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Details: Written by by BOTWC Staff; Published: 25 July 2023

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College application season just got that much easier!

Details: Written by Stephen Kofi Diko, University of Memphis; Danilo Palazzo, University of Cincinnati , and Leah Hollstein, University of Cincinnati; Published: 25 July 2023

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Despite the fact that more than 50% of the world’s population lives in cities – both scholars and practitioners agree that few young people know about this profession. It also suffers from a profound lack of diversity.

Details: Written by BOTWC Staff; Published: 24 July 2023

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Crime involving youth is on the rise in D.C., something Smith said she hopes to tackle by “lead[ing] from the front” with “boots on the ground.”

Details: Written by KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer; Published: 24 July 2023

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The X started appearing at the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday. In response to questions about what tweets would be called when the rebranding is done, Musk said they would be called Xs.

Details: Written by DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press; Published: 24 July 2023

President Joe Biden walks to his motorcade as he leaves Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown section of Washington, after attending Mass, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi.

Details: Written by LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press; Published: 22 July 2023

The House has passed a sweeping defense bill that provides a pay raise for service members but changes military policy with Republicans add-ons blocking abortion coverage, diversity initiatives at the Pentagon and transgender care. The bill, as written, is not expected to pass in the Democratic-majority Senate

Details: Written by ZOYA TEIRSTEIN, Grist; Published: 19 July 2023

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Animals, bacteria, algae, — and the diseases they carry — are shifting or expanding their historical ranges to adapt to climatic conditions that are evolving at an unprecedented pace.

Details: Written by GARY FIELDS, CLAIRE SAVAGE and TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press; Published: 17 July 2023

The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to attendees at the inaugural Sunday Dinner event, hosted by the South Carolina Democratic Party's Black Caucus, Sunday, March 27, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

The coalition, founded by Jackson in 1971, has held voter registration drives in communities of color and encourages corporations to hire more minorities. Jackson announced in 2017 that he had begun outpatient care for Parkinson’s disease two years earlier.

Details: Written by CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press; Published: 16 July 2023

Efforts to deceive the public about voting and elections remain a top concern for state election officials as they dig into preparations for the 2024 election. Misinformation and the emergence of artificial intelligence tools to create false and misleading content were cited in interviews with several secretaries of state gathered recently for their national conference

Details: Written by AARON MORRISON AP National Writer; Published: 14 July 2023

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The Black Lives Matter movement hits a milestone on Thursday, marking 10 years since its 2013 founding in response to the acquittal of the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

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