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Bright Horizons Family Solutions Announces Date of First Quarter 2024 Earnings Release and Conference Call
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Dr. Cathleen Brown Named Medical Director of Winona, Pioneering Menopause Telehealth Company
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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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Canada brings the world together in pursuit of an ambitious global deal to end plastic pollution
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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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First Annual U.S.-Ukraine Veterans' Charity Golf Tournament Announced with General Retired David Petraeus as Guest of Honor
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Black Caucus Televises Special Order Hour On Job Creation Tonight From House Floor
December 14, 2009
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Black Caucus Broadcasts From House Floor
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December 09, 2009
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Black Caucus Pays Tribute On House Floor To Rev. Jackson's Run For President
November 18, 2009
Jesse Jackson first ran for The Democratic Nomination in 1984. Although he didn’t win he put up an impressive total of 450 delegates ...
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Rep. Virginia Foxx Dishonored Matthew Shepard's Death On The House Floor
April 30, 2009
On April 29, 2009, in a speech on the House floor, Rep. Virginia Foxx claimed that Matthew Shepard's death was merely the result of a robbery gone bad. While his killers Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson did rob him, they also admitted that they were well aware of his sexual orientation and pretended they were gay to lure him away from the bar he was in at the time. The most striking feature of the case, of course, is that during the course of a normal, simple robbery, the victim is not generally beaten, tied to a post, and left for dead. ...
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BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT SOARS
September 02, 2011
The Labor Department released the August jobs report today showing that while unemployment figures remained unchanged from July's 9.1 percent. Black unemployment climbed to 16.7 percent. This is the highest its been since 1984. The unemployment rate for Black males rose a whole percentage point to 18.0 percent and the rate for Black youths aged 16–19 jumped from 39.2 to 46.5 percent. ...
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Black Conservatives Blast Democratic Official
July 21, 2011
The black conservative group, Project 21, today is criticizing white Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is head of the Democratic National Committee. The group says Wasserman Schultz unaccountably targeted a black colleague, Republican congressman Allen West ...
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VOTER ID SPARKS BLACK IRE
July 20, 2011
Black Congressman John Lewis of Atlanta is joining several other Democrats arguing that the rise of voter--identification laws across many states is a coordinated attempt by Republicans to suppress minority and elderly votes. Lewis, a civil-rights activist in the 1960s said, "We must fight back. We must speak up and speak out. We must never, ever go back. We will not stand idly by while millions of Americans are denied their right to participate in the democratic process." Lewis spoke along with other Democrats and warned that these state laws must be rejected. "These new policies are a clear attempt to prevent certain pre-determined segments ...
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OBAMA + DEBT = BIAS?
July 19, 2011
Congressional Black Caucus member Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas suggested to members of Congress that President Obama is being treated unfairly in debt negotiations because of his race. As Jackson and many members of the Black community see it, Republican’s reluctance to raise the debt ceiling when it has been raised ...
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Lawmaker Blasted For 'Shooting' Immigrants Rant
July 14, 2011
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is pushing back on a Republican lawmaker's rhetoric that he would do anything to stop illegal immigrants "short of shooting them." Texas congressman Charles Gonzalez said in a USA Today report, "words have consequences" as he denounced the comment made recently by Alabama ...
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Report: More Hispanics Go To Federal Prison
June 06, 2011
Statistics released this week revealed that Hispanics now comprise nearly half of all people sentenced for federal felony crimes, a number swollen by immigration offenses. ...
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Oneida's Make Donation To Indian Museum
May 18, 2011
“The National Museum of the American Indian ensures that we never erase, forget, or rewrite our collective history. ...
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Planned Parenthood: KS Budget Amendment Undermining Women's Health
May 13, 2011
“It is outrageous that Gov. Brownback will sign a budget bill that will undermine women’s health and deny Planned Parenthood from providing preventive health care.†...
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House Attemps To Block Progress Of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Repeal
May 12, 2011
The recent repeal of â€don’t ask don’t tell†(DADT) encountered a potentially significant setback when the House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment. ...
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Study Links Anti-Flame Chemicals To Mental Harm In Latino Farm Children
May 11, 2011
We wanted to focus on environmental exposure in children’s development, and the best approach to do that is to look at early exposures, starting with pregnancy. ...
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One Africa Summit This Friday
May 09, 2011
The Summit re-connects the nations and people of Africa with a displaced Diaspora spread out across the world. ...
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Planned Parenthood: Bill Undermines Women's Health
May 03, 2011
"H.R. 3 is a far-reaching, unprecedented bill that will undermine women’s health and raise taxes on small businesses and millions of women and men across the country." ...
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GLAAD Joins Calls For Congresswoman's Resignation
May 02, 2011
Kern's comments came on the topic of affirmative action and African Americans in prison. She suggested they "didn't want to work hard in school." ...
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Op-Ed: Why Al Sharpton Is Afraid of Black Conservatives
April 29, 2011
Black progressives are particularly embittered of us because black conservatives can counter their lies, smears and all-around disinformation. ...
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Civil Rights Figure's Home To Be Museum
April 26, 2011
The South Carolina childhood home of Benjamin Mays, considered by many as the father of the civil rights movement, is to become a museum, authorities say. ...
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Black Legislators Head Up Fight Against AZ-Style Immigration Bills
April 20, 2011
As immigrant advocates battle hardline immigration bills in state capitols across the country, they’re receiving crucial support from caucuses of black legislators. ...
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NAACP TO BP: NG
April 20, 2011
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Ohio Buckeyes To Honor Legacy Of Jesse Owens
April 07, 2011
“By demonstrating his excellence on the most public of stages, he is known around the world for disproving the most venomous, racist assumptions." ...
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132 Year Old Insurance Company Gets First Black V.P.
April 06, 2011
Smith has been named Vice President of Operations for the Navy Mutual Aid Association in Arlington, Virginia. ...
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OBAMA SPEAKS AT SHARPTON CONFAB
April 06, 2011
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NYC Mayor Breaks Ground On Harlem "Promise Academy"
April 06, 2011
“This project is emblematic of the public-private partnerships that are essential to transforming education and communities." ...
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The Importance Of Unions For Workers Of Color
April 05, 2011
Workers of color are often concentrated at the low-end of the wage spectrum—jobs which often benefit the most from the protection of unions. ...
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Black Lawmaker Criticizes GOP DC Voucher Plan
March 30, 2011
“Our highest priority must be to use limited taxpayer dollars to support programs that will truly meet all of our children’s educational needs." ...
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SB1070 Haunts New AZ Immigration Bills
March 22, 2011
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Senior ICE Attorney Sentenced For Bribes
March 22, 2011
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Immigrant Families' Path Through Foreclosure
March 21, 2011
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