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10-09-2024 9:41 am • PDX and SEA Weather
MLK Breakfast
Columnist Ben Jealous
With a “goal of identifying and remediating lead hazards in at least 2,800 Lancaster County homes,” LG Health is setting an example for the private sector. And the Biden-Harris administration’s focus on environmental justice and access to clean and safe water is aiding the national effort.
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The Fed is taking every effort to promote income equality and workplace diversity and inclusion, but Regulation II would undercut its great work in this respect and cause potential harm to millions of minority families. Now that a congressional coalition has drawn the Fed’s attention to this concern, the central bank should respond by taking a closer, harder look at its Regulation II proposal. It is the only right and just thing to do.
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Hamil R. Harris (Photo: Washington Post)
Data from Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City shows that more than 13 percent of African American men between the ages 45 and 79 will develop prostate cancer in their lifetimes. And Black men have a 70 percent higher rate of developing prostate cancer than White men. The American Cancer Society also shockingly predicts that Black men are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer than their White counterparts.
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Commissioner Jesse Beason
I am honored to join the Office of Sustainability and to co-sponsor a proclamation to mark “Black History and Futures Month”
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Tina Adams, Project Manager, Civil Engineer
Senate Bill 1575 will protect small businesses from state and local government’s unfair contract practices while also allowing the building industry to help the governor meet her affordable housing project goals.
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Priya Helweg
This month is a time to recognize that heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, especially in the African American community
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Audrey Peterman
In every facet of American life -from exploration; conquest; defense; economy; resistance; conservation and the pursuit of human rights – I can show you a unit of the National Park System where the event took place, where African Americans made the difference, and the park is the means of protecting the story.
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Angele Kirk (Photo courtesy of Planned Parenthood Columbia-Williamette)
Repairing historic harm begins with trust — because we know that when Black women thrive, we all thrive.
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Bakari Height
February 4 is Rosa Parks’ birthday. It is also Transit Equity Day.
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Charlene Crowell
For America, Black History Month brings opportunities to revisit our nation’s lessons, achievements, and unfulfilled promises, capturing our attention as well as our hopes. Yet nothing hits home harder than the painful reminders of how so much of Black America continues to struggle financially, despite an economy that reports low unemployment, a robust stock market, and low inflation.
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