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December 11, 2023
Law Offices of Edward A. Smith Establishes Scholarship Fund to Honor Victims of Vehicular Accidents
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Pentair Announces Rate Increase to Its Quarterly Cash Dividend
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Northeast Delta HSA catalyzes Veteran's Boxing Wellness Initiative Through Partnership With Rodney J. Hobbs VFW Post 1809, BoneK
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UrbanGeekz Unveils Inaugural UrbanGeekz 50 to Showcase Gamechangers in Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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Buckets Over Bullying Partners with NBA G League Ignite to Bring Cyberbullying Awareness to Las Vegas Community
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Customers' Dedication Helps Red Apple and The Bargain! Shop Exceed $675,000 in Annual Together We Care® Toy Drive
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Hawaiian Electric Company Announces Ameresco Award for Two Clean Energy Projects Totaling 111 MW
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SERVICE COORDINATION RECEIVES 2023 TOP WORKPLACES AWARD
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McCormick & Company's 2050 Net-Zero Target Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative
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Supporting Safer Sleep: Sleepopolis Donates $30,000 to Children in Need Across the Nation
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Together with First Nations leadership, Minister Patty Hajdu introduces a Bill to support clean drinking water in First Nations
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Trane Technologies Named to S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indices
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HNI Corporation Ranks Among America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024
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Blue Bird Reports Fiscal 2023 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Record Results; Beats 2023 Guidance and Raises 2024 Guidance
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CPKC named to 2023 Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices
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Darling Ingredients Again Named to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies List
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Publix Register Campaign Supports American Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts in Tennessee
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Cedar Fair Announces Strategic Changes to Its Corporate Leadership Team
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Kinetik Announces Secondary Offering of Common Stock
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WM Announces Plan to Increase its Dividend Rate and a Refreshed $1.5 Billion Share Repurchase Authorization
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Complete 98 Page Class Action Lawsuit Against AZ Filed Today
May 17, 2010
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MINORITIES PROTEST NYPD ACTIONS
September 27, 2014
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Report: Black Males Unable To Hold On To Middle Class
September 06, 2011
According to a new report by Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, a middle-class upbringing does not guarantee the same status as an adult, The report, Downward Mobility from the Middle Class: Waking Up from the American Dream, considers potential factors that cause a third of Americans who grow up in the middle – defined ...
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Law Professor Says Affirmative Action Hurts Minorities
August 29, 2011
The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the State Bar must release racial data from the bar exam to a law professor who believes affirmative action may hurt minorities. A SF Gate report states an appellate court had ruled in June that the professor, and the public, have a right of access to records of the lawyers' organization ...
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Black Sorority Sisters Get 2nd Chance At Lawsuit
August 19, 2011
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals today reversed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by members of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's oldest Black sorority, alleging financial impropriety by the group's leadership. In early 2010, District of Columbia Superior Court trial judge, Natalia Combs Greene, tossed the case brought by 8 members of the sorority. Greene found that the members failed to accuse ...
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16 Nations Ask To Federal Court To Join Immigration Lawsuit
August 05, 2011
Mexico and 15 Central American and South American countries have asked a federal court to consider their briefs in support of lawsuits seeking to overturn Alabama's new immigration law. According to Mexico's brief the law, which is slated to go into effect Sept. 1, undermines U.S.-Mexico relations. "Mexico seeks to ensure that its citizens present in the U.S. are accorded the human and civil rights granted under the U.S. Constitution," the brief states. Mexico goes on to ask that the federal court declare Alabama's law unconstitutional and prevent it from going into effect. ...
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Lawsuit To Block Alabama Immigration Law
July 22, 2011
The Southern Poverty Law Center and a coalition of other civil rights groups filed a motion today asking a federal judge to block Alabama’s anti-immigrant law from taking effect Sept. 1. The motion for preliminary injunction, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, follows a federal lawsuit the groups filed earlier this month that charged the law is unconstitutional on multiple grounds. ...
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Court Dismisses Visa Lottery Lawsuit
July 15, 2011
A federal court in Washington has dismissed a lawsuit brought by citizens of more than 20 countries who were mistakenly informed they won a special visa lottery program to enter the U.S. Reacting to the dismissal, attorneys for the plaintiffs said Friday that the State Department may have won in court ...
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MI Vows To Appeal Affirmative Action Ruling
July 13, 2011
The debate over racial preferences in higher education admissions could be headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a ban on the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which was approved by the state’s voters in 2006. ...
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Decision Day For CA Affirmative Action Ban
July 08, 2011
The deadline for Governor Jerry Brown to file his brief in the Ninth Circuit in the case challenging Proposition 209’s ban on affirmative action at the University of California is Friday. In 2009, as Attorney General, Governor Brown told the California Supreme Court that Proposition 209 violated ...
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MICHIGAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BAN KO'D
July 01, 2011
Michigan's ban on using race and gender as a factor in admission to public colleges and universities was overturned today by a federal appeals court, which said the voter-approved measure harms minorities and is unconstitutional. ...
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Black Cigarette Expose Prompts FDA Action
June 27, 2011
Just days after Black Radio Network featured a new Stanford University School of Medicine study revealing questionable advertising tactics of menthol cigarettes in black neighborhoods, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) announced it is conducting an independent review of research on the public health impact ...
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Pharmaceutical Giant Settle Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
June 08, 2011
The action resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor in May 2010 alleging that the company discriminated against female sales specialists. ...
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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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Lawsuit Challenges NYPD Over Stop & Frisk Practices Of Cab Passengers
May 26, 2011
The lawsuit maintains that the NYPD is using its Taxi/Livery Inspection Program to expand the reach of its unconstitutional stop-and-frisk practices. ...
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Bayer Gender Bias Lawsuit Widens
May 25, 2011
According to the amended complaint, there is an entirely new class of plaintiffs and an additional Bayer HealthCare Division now added to the case. ...
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Al Sharpton To Open Action Network In Iowa
May 24, 2011
Sharpton said he hoped to use his local chapter to push local and federal politicians on a range of issues from access to education and organized labor to civil rights. ...
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Lawsuit: Racist Letters Spurred AZ Sheriff To Step Up Immigration Raids
May 03, 2011
Racially charged letters sent to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio by his constituents—were submitted as evidence in a three-year-old racial-profiling lawsuit. ...
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USDA Announces Settlement Of Native American Farmers Lawsuit
May 02, 2011
“The settlement approved by the court will allow USDA and the Native American farmers involved in the lawsuit to move forward and focus on the future." ...
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GLAAD Wants Action Against Braves Coach After Slurs
April 28, 2011
"The Atlanta Braves and Major League Baseball must take real disciplinary action and send the message that anti-gay slurs have no place in sports." ...
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Lawsuit Claims Abusive Arrests
April 21, 2011
A complaint filed by the Texas Civil Rights Project says the incident in April 2009 began when staff at the Mexican consulate in San Antonio called police. ...
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Why We Still Need Affirmative Action
April 19, 2011
"Black people were hired to hand out petitions for the civil-rights initiative in Michigan. It was disingenuous. It was not the proper way of doing things." ...
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Wells Fargo Hit With $3.5M Discrimination Class Action Verdict
April 07, 2011
The class action lawsuit alleged the bank consistently and knowingly discriminated against borrowers in minority neighborhoods. ...
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Study Offers Path To Smoother Interracial Interactions
April 06, 2011
"Though society has become more sensitive to obvious expressions of racial bias, many people show subtle biases without even being aware that their prejudices are leaking out." ...
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Walmart Class Action Discrimination Suit On Shaky Ground
April 04, 2011
The class action already has been approved by a federal judge and a federal appeals court, but it took a beating during argument at the U.S. Supreme Court last week. ...
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Civil Action Challenges Legitimacy Of Southern State Representatives
April 04, 2011
"In particular, they engaged in de-facto disenfranchisement of those electors based on the votes of the states' African-American citizens." ...
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Women's Action Summit Celebrates Black Giving
April 01, 2011
A one-of-kind convening of the world's black women to promote philanthropy and volunteerism ...
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L.A. To Hold Day Of Action For Wisconsin
April 01, 2011
April 4 was chosen specifically because it is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. ...
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Call To Action: Save And Support Black Colleges
March 24, 2011
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Wis. Gov Fires Attorney In Same-Sex Lawsuit
March 24, 2011
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