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The Universal Parenting Places will continue in a new phase of operation, despite the ACE Awareness Foundation’s management of the places ending March 31, it was announced last week. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Awareness Foundation opened in 2015, operating Universal Parenting Places
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
If We Don’t Solve Racial Injustice, We’ll Never Solve The Climate Crisis
During Hurricane Katrina, Jacqueline Patterson, the director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, was watching the news, seeing Black people on roofs waving anything they could find to beg the helicopters above to save their
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US Gas Prices Surge To $3.07 Per Gallon Ahead Of The Busy Memorial Day Holiday Weekend – The Wilmington Journal
Seasonal demand increases ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend and a gasoline market caught on the back foot means pain at the pump for travelers, analysts told Zenger News. That pain was clear when [...]
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Commissioner Says Rebuilt Schools Will Change the Face of Education in Territory
Virgin Islands schools had a rough start this school year, with air quality issues, a heat wave, and a landfill fire causing closures. However, Dionne Wells-Hedrington, commissioner for the Education Department, was able to give a positive report to the Senate’s Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure
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COVID-19’s ongoing grip reflected in County Commission’s focus - TSDMemphis.com
by Jim Coleman -  With the first case of coronavirus in Shelby County occurring exactly a year ago, the Shelby County Board of Commissioners marked the anniversary by hearing a breakdown of COVID-19 vaccination numbers during its Monday (March 8) meeting. Commissioners also passed a couple of key
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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com
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COVID-19 UPDATE: Mask mandate may be lifted next week - TSDMemphis.com
Barring some drastic change in the welcomed decline of new COVID-19 infections, a new health directive that may loosen mask mandates could be issued as soon as next week. “Lifting the mask mandate does not mean throw all caution to the wind,” said Dr. Bruce Randolph, Medical Officer for the Shelby
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(The Center Square) – The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) filed a civil rights charge and will investigate the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) over the death of George Floyd while in police
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African Americans in Missouri die at higher homicide rate than any other state, study finds
ST. LOUIS — African Americans in Missouri die at a 2017 and finds that while African Americans that year made up 13% found that just over 57 African Americans in Missouri died by homicide
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What conditions are necessary for SCS to return to in-person learning? - TSDMemphis.com
by Curtis Weathers - The tug of war between Governor Bill Lee and the two largest school systems in the state, Memphis Shelby County Schools and Nashville Metro Public Schools, has been at least halfway resolved.  Metro Nashville Superintendent Dr. Adrian Battle began transitioning her school
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Sibling agency directors devise innovative, eviction-relief initiative
“We knew from the start of this pandemic that significant impact would be felt on both the health and economic fronts for Shelby County residents,” said Dorcas Young Griffin, director of Shelby County Community
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Survey shows how Texans feel about school vouchers - Texas Metro News
A survey from the University of Houston and Texas Southern surveyed 1,900 adults about the hotly contested issue of school vouchers. The post Survey shows how Texans feel about school vouchers appeared first on Texas Metro News.
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Mozambique: New Covid-19 Cases Exceed 100 for Second Time This Week
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My personal journey to get tested for COVID-19 | New Pittsburgh Courier
TSD contributor Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell after getting tested for COVID-19. The result was negative. (Courtesy photo) by Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell, Tri-State Defender (Memphis) - My niece caught COVID-19 two weeks before Christmas. That was only the beginning of our ordeal. Lingering fever and sore
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By Willy Blackmore, Word in Black  In 2016, the year new Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was first elected to Congress, there was major flooding across Louisiana in what was then called the worst natural disaster since Superstorm Sandy. While much of the high water was in southeastern
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Making the case for a strong Black economy in the 9th District - TSDMemphis.com
by Corey Strong   While Memphis and Shelby County wrestles with how to economically respond to COVID-19 in the short term, I am more concerned with the long term impacts the pandemic will have on our economy. In the post-COVID world, technology is king and unskilled work forces are susceptible to
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Impact of Memorial Day weekend on COVID-19 numbers is a work in progress
Shelby County Health Department officials say Memorial Day weekend appears to have been “a success” from a health-safety standpoint, but they will know for sure in 10-14
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Voting rights coalition meets in Shelby County on 8th anniversary of Shelby vs Holder decision to call for an end to voter suppression - BNC
By greenecodemocratcom A coalition of Alabama voting rights advocates held a press conference in front of the Shelby County Courthouse in Columbiana, Alabama to decry the lack of progress on voting rights on the eighth anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in the Shelby County vs. Holder
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New Car Insurance Options Start Thursday | The Michigan Chronicle
By Scott McClallen (The Center Square) – Michigan drivers will be able to opt out of unlimited personal injury protection (PIP) insurance and cut costs on their car insurance rate beginning Thursday, when an insurance reform measure goes into effect. The state enacted a no-fault insurance law in
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