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May 2, 2024
American Water Continues its Commitment to the Camden, NJ Community
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Government of Canada helps Calgary church protect itself against hate-motivated crimes
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Government of Canada announces new chair and the appointment of four members to the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
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ISACA’s CMMI Certification Pathways Courses and Exams Updated to Align with CMMI V3.0, Latest Best Practices
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Quad introduces new creative agency: Betty
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University of Phoenix Leadership Appointed to UPCEA Council for Credential Innovation
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Clearwater Living's Clearwater Newport Beach Named Best 55+ Luxury Assisted Living Community in Annual SAGE Awards
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1863 Ventures Founder and General Partner Melissa Bradley, Honored with Prestigious John Carroll Award
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Higher Logic Appoints Cheryl Brogan as General Counsel
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Mary Kay Inc. Announces Expansion Into Denmark, Strengthening Its Commitment to Women's Empowerment in Scandinavia
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge Returns to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 6, 2024
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American Indian College Fund Hosts Virtual Annual Summer of Success Conference
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Alameda Health System adds group singing and lullaby composition to perinatal care
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Pork Company Criticizes EATS Act Inclusion in House Farm Bill Framework
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NYC Minority Housing Project Gets Good $$$ News
November 27, 2020
NEW YORK - The 4000 mostly minority tenants of the Diego Beekman Houses in New York’s South Bronx are receiving some good news today. That news is taking the form of a new, low interest, 30-year mortgage for $19 million dollars. NYC Comptroller John Liu told reporters the funds came from the NYC Employee Retirement System and the Police Pension Fund. ...
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Law Professor Says Affirmative Action Hurts Minorities
August 29, 2011
The California Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the State Bar must release racial data from the bar exam to a law professor who believes affirmative action may hurt minorities. A SF Gate report states an appellate court had ruled in June that the professor, and the public, have a right of access to records of the lawyers' organization ...
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Fewer See Race Relations As Improved Under Obama
August 24, 2011
By 35% to 23%, more Americans believe U.S. race relations have gotten better rather than worse with Barack Obama's election as president. However, this positive tilt is not as strong as what Gallup found in October 2009, when 41% said relations had improved and 22% said they had gotten worse. Currently, the plurality ...
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How Race Played Role In Post-Emancipation Era Hangings
August 19, 2011
An examination of post-emancipation executions in the South is revealing how race played a significant and under-examined role in executions. Annulla Linders, a University of Cincinnati associate professor of sociology, will present the research on Aug. 21, at the 106th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Las Vegas. Linders combed through newspaper archives in the Library of Congress ...
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Race Doesn't Predict HIV Risk, CDC Says
August 15, 2011
Income and education -- not race -- predicts HIV risk among inner-city heterosexuals, according to CDC data out today. They have determined that low-income heterosexuals in 24 urban cities were up to 20 times more likely to become infected with HIV than the rest of the U.S. population. ...
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Host Blames Race For Show Cancellation
August 12, 2011
Comedian and late-night talk show host George Lopez says his show was canceled because he's Latino. "In case you haven't heard the news, TBS has decided not to renew 'Lopez Tonight' and tomorrow will be our last night,†Lopez told his audience. “The unemployment rate is high, and for Latinos, it just got a little higher!†...
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NAACP Wants Probe Into Race Attack
August 12, 2011
The white Mississippi teens who beat up and ran over a black man with a pickup truck may also be responsible for attacking homeless black men in the area. The head of Mississippi’s NAACP, Derrick Johnson said the civil rights group is trying to determine if the teens assaulted poor blacks based on an ...
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Race Matters In Female Engineer Candidates
July 20, 2011
Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered in a new study of female engineering students’ perceived challenges finds significant differences between black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American and white women. The findings could help institutions better retain particular underrepresented ...
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MI Vows To Appeal Affirmative Action Ruling
July 13, 2011
The debate over racial preferences in higher education admissions could be headed back to the U.S. Supreme Court. A three-judge panel from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a ban on the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, which was approved by the state’s voters in 2006. ...
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Decision Day For CA Affirmative Action Ban
July 08, 2011
The deadline for Governor Jerry Brown to file his brief in the Ninth Circuit in the case challenging Proposition 209’s ban on affirmative action at the University of California is Friday. In 2009, as Attorney General, Governor Brown told the California Supreme Court that Proposition 209 violated ...
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MICHIGAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BAN KO'D
July 01, 2011
Michigan's ban on using race and gender as a factor in admission to public colleges and universities was overturned today by a federal appeals court, which said the voter-approved measure harms minorities and is unconstitutional. ...
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Latinos Absent From News Desks
June 29, 2011
Latino groups are calling for more of a presence in the Sunday morning talk show arena. Today the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts (NHFA), together with the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), The LIBRE Initiative and Being Latino are launching a social impact project called: The Art of Politics. ...
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Women's Risk Of Heart Disease After Gestational Diabetes Differs By Race
June 07, 2011
When they analyzed the study participants by racial-ethnic group, black race and Hispanic ethnicity predicted heart disease even after adjusting for other risk factors. ...
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Poll: Belief In Economic Opportunity Crosses Race Lines
June 07, 2011
Whites and minorities share many common views about what it takes to succeed in today’s economy and a cultural optimism about the progress America has made. ...
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Mental Illness, Not Race, Drives Suicide Attempts
May 24, 2011
Risk of attempted suicide was nearly equalized across all racial groups -- whites, blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asians. ...
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Mexican-Americans, Other Latinos See Race Differently
May 23, 2011
Demographers say the vast majority are Mexican-Americans and other Latinos who do not see themselves in the four, recognized racial groups. ...
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Students Retrace Civil Rights Journey With Freedom Rider
May 18, 2011
Rip Patton will retrace that journey, this time joined by Stetson University undergraduate and law students and several nationally respected civil rights scholars. ...
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Fla. Univ. Accused Of Race Bias After 'Spanish Only' Mayoral Debate
May 16, 2011
Speaking to CBS Miami, Luther Campbell - a former rap star and African American candidate for mayor - said he was appalled at what he called a 'Cuban-only forum'. ...
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Study Outlines Housing Affordability By Race
May 11, 2011
Half of all homes sold last year were not affordable to the almost half of all Hispanics and African Americans based on median incomes. ...
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Obama Choses Historic Memphis School As "Race To The Top" Winner
May 10, 2011
Booker T. Washington is the city’s oldest high school created for black students during segregation. ...
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Genes, Not Race, Determine Donor Kidney Survival
May 10, 2011
“It’s been long observed that kidneys taken from some black donors just don’t last as long as those taken from non-black donors." ...
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Race Drives Debate On U.S. Future
May 09, 2011
The panelists all said the United States is not yet a colorblind society, and they agreed that their point of divergence was on how to achieve it. ...
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Rights Group Supports Banning Prison-Based Gerrymandering
May 03, 2011
California law—like that of every other state—provides that an incarcerated person does not become a resident of a community simply by being confined there. ...
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Sickle Cell News Round-Up
April 28, 2011
Sickle Cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that affects over 80,000 people in the US and millions worldwide. ...
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Newspapers Improve Diversity Numbers
April 27, 2011
“The worst news was perhaps that the percentage of sports editors who were women or people of color fell 2.3 percentage points to 9.42 percent in 2010." ...
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Therapies Based On Positive Emotions May Not Work for Asians
April 25, 2011
A new study by University of Washington psychologists reveals that pursuing happiness may not be beneficial across all cultures. ...
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Why We Still Need Affirmative Action
April 19, 2011
"Black people were hired to hand out petitions for the civil-rights initiative in Michigan. It was disingenuous. It was not the proper way of doing things." ...
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News Group Stands By Unity After Black Journalist Split
April 13, 2011
"RTDNA has always valued partnerships with other journalism organizations and see them as beneficial to our profession.†...
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Symposium Traces History Of African-American Studies
April 12, 2011
African-American history and the scope of African-American and African studies, both close to home and around the world, were also analyzed. ...
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Texas Tech University Embraces Diversity
April 12, 2011
As Texas Tech strives to become a Tier One research institution, it will witness growth in diverse faculty and student populations. ...
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