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• Nature

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Written by Dr. Jasmine Streeter, DVM

Published: 11 April 2019

Dr. Jasmine Streeter, DVM 

Dr. Jasmine reflects on how nature can help us develop resilience

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Published: 10 April 2019

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Humphreys County, Tenn., where more than a third of its Black residents live below the poverty line and the median yearly household income is $26,000, somehow is on the IRS’ radar to audit at a higher rate than anywhere else in the nation, according to AOL News.

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Written by By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor

Published: 04 April 2019

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It is unfathomable that the federal minimum wage has not been increased in more than a decade.

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Written by Cheryl Smith, Publisher, Texas Metro News

Published: 02 April 2019

Cheryl Smith, Publisher, Texas Metro News 

You have to seize the moment, every moment! If you want to tell someone you love them, you need to do it.

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown

Published: 01 April 2019

 

Coming into view behind the excitement of the scoreboards and drama of the bribery scandal is a troubling dynamic playing out in real time: Big-time college sports are deepening the inequities faced by black male students seeking higher education.

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Written by Stacy M. Brown

Published: 28 March 2019

 

Some social media users want to know if actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman will do the same time.

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• bigotry
• about-mass-shooting
• New Zealand

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Written by James Kelly, Former President and CEO Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

Published: 21 March 2019

James Kelly, former President/CEO Urban League Seattle 

Former President of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle says we must support the country's Muslim community

• about-jobs
• about-African-Americans
• about-economy
• about-unemployment-rate
• President Donald Trump

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Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent

Published: 20 March 2019

Stacy M. Brown 

William Spriggs, a chief economist at the AFL-CIO and professor in the department of Economics at Howard University said since reaching a low of 6 percent in November, the Black unemployment rate has climbed three straight months. “Given the relationship of the Black community to predatory sub-prime auto loans this is not good.”

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• Mississippi Center for Justice

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Written by Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law

Published: 16 March 2019

 

Federal Appeals Court rules African Americans were denied voting rights

• Dr-Jasmine-Streeter
• Nature
• birding
• Birdwatching
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Written by Dr. Jasmine Streeter, DVM

Published: 13 March 2019

Dr. Jasmine Streeter 

 A few minutes from our homes in North Portland, Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area is a 2000 acre natural wetland known to host over 100 species of birds. Armed with a single pair of binoculars and our eyes, we set off for adventure.