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04-25-2024 5:36 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)
Some opine that it’s hurtful that an African American mayor in a District once heralded as “Chocolate City,” would launch such initiatives.
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Ex-Wall Street Analyst Ashley Fox Is Bridging Financial Gaps/ Photos courtesy of Ashley Fox
“Wealth doesn’t have a color. No matter what you look like or who you are, we deserve to build wealth.”
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Naya Ellis (Credit: STEM NOLA)
Her award-winning invention is saving lives!
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Tennessee State University, Nashville, May 24, 2008 (Public domain image)
Critics argue that TSU’s purported financial mismanagement is a manufactured crisis rooted in decades of underinvestment by the state government. They’ve noted that it continues a trend by conservatives and the racist MAGA movement to eliminate opportunities for Blacks in education, corporate America, and the public sector.
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Lawmakers in several states are trying to enact state-level protections to plug gaps opened by courts in the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. Minnesota, Michigan, Maryland, New Jersey and Florida are building on state voting rights laws passed in New York and Connecticut Court rulings have weakened a key part of the national law as Republicans in Congress and red states impose new restrictions
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A racially biased test delayed 14,000 Black patients from getting a kidney transplant. Now the U.S. transplant system has ordered hospitals to quit using the test and give credit for lost time to patients who did not get on transplant lists because of the flawed test
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(AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
The goal is to more accurately count residents, including those who identify as Hispanic and of Middle Eastern and North African heritage. This evolving process often reflects changes in social attitudes and immigration. Under the revisions, questions about race and ethnicity that previously were asked separately will be combined into a single question.
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(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Every day, police in the U.S. rely on common use-of-force tactics that, unlike guns, are meant to stop people without killing them. But when misused, these tactics can still end in death — as happened with George Floyd in 2020. These deadly encounters happened in nearly every state and the deceased came from all walks of life. The toll, however, disproportionately fell on Black Americans.
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Rear Adm. Shannon Gilreath, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, speaks in Dundalk, Md., on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)
The ship collided into a support pillar early Tuesday, causing the span to buckle into the river. The bodies of two of six workers who plunged into the water were recovered earlier Wednesday. The others are presumed dead.
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Often misunderstood, title insurance is a product that comprehensively protects homeowners’ property rights and their lenders’ financial interest in a property. It is vastly different than other types of insurance because it is a one-time fee and title professionals do the majority of the work upfront to both examine title issues and rectify any problems found. That is why many homeowners thankfully don’t experience the challenge of a claim that threatens their homeownership – but if they do, title insurance is paramount to protecting their biggest investment.
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