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NPA NEWSWIRE — “It’s never been a better time for professionals to leverage their knowledge and expertise and build recurring revenue through the development of online courses,” says Justin Burns, the 33-year-old founder of Miestro.com. “Our platform was created to allow users to easily create
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Roberto Monsivais joins BancorpSouth, Longview, Texas | East Texas Review
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Displaced workers can get fast training at SPC
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M³ Honors MPS Seniors Graduating with Early College Credit
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Only 40.7% of Greene County households have completed the Census Greene County’s Census response rate lags behind state and national rates
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UC System Picks First Black President
(CALMATTERS) After a six-month search, the University of California Regents picked Michael V. Drake as the new head of the school system, the first Black president in the system’s history. Drake, the former president of Ohio State University and former chancellor of UC Irvine, succeeds Janet
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Online Classes - Milwaukee Community Journal
The Milwaukee Urban League and the Milwaukee Area Technical College are offering a GED and Healthcare customer services certificate program. Online class begins July 8 and ends August 28. Financial assistance is available. For more information, contact Maura Fitzgerald, mfitzgerald@tmul.org or
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Rufus King seniors earn full rides to Notre Dame, including QuestBridge match
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Toni Morrison The Pieces I Am American Masters Documentary Airs on PBS Tonight, June 23 (WATCH TRAILER)
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Newswire: FBI investigating noose left in NASCAR stall of Black driver
By: Jenna Fryer, Associated Press Federal authorities on Monday confirmed they are investigating the discovery of a noose found in the Talladega Superspeedway garage stall of Bubba Wallace, NASCARs only Black full-time driver who successfully pushed the stock car series to ban the Confederate flag
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Voter suppression goes to college | Atlanta Daily World
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Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept. Oakland School Board Votes Unanimously to Disband the OUSD Police Dept.
In a win for anti-police violence activists in Oakland, the Oakland School Board voted unanimously Wednesday to disband the OUSD Police Dept., committing to eliminate the department that has 20 sworn officers and 120 school resource officers. The 7-0 vote followed a two-hour debate and several
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Newswire : Black jobless rate was 15. 4 percent in June
by BlackmansStreet.Today The Black Unemployment rate June was 15.4 percent in June, down from 16.8 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week.The jobless rate for Black men, 20 and older, however, rose to 16.3 percent in June compared with 15.5 percent in May, BLS
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Texas universities are moving more classes online but keeping tuition the same. Students are asking if its worth the money. | Dallas Weekly
By Raga Justin and Reese Oxner, The Texas Tribune Sarah Ramos has spent her summer anxiously awaiting a fall return to Texas AM’s campus at College Station. She is hoping for some normalcy after she and her classmates were abruptly forced off campus last semester and into Zoom-based classes for the
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Honda and HBCUs Join Together to Combat the Pandemic | Dallas Weekly
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TSTA: Governor in too big a hurry to reopen schools while pandemic is still raging | East Texas Review
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Camille Cosby Opens Up to the Black Press in an Exclusive Historic Interview | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "This is a pivotal time, in our nation's history, to force positive changes within all of our institutions which are rampant with racist behaviors – federal and state, healthcare, education, corporations, including corporate media, Wall Street – which is appropriately named because
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OP ED: America Should Embrace Prison Returnees to Our Communities | Dallas Weekly
I am pleased to work and live in our nation’s capital. Washington, DC is a city on the move progressively even amidst the continued existence of the COVID-19 pandemic. But there is one emerging issue in the District of Columbia that in my long career in the field of civil and human rights that I am
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Greene County Commission approves resolution requiring face coverings to slow spread of coronavirus; reaches partial agreement with Sheriff on budget shortfall
In a specially called telephone conference call on Monday, June 29, 2020, the Greene County Commission adopted a resolution requiring people to wear face coverings, when they are in public settings, in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus.The resolution is a response to the continuing
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