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Huntsman Publishes 2023 Sustainability Report
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KRISPY KREME’S® ‘Doughnut Detour’ Deal Sweetens Memorial Day Holiday
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Aqua Pennsylvania Secures up to $6.7 Million PENNVEST Grant for PFAS Treatment Facility Serving 25,000 People in Bucks County
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Advantage Capital Names Steven Lichtin as CEO of Advantage Renewables
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Gartner Says Sales Organizations That Use an Adaptive Approach Are Three Times More Likely to Grow
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Nexon’s Highly Anticipated Dungeon&Fighter Mobile Now Available in China
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American Indian College Fund Partners with Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies to Enhance Native Arts Programs
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PowerFlex Kicks Off Reseller Partner Program for EV Charging Solutions
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2024 Book and Journalism Award Winners
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Meadow Lake Tribal Council and Canada set to advance talks on reconciliation and self-determination
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illycaffè is once again the leading coffee B Corp in Italy and exceeds 90 points, improving all its performance
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Baystate Health to build new, state-of-the-art community health center with landmark donation and support from MassMutual
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Maydone Appliance Repair Wins 2024 Consumer Choice Award for Best Appliance Service in Toronto
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Government of Canada delegation to make historic mission to northern France to bring home unknown Newfoundland First World War s
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NEW MAZDA SPONSORED SURVEY FINDS NEARLY HALF OF CAR-SHARING AMERICAN COUPLES HAVE MONTHLY VEHICLE DISAGREEMENTS
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Smithfield Foods Donates 38,000 Pounds of Food to Feed Kansas Veterans and Families
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Affinity Plus Foundation Announces Addition to Board of Directors
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Oshkosh Corporation to Display Next Generation Delivery Vehicle and Electric Refuse and Recycling Collection Vehicle at 2024 ACT
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Dallas Bright Futures Announces Winners of the 2024 Monty J. and Sarah Z. Bennett Dallas Scholarship Fund
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National Trust for Historic Preservation and Lowe's Celebrate Black History Month with Grants to Help Restore 15 Historic Rosen
February 26, 2009
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Latinos Concerned By Education Law Waivers
September 01, 2011
Members of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) are voicing concerns over what is says are efforts lead by the Department of Education that could have negative impact for low income and minority youth. According to LULAC, the Department of Education’s recent efforts to provide relief to state and local education agencies from key provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has the potential to water down the law’s ...
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Bill Gates Announces Low-Income Minority Student Scholarship Program
August 26, 2011
The Gates Millennium Scholarship Program (GMS) will select 1,000 low-income minority students to receive a good-through-graduation scholarship to use at any college or university of their choice. Scholars will also be provided with personal and professional development through their leadership programs, along with academic ...
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Feds Launch Bias Probe Into LA Sheriff's Dept.
August 19, 2011
The Justice Department today announced it has opened a civil investigation into allegations of discriminatory policing by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) members based in the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, Calif. Deputies have been accused of discriminating against mostly minority residents of government-subsidized housing. The Justice Department will seek to determine whether there are systemic violations ...
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NAACP Says "No" To More Trash at Dallas Landfill
August 17, 2011
No in my backyard. The city of Dallas wants to add trash to the McCommas landfill in southern Dallas. The NAACP says no. They are joining the fight to stop the city from putting even more North Texas trash into the landfill. Currently, garbage from ...
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US Sues Illinois City For Housing Discrimination
August 05, 2011
The federal government has filed a housing discrimination lawsuit against the city of Joliet in Illinois. The lawsuit filed in Chicago claims Joliet hasn't offered an affordable housing plan to accommodate the mostly black residents who'd be displaced by the planned condemnation of the Evergreen Terrace housing complex. The Department of Justice lawsuit alleges that the city violated the Fair Housing Act and the Housing and Community Development Act by taking a series of actions, culminating in the taking through eminent domain ...
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Study Dispels Myths About Minorities Borrowing Meds
July 21, 2011
A study led by Temple University researchers revealed that despite warnings about borrowing medication prescribed to other people, past studies have demonstrated that many Americans say they have used someone else's medication at least once in a given year. In low income, urban populations, this rate was ...
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Voting Right Restrictions Under Scrutiny
June 30, 2011
Sixteen U.S. senators sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday urging it to review new state voter ID laws and scrutinize their implementation to ensure that eligible voters are not disenfranchised. “The civil and human rights community welcomes the senators’ request ...
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Black Cigarette Expose Prompts FDA Action
June 27, 2011
Just days after Black Radio Network featured a new Stanford University School of Medicine study revealing questionable advertising tactics of menthol cigarettes in black neighborhoods, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) announced it is conducting an independent review of research on the public health impact ...
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WARNING: CUT DEFICIT PROTECT POOR
June 27, 2011
Civil rights leaders are today calling on Executive and Congressional leadership to honor the precedent set by previous deficit reduction negotiations that have reduced the deficit without increasing poverty. In a letter to policymakers involved in deficit ...
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Hispanic Organizations Get Behind AT&T-T-Mobile Merger
June 07, 2011
The commitments that AT&T is making as part of this proposed merger will resonate strongly in Latino communities. ...
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Communities Of Color, Poverty Bear Burden Of Air Pollution
May 26, 2011
“It’s well known that communities of color and low income communities bear the disproportionate share of the deaths and illnesses associated with pollution. ...
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Minority Pedestrians Disproportionately Killed In California Accidents
May 26, 2011
Hispanic pedestrians have a 97% higher chance of being killed by cars and African Americans have an 83% higher pedestrian death rate in the state. ...
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Broad Civil Rights Coalition Lays Out Plan For 2012 Budget
May 25, 2011
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Report Shows Large Disparities Among L.A. Area Residents
May 19, 2011
These include life expectancy at birth and mortality rates to measure health; age of school enrollment and educational degree attainment to measure education. ...
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Mobile Internet Access Among Minority Teens High, Expensive
May 18, 2011
"The willingness of poor people to pay for Internet access underscores the idea that net access is not just "nice to have" but that it is increasingly seen as a necessity." ...
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Latino Social Security Crisis
May 12, 2011
Increasing the retirement age for Social Security would impose a significant and disproportionate financial burden on Latinos. ...
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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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Positive Media Campaigns Help Minorities Quit Smoking
May 02, 2011
“It was absolutely critical that we develop a campaign that would resonate with lower education and lower income smokers.†...
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Children's Health On The Chopping Block
April 25, 2011
“There’s nothing serious about a plan that claims to reduce the deficit by spending a trillion dollars on tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires." ...
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Comcast Merger Brings Hope For Minority Ownership
April 25, 2011
Ultimately, this merger is a win for all Americans, especially minority and low-income consumers who have largely been left out of the digital equation. ...
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Groups Lay Out Minority Broadband Access Plan
April 22, 2011
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RECESSION CLOBBERS MINORITIES
April 19, 2011
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No Child Left Behind Waiver Debate
April 14, 2011
The panel concluded that granting waivers from the Law would have a disparate and harmful impact on minority students. ...
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Scarlett Johansson Releases PSA For Planned Parenthood
April 08, 2011
Johansson joins more than 800,000 women, men, and teens in standing with Planned Parenthood by signing an open letter to Congress. ...
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Civil Rights Coalition Names New Outreach Director
April 01, 2011
Ms. Bond Gill will promote CHSE policy priorities while fostering the coalition’s relationships with members of Congress, the White House, and other policymakers. ...
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New Orleans Tension High After Scathing Report
March 22, 2011
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NYC Minority Groups: $75M Question
March 16, 2011
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HUD Report: Low-Income Renters Suffering
March 15, 2011
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Child Advocates Warn Of Budget Cut Dangers
March 09, 2011
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Urban League: Stop The Lies
March 09, 2011
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