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Mar 13, 2024 For Mireille Norris (PGME Geriatric Medicine 1999), supporting learners at the University of Toronto’s Temerty Faculty of Medicine provides an opportunity to recognize the strength of her ties to the Faculty – all while paying it f...
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The TSSAA Boys Basketball Championship Tournament is underway at the Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Several Memphis-area and West Tennessee teams are hoping to battle through to the championship round on Saturday, March 16. We’ve got the brack...
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By Edward Henderson | California Black Media (CBM) – As time passes, the details of our great African American historical figures begin to feel more like legends than concrete facts. At the beginning of this Women’s History Month in 2024, and...
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By Edward Henderson | California Black Media The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) launched the Take on Alzheimer’s campaign in late February. The awareness campaign is aimed toward educating all Californians about brain health, the diffe...
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By Rober J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer This weekend kicks off the 6th Annual Stephon Clark Legacy Celebration hosted by the I Am Sac Foundation. The Legacy Weekend has served as a beacon of hope and empowerment for six years to remember St...
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By Bria Overs Originally appeared in Word in Black Despite some progress on the gender wage gap, women still make less than men, with women of color suffering the most. On this year’s Equal Pay Day, there’s little to celebrate. Although wom...
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Photo: LinkedIn A Black woman in North Carolina said she was turned down for a promotion because her boss told her she was too “articulate and sharp,” per theGrio. Chantel Adams, a senior marketing executive who earned an MBA from the U...
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Earlier this year, I listed five issues related to public education we should watch closely as they unfold in 2024. One of those issues was school vouchers. As expected, this issue is heating up here in Tennessee, and the implications are enormous....
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Two people are in custody after a Black woman was dragged off a Seattle metro bus and stabbed in what authorities described as a “racially-motivated” attack. The Kent Police Department said officers responded to reports of a stabbing near the...
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Photo: Jack Quillin / iStock / Getty Images Two people are in custody after a Black woman was dragged off a Seattle metro bus and stabbed in what authorities described as a “racially-motivated” attack. The Kent Police Department said of...
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By Jocelyn Jackson Williams | OBSERVER Columnist Courtesy of istockphoto Someone very dear to me died recently.& It feels uniquely devastating because he was only 15 years old.& He was human like the rest of us, but he was a uniquely...
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Ukraine’s economy has suffered immensely from Russia’s war of aggression. 17% of its territory remains occupied by Russian troops, and Ukraine’s gross domestic product has shrunk by 29%. This damage now exceeds $486 billion, according to the World B...
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By Aswad Walker | The Houston Defender | Word In Black This& post& was originally published on& Defender Network Callie Guy House. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. (WIB) – I’m not going to hit you over the head with my usual “Bla...
