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How Will 2024 Elections Affect Diaspora?
With 2024 being the biggest election year in history, the role of diaspora is more crucial than ever.
With 2024 being the biggest election year in history — as over 70 countries with over four billion people send citizens to the polls — the role of diaspora is more crucial than ever.
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Macy’s Got Your 6 Charity Event Drives Funds for Military Veterans
Macy’s invites customers to celebrate July 4th and five years of giving back to America’s veterans with a fundraising event that benefits the veteran organization Got Your 6. From Wednesday, June 28 to Tuesday, July 4, customers can give $3 at the register at any store or on macys.com, and as a thank you receive a 25 percent off savings pass for select regular-priced and sale items or 15 percent off select regular-priced and sale jewelry, home and sale/clearance watches*.
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U.S. Department of Education Announces 2017 National Professional Development Grant Competition to Support Educators of English Learner Students
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA), announced recently in the Federal Register, the availability of $20 million for its National Professional Development (NPD) grant competition to support educators of English Learner (EL) students.
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There's a suburban tsunami driving 2018
Converging crises are compounding the risk that Republicans could suffer historic 2018 losses in suburban communities that could harden a starkly polarized alignment in American politics.
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'Don't mess with us': history-making Korean American congresswomen fight back against racial bias
Reps. Young Kim and Michelle Steel never imagined that the first time they would testify before Congress as new lawmakers it would be to call out hate against their community.
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Ex-Baylor frat president indicted on 4 counts of sex assault won't go to prison
Even though Jacob Walter Anderson was indicted on four counts of sexual assault, the ex-fraternity president won't spend a single day in prison.
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It’s Getting Nasty: How Sickness Is Spreading Across Houston
Today, a simple cough can clear a room. With the rise of positive COVID cases, Houston streets are getting nasty. People have become less concerned about wearing masks and social distancing. Many Houstonians have a false sense of security that the COVID vaccine is the ultimate protection against the coronavirus. Although the vaccine does provide protection against getting the virus, it does not mean a vaccinated individual can’t get COVID. The vaccine can lessen the severity of symptoms. People must continue practicing safety precautions, especially in a population where there are so many unvaccinated individuals.
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Team Shawntel Happy Hour Party
Photography by Vicky Pink - It was a pink celebration of being free from breast …
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Don’t Be Discouraged – Vote
For months now we have heard how this would not be an ordinary election. Beyond the candidates and the issues, the hot topic has been how we would vote and be safe at the same time. All across the nation, there have been court hearings, lawsuits, protests, and marches with people interpreting laws to favor their side to either take away or add more voting restrictions all to discourage minorities from voting.
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SB1: Silencing the Minority Vote
How do you give an answer to a problem that never existed? Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 - the election integrity bill - into law on September 7th on the basis that the legislation now makes it easier to vote and harder to cheat.
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Be The Match® To Rally Black And African American Marrow Donors
Marrow donor registry teams up with Mike Conley to launch new campaign, Heritage Holds the Cure
Be The Match®, the organization that operates the world's largest and most diverse donor registry, and Memphis Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley, have teamed up on a new public service announcement campaign, Heritage Holds the Cure, to urge Blacks and African Americans to register as potential marrow donors.
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GirlTrek is Relaunching #BlackGirlJusticeLeague, the Largest GOTV Effort Led by Black Women
“We organize for Sojourner Truth, Fannie Lou Hamer, Septima Clark and every other Black woman who stood in the gap to secure our right to vote,” said GirlTrek co-founder, T. Morgan Dixon.
In light of one of the most pivotal presidential elections of this generation, GirlTrek, the largest public health movement and nonprofit for Black women and girls in the United States, is reactivating its #BlackGirlJusticeLeague this September through Election Day 2020.
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Ballot measures in at least eight states will set ground rules for future elections
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Where Trump Support and Obamacare Use Soar Together
Deep in the Sandhills of rural Nebraska, where a two-lane highway curves between prairies and grass-covered dunes, there is a county full of surprises.
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D9 Houston Mayoral Forum.
Photography by Jo-Carolyn Goode - On Friday, September 25, 2015, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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D9 Houston Mayoral Forum.
Photography by Jo-Carolyn Goode - On Friday, September 25, 2015, Houston Style Magazine was on …
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Gambling Site Has Atlanta As the Favorite In The Amazon Sweepstakes
Atlanta is the favorite to land the new Amazon headquarters, according to an Irish gambling site.
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Construction Scheduled for Ramada Drive Safe Sidewalk Project
Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin is pleased to announce, in an effort to provide increased pedestrian mobility as well as safety, Houston Public Works will be making repairs to the sidewalk on the northern side of Ramada Drive from El Camino Real to Diana Lane. Mayor Pro Tem Martin has allocated $53,250.00 from his Council District Service Funds for the sidewalk repairs.
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Major Intersection Closure at Kingwood Drive and Texas Loop 494
Mayor Pro Tem Dave Martin would like to make Kingwood area residents aware, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will be closing the intersection of Kingwood Drive and Texas Loop 494 on Friday, April 17 through Monday, April 20, weather permitting, for a roadway project. The scope of work includes removing the existing dip located at the existing railroad track by raising the intersection of Kingwood Drive and Tx Loop 494, two feet with asphalt.
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Get Relief from the Summer Heat
New Frozen Mai Tai from Tommy Bahama
Step out of the heat and into the nearest Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar for a refreshing frozen drink. The classic Tommy Bahama Mai Tai is now available as a frozen, slushy cocktail and is the perfect adult treat for relief from the sweltering summer heat. Served from a newly installed frozen drink dispenser, the Mai Tai combines premium spirits and fruit juices into a perfectly smooth consistency full of flavor with every sip.
