who have done so much to enrich our nation’s history, and who will be essential to its future success. ...
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Mexican-Americans, Other Latinos See Race Differently
May 23, 2011
Demographers say the vast majority are Mexican-Americans and other Latinos who do not see themselves in the four, recognized racial groups. ...
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Racist Comments Stir London Uprising
May 20, 2011
"Black women are … far less attractive than white, Asian, and Native American women." The piece drew a barrage of complaints from readers. ...
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AL SHARPTON BREAKS 20 YEAR SILENCE
May 19, 2011
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Researcher: U.S. Will Become Hispanic Nation
May 19, 2011
One area of concern suggested by data analyses is that Hispanic education levels are not keeping up with growth increases. ...
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Study: Why More Blacks Turn To Twitter
May 17, 2011
African Americans in general report more interest in celebrity and entertainment news and were found to be more likely than whites to start using Twitter. ...
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Watchdog Group Sues Justice Dept. Over DOMA docs.
May 17, 2011
The Office of Information Policy and the Referral Unit both acknowledged receipt of Judicial Watch’s FOIA requests but have failed to respond to these requests. ...
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Black Chamber Lauds SBA Appointment
May 17, 2011
"It is my goal, and the goal of the U.S. Black Chamber, to make sure that Black businesses benefit from an upswing in the nation’s economy." ...
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Civil Rights Movement Comes to Life In Simulation
May 13, 2011
The simulation allows participants to experience the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, the 1963 March on Washington, the 1964 Mississippi Freedom School Movement. ...
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