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11-27-2024 11:24 am • PDX and SEA Weather
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The goal of the package was to move the state toward atoning for decades of racial disparities for Black Californians. The eminent domain bill would not have been able to take full effect because it was tied to another proposal that lawmakers blocked this year.
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Marcellus Williams (Photo: NNPA)
The conservative majority on the Supreme Court voted to deny Williams a stay. Their decision condemned an innocent man to death, and it is a stark reminder of how deeply broken the justice system has become under their influence.
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Parent Teacher Conference
NNPA NEWSWIRE —Think about what would be best for your child and family as you make this transition. Consider how you can work with your Head Start program to help your child feel ready.
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Authorities have still made no arrests after Saturday’s shooting killed four people and left 17 others injured.
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Many of them live in the South, which has the highest number of people living with HIV in the U.S. but very low PrEP uptake due to stigma, cost and homophobia. Other barriers include lack of trust in the health care system, discrimination, poverty and limited physician knowledge about PrEP.
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It's not a great moment in world affairs right now. The world is fragmented. Conflicts and crises are raging. It's against this backdrop that world leaders are attending this week's annual U.N. gathering. Antonio Guterres, the head of the United Nations, is challenging them to work together not just on all the problems but on modernizing international institutions to prepare for the future
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This photo provided by NASA shows mathematician Katherine Johnson in 1966. (NASA via AP)
The four Black women were honored for their work in the early days of the space program. A medal was also given to all the women who worked as mathematicians, engineers and “human computers" on space missions from the 1930s to 1970s.
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Our team of health economists has shown that patients spend millions of dollars every year on unexpected bills for preventive care. The main reason for this is that no specific regulations were put in place to determine exactly which services should be exempted, or for whom, or how often. This omission has left many people on the hook to pay for valuable health care they thought would be free.
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Transforming Futures: The Economic Engine of HBCUs
HBCUs are far more accessible to students and more successful at moving students from the bottom 40% of a country’s income distribution to the top 60%, signaling social mobility.
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Those African Americans most likely to vote for Harris in November 2024 are strong Democratic partisans who feel that Trump threatens Black political strides toward democracy. But what of the working-class and poor Black Detroit residents who tend not to be as heavily connected to the Democratic Party and are less involved with grassroots organizations that advocate on their behalf?
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