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December 11, 2023
Buckets Over Bullying Partners with NBA G League Ignite to Bring Cyberbullying Awareness to Las Vegas Community
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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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Publix Register Campaign Supports American Red Cross Disaster Relief Efforts in Tennessee
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Supporting Safer Sleep: Sleepopolis Donates $30,000 to Children in Need Across the Nation
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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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Darling Ingredients Again Named to Newsweek's America's Most Responsible Companies List
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UrbanGeekz Unveils Inaugural UrbanGeekz 50 to Showcase Gamechangers in Tech, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
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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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Hawaiian Electric Company Announces Ameresco Award for Two Clean Energy Projects Totaling 111 MW
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McCormick & Company's 2050 Net-Zero Target Validated by Science Based Targets Initiative
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Kinetik Announces Secondary Offering of Common Stock
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SERVICE COORDINATION RECEIVES 2023 TOP WORKPLACES AWARD
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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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Together with First Nations leadership, Minister Patty Hajdu introduces a Bill to support clean drinking water in First Nations
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CPKC named to 2023 Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices
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Law Offices of Edward A. Smith Establishes Scholarship Fund to Honor Victims of Vehicular Accidents
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Trane Technologies Named to S&P Dow Jones Sustainability World and North American Indices
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Cedar Fair Announces Strategic Changes to Its Corporate Leadership Team
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HNI Corporation Ranks Among America's Most Responsible Companies for 2024
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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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Women's Conference Tackles Reproductive Health Of Blacks
August 25, 2011
Next month, Black Women for Wellness will host its 12th Annual Conference entitled POWER SHIFT: Gathering our Forces, Kicking up Sand, Lifting our Fists, Protecting our Wombs. The conference will begin on Wednesday, September 28, in Culver City, California. The focus of the conference is to provide an open forum ...
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Black Women Historians Speak Out Against 'The Help'
August 15, 2011
The Association of Black Women Historians released a statement today urging fans of both the best-selling novel and the new movie The Help to reconsider the popular tale of African American maids in 1960s Jackson, Miss., who risk sharing their experiences with a young white journalist. The open statement to "fans of The Help" says the book and the movie "distorts, ignores, and trivializes ...
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Justice Dept. Bill Will Combat Violence Against Native Women
July 22, 2011
The Department of Justice proposed legislation that would significantly improve the safety of women in American Indian tribal communities. The bill will allow federal and tribal law-enforcement agencies to hold more perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their crimes. US Associate Attorney General Tom ...
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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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Feds Focus On Protecting Native American Women
July 15, 2011
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Associate U.S. Attorney General Tom Perrelli has recommended legal reforms to improve the safety of women in tribal communities and allow Federal and tribal law-enforcement agencies to hold more perpetrators of domestic violence accountable for their crimes. ...
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Black Women Stress Compounded
July 12, 2011
Using incense or lighting a candle may seem like good ways to let go of racial stress, but a recent study found that might not be the case in terms of racial tension among women. In fact, some coping strategies employed by African-American women ...
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Do Dark Skinned Black Women Get Harsher Sentences?
July 11, 2011
Colin Powell said it, Sen. Harry Reid hinted at it about President Barack Obama, and black folks have known it for hundreds of years. There are advantages to being a light-skinned black person in the United States. Online news magazine The Root reports, research on those advantages isn't new ...
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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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Latinos Absent From News Desks
June 29, 2011
Latino groups are calling for more of a presence in the Sunday morning talk show arena. Today the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA), together with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), The LIBRE Initiative and Being Latino are launching a social impact project called: The Art of Politics. ...
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Unique Program Helps Black Women Mange Diabetes
June 27, 2011
The University of Virginia Health System has received a $300,000 grant to study the “Call to Health†model, which uses text messages, stress reduction and other techniques to help African-American women manage type 2 diabetes. UVA was one of five organizations to receive two-year grants from the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation ...
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New Genetic Risk Factors Of Lupus Found In Study Of Black Women
June 24, 2011
Researchers from Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center have found four new genetic variants in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) that confer a higher risk of systemic lupus erythemathosus (“lupusâ€) in African American women. The study, which currently appears on-line in Human Genetics, is believed to be the first ...
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Black Women Attorneys Head Straight To Corporate Jobs
June 07, 2011
Gender was perceived as more of a barrier to advancement than race and/or ethnicity, but this did not deter in-house women of color from setting high goals for advancement. ...
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Women's Risk Of Heart Disease After Gestational Diabetes Differs By Race
June 07, 2011
When they analyzed the study participants by racial-ethnic group, black race and Hispanic ethnicity predicted heart disease even after adjusting for other risk factors. ...
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Investors Meet With Minority, Women-Owned Firms At Consortium 2011
June 07, 2011
Key decision makers from across the country will also join the annual meeting with a focus on identifying emerging managers. ...
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Fed Reaches Out To Women, Ethnic And Minority Farmers
June 07, 2011
"For traditionally underrepresented population groups, FSA continues to focus on increased participation in all offices.†...
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Women Soldiers Show Resilience Similar To Men
June 07, 2011
“Contrary to popular belief, women who go to war respond to combat trauma much like their male counterparts,†said lead author Dawne Vogt. ...
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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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Book Highlights History Of Women And Slavery In America
June 06, 2011
The book is “an impressive selection of documents that brilliantly illustrates the many dimensions of women’s experience of slavery, from the earliest laws." ...
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Maternal Mortality Rates Increasing For Black Women
June 06, 2011
Nationally, blacks have a four-times greater risk of pregnancy-related death than whites - a rate of 36.1 per 100,000 live births. ...
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'Achieving' Women Entrepreneurs Honored By 100 Black Men
June 02, 2011
In the United States, more and more women are taking the leap into entrepreneurship and learning the benefits of owning a business. ...
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Survey: Non-White Coach Hires Dip In Women's Hoops
May 31, 2011
The fourth BCA report found that five nonwhite coaches were hired out of 18 openings from 2009-11. ...
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Women Breaking Barriers In Navy, Not SEALs Yet
May 31, 2011
While America's last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far more risky roles across the military, there are still some doors that are closed. ...
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Apology From Psychology Magazine For Post On Black Women
May 31, 2011
But it was too late. The nonsense by an evolutionary psychologist spouting junk science about black women's looks had already started stinking up the blogosphere. ...
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Yale School of Medicine Honors First Black Women Graduates
May 27, 2011
“We are delighted to celebrate the accomplishments of these extraordinary African Americans who courageously broke the racial barrier at Yale School of Medicine.†...
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NYC Program To Expand Minority And Women-Owned Businesses
May 25, 2011
“This mentorship program will provide classroom and one-on-one training and technical assistance to work-ready, but still-emerging M/WBEs,†said Speaker Quinn. ...
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Decline In Abortions Seen In Black Women
May 24, 2011
Abortion rates decreased 18% among African American women, the largest decline among the four racial and ethnic groups examined. ...
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Researchers Say Women Expect Lower Pay
May 23, 2011
"These results may indicate that women are just more realistic about their salary expectations." ...
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Black Women Professionals Play It Safe At Work
May 20, 2011
"To confidently take risks, Black women need support from their loved ones, community and powerful sponsors who are willing and able to support their advancement." ...
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Obama Touts Women's Progress
May 20, 2011
Speaking at the Women's Leadership Forum, the president noted he has appointed two women to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
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