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H-E-B’s Grand Salute: Honoring Veterans With Homes and Hearts
As Veterans Day unfolds across the Lone Star State, H-E-B reaffirms its position as a top workplace for military veterans, launching a statewide celebration of valor and service. With over 300 community events and a gift that turns a house into a home for our nation’s heroes, H-E-B’s tribute extends far beyond a single day.
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Heart & Soul Magazine and PayGiv Mobile to Launch Innovative App at Congressional Black Caucus Conference
Heart & Soul Magazine, a distinguished media outlet dedicated to promoting health, wellness, and fitness among women of color, is thrilled to announce an exciting partnership with PayGiv Mobile. Together, they are set to unveil a groundbreaking co-branded shopping and fundraising application that promises to revolutionize the way individuals support charitable causes through their everyday shopping experiences.
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Georgia state lawmaker switches from Democrat to Republican
A Georgia lawmaker who represents part of Atlanta in the state House of Representatives switched her party affiliation to Republican this week after repeatedly breaking with her former party on several key votes this session.
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EEOC Issues Proposed Rule To Implement The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The NPRM was posted by the Federal Register for public inspection today and will be published for public comment in the Federal Register Aug. 11. Members of the public wishing to comment on the NPRM will have 60 days from the date of publication to do so through www.regulations.gov.
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Campari partners with mobile-led platform EdApp in a joint initiative to educate the Southeast Asian hospitality industry through COVID-19
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the hospitality industry has been hit incredibly hard resulting in a near-global lockdown.
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Truist Launch $3 Million Scholarship Program to Support HBCU Students
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), the largest organization representing the Black College Community, has partnered with Truist to launch a new scholarship program to meet the needs of students at historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and those from marginalized and underserved communities.
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Florida officials discussed AP African American Studies course with College Board for months before initial rejection
The testing organization behind a new advanced high school class in African American studies met several times and exchanged emails over the past year with Florida officials to discuss the course, the state Education Department said, amid a roiling national debate over how politics intersects with the teaching of history.
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Russia's targeting of black voters is a very American thing to do
When Vladimir Putin focused on black voter depression and sowing racial divisions in the 2016 election to help propel Donald Trump into the White House, he engaged in what is, unfortunately, a longstanding and time-tested American practice.
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'Calendar Girls' shows senior women like you've never seen them (but probably should)
Wearing matching glittery unicorn hats, rainbow tutus or white furry boots, a troupe of 30 senior women have built a reputation across Southern Florida with choreographed dances to pop songs. Called the "Calendar Girls," the dancers aren't professionals, but put on 130 shows per year — and do their own makeup and styling from YouTube tutorials — under the rigorous direction of 71-year-old athlete Katherine Shortlidge.
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UNC fiasco reveals truth about reopening colleges
In April, the interim president of the University of North Carolina announced that he wanted all of UNC campuses to re-open in the fall. In August, the UNC Board of Governors announced their mandate that campuses reopen. Last week they all got their way, with the dorms at UNC re-opening at full capacity and everyone gearing up for at least some in-person classes, despite faculty protests.
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Why it’s difficult to land on moon five decades after Apollo
Hundreds of thousands of miles beyond Earth, a phone booth-size spacecraft is en route to take on a challenge no vehicle launched from the United States has attempted in more than 50 years.
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Packed marijuana found inside Ford Fusions at a dealership in Ohio.
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"4 People Found Dead in Basement in New York
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Second black box found in Indonesia Lion Air crash
Published on January 14, 2019
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Dr. Howard Henderson, TSU Professor and founding director of CJR
Published on November 3, 2022
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Dr. Howard Henderson, Founding Director of the Center for Justice Research
Published on December 8, 2022
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Shannon Buggs , founding Director of the Mayor’s Office of Complete Communities
Published on January 9, 2023
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A.J. Armstrong was found guilty of the 2016 murder of his parents.
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Caitlyn Jenner, Laverne Cox Condemn Trump's Transgender Military Ban
Two of the biggest voices in the transgender community are speaking out against President Trump's plan to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. armed forces.
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Netflix finally finds a way into China
The company has signed a licensing deal with popular video streaming platform iQIYI, a subsidiary of Chinese search engine Baidu, Netflix spokeswoman Jessica Lee said Wednesday.
