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November 30, 2023
Caleres Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index
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BuildRI Announces Top 2023 Responsible Investment Programs of European Alternative Investors
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Hormel Foods Earns Perfect Score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-24 Corporate Equality Index
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Haute Residence and Priscilla Haisley Continue Their Real Estate Partnership Into Second Year
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Playonwords.com Presents Their Fall 2023 PAL Awards - Best Toys, Games and Media that Spark Language Development Through Play
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City of New Orleans Chooses Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud Across 41 Departments
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The J.M. Smucker Co. Scores 100 on Human Rights Campaign's 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Earns Top Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-2024 Corporate Equality Index
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The Walt Disney Company Declares Cash Dividend of $0.30 Per Share
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Topcon Positioning Systems announces new global sustainability initiatives
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Rabobank Announces 2023 Leadership Award Winners
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BNSF Railway Receives “Equality 100 Award” on Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index 2023
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Union Pacific Railroad Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign for Building an Inclusive Workplace Culture
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Energy Vault Announces Participation at the Shareholder Equity Conference
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The St. Joe Company Announces a New Watersound Club® Golf Course
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Ecolomondo Reaches an Agreement in Principle to Restructure Its Original Project Financing Loan With the EDC
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Convictions In Post-Katrina Bridge Shootings
August 08, 2011
A federal jury issued across-the-board guilty verdicts against five officers from the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) on 25 counts in connection with the federal prosecution of a police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina and an extensive cover-up of those shootings The incident resulted ...
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FEDS GET 1ST HATE CRIME CONVICTION
May 17, 2011
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Man Believes Race Played Role In His Conviction
March 30, 2011
"The stress of this wrongful conviction has dismantled my family, disgraced my ministry, demolished my reputation, credibility and business relationships." ...
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Black Press Activist Recalls Rights Era Conviction
March 25, 2011
The Wilmington Ten were a group of civil rights activists who spent nearly a decade in jail after being convicted of arson and conspiracy in 1971. ...
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Reporters Discuss Civil Rights Era Convictions
March 14, 2011
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Rare Conviction Of CA Killer Cop
November 09, 2010
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White House Mum On Pardon For Boxer's 1913 Racist Conviction
October 19, 2009
The White House refused to indicate Monday whether President Barack Obama will issue a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the African-American boxing champion convicted in 1913 for dating a white woman. ...
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Racial Inequalities in Conviction and Sentencing
July 01, 2009
The United States continues to punish minorities, especially African Americans, who are arrested at rates far higher than Caucasians who are arrested ...
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Appeals Court Rejects Challenge to Conviction of Former Mississippi Klansman
June 08, 2009
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Amnesty International Calls Fujimori Conviction a Milestone in Fight for Justice
April 07, 2009
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BLACK KILLER'S DEATH DATE UPROAR
September 07, 2011
Georgia is scheduling the execution later this month of an inmate who has won worldwide support for his claims of innocence in the 1989 slaying of a Savannah police officer, his attorney said Tuesday. A Chatham County judge signed the death warrant for Troy Davis yesterday, marking the fourth time since 2007 ...
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NAACP Rally For Black Man Convicted Of Killing White Trespasser
August 23, 2011
The North Carolina and Georgia State Conferences of the NAACP, in conjunction with the national NAACP, will hold press conference and a rally tomorrow to address the Georgia State Supreme Court’s wrongful conviction of John McNeil, a Black business owner and former resident of Cobb County, Georgia. In 2006, McNeil was sentenced to life in prison in the death of Brian Epp. Mr. McNeil was defending his family at his home from Mr. Epp, a trespasser on McNeil’s property. ...
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Company Pulls Racist Skin Care Ad
August 19, 2011
Skin care company Nivea has apologized for an advertisement they placed in Esquire that featured a clean cut Black male throwing a mask of a face with an Afro and beard with the title “Look Like You Give a Damn. Re-civilize Yourself.†The ad for Nivea for Men appeared in the September issue of Esquire magazine. Reactions came ...
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Not Enough Black Police Recruits, Says NAACP
August 16, 2011
The New Jersey State police department has come under criticism from the state chapter of the NAACP for not having enough black cadets in this year's recruit class. The first class of recruits in two years reports for training today ...
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Crimes Against Latinos Up 46 Percent In CA
August 15, 2011
California Attorney General Kamala Harris' report on hate crimes showed that hate crimes against Latinos increased from 81 in 2009 to 119 in 2010, a 46.9-percent jump. "A crime that is motivated by hate is a crime against all people," Attorney General Harris said. "We will monitor and prosecute these cases to the fullest extent of the law." The Attorney General's report, "Hate Crime in California 2010" ...
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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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MAJOR NYC MINORITY HELP
August 04, 2011
Two well-known billionaires are helping to launch a new program designed to lift black and Latino men out of poverty. The Young Men’s Initiative is a bold new program that overhauls how government interacts with young black and Latino men by, among other things, establishing job recruitment centers and fatherhood classes in public housing. “This can be a game-changer,†said Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “We can take ourselves to a new level ...
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Stunning Admissions In Katrina Shootings Case
June 29, 2011
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans police officers allegedly fired on two black families on the Danziger Bridge. Two people died. Now the officers are on trial in a case that exposes widespread corruption in the city's justice ...
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Is A Post-Racial America Possible?
June 21, 2011
As the field of candidates for President grows, some in the Black community are being forced to accept the hard reality that race relations in America have not improved. Still others never thought a post-racial America ever had a chance to begin with. ...
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Former LA Black Panther Leader Pratt Dies At 63
June 03, 2011
Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt, was a former Los Angeles Black Panther leader and spent 27 years in prison on a murder conviction that was later overturned. ...
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CA Sheriff Criticized Over New Immigration Policy
May 31, 2011
The sheriff's new policy comes as the California Assembly approved a bill to revise the state's agreement on using the federal Secure Communities program. ...
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Round 2 In Black Boxer Pardon Request
May 25, 2011
"A full pardon would shed light on the achievements of an athlete who was forced into the shadows of bigotry and prejudice." ...
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2nd Man Found Guilty In AR Hate Crime Case
May 20, 2011
In this case, five Hispanic men stopped to fill up their car with gas and were violently run off the road. ...
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Atty Gen Holder Marks 57th Anniversary Of Brown v. Board Of Ed
May 18, 2011
In the wake of Brown v. Board of Education, people of all ages – and from every corner of our nation – became inspired and emboldened ...
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Obama Speaks At Hispanic Prayer Breakfast
May 12, 2011
President Obama says those opposing a pathway to citizenship for the millions of undocumented immigrants shouldn’t have amnesia about how the country began. ...
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Court House Confederate Flag Draws Fire From ACLU
May 10, 2011
The 11 whites and one African-American that comprised his jury walked past the flag dozens of times before rendering a verdict and voting on a sentence. ...
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Hispanic Caucus Calls For Freeze On ICE Program
May 09, 2011
Lawmakers in Congress and in states throughout the country say ICE officials lied about program details and requirements at its early stages. ...
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Civil Rights Groups Question Changes To FL Voting Change
May 03, 2011
Under the proposed new rule, the clock automatically resets if an individual is arrested during this period, even if no charges are ultimately filed. ...
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Group Calls AZ Bill Signing "Misguided"
May 02, 2011
SB1406 would construct a state-sponsored border fence using private donations and inmate labor. "The law is prime for lawsuits." ...
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BLACK COLLEGES VS FEMALE VIOLENCE
April 27, 2011
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