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By Bria Overs | Word In Black (WIB) – During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised sweeping action on student debt. His plan to cancel at least $10,000 of loans for anyone making less than $125,000 a year was popular with young...
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By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Austin Cooper (L) with his mentor, Professor Charles V. Hamilton/Courtesy Austin Cooper (NNPA) – Austin Cooper recalled the first time he met Professor Charles V. Hamilton, a philosophical luminary and key archit...
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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer The stigma that persists around Black men and mental well-being has prompted several area efforts such as Cut to the Chase. Leaders say continued focus on Black men and mental health means continued...
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By Keyshawn Davis | Solving Sacramento Joseph Rival poses with his dog, Daggs, on his lap at the Safe Stay Homeless Community Shelter, Feb. 8 2024. (Photo by Keyshawn Davis) Seven months ago, Joseph Rival drove to California from Oregon with hi...
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By Joseph Williams | Word In Black (WIB) – For years, as test scores fell and teachers fretted, educators and analysts rang the alarm: the U.S. is facing a grade-school reading crisis. If left unaddressed, they say, Black children could fal...
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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Mychal Threets says the library was his second home growing up as a homeschooled child in Fairfield. Threets, who has shared his love of reading through viral social media posts, is leaving his job a...
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By Genoa Barrow | OBSERVER Senior Staff Writer Paul Moore attends weekly sessions with a counselor for his own mental health issues, but also finds it therapeutic to hold space for other Black men to learn how to manage their lives and the challe...
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Governor Kathy Hochul, alongside legislative leaders, recently announced the appointment of Seannelle Hawkins, president of the Urban League of Rochester, to the New York State commission dedicated to studying reparations and racial justice. This sig...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 2 months ago
Governor Kathy Hochul, alongside legislative leaders, recently announced the appointment of Seannelle Hawkins, president of the Urban League of Rochester, to the New York State commission dedicated to studying reparations and racial justice. This s...
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March 1, 2024 — 3.36pm Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Wellington: Tour booking agents and managers of the New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 have been ordered to pay nea...
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Urban League of Rochester president named to NY commission to study reparations and racial justice Ski...
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CINCINNATI — Emmanuel Ayanjoke knew what his calling was at a young age, a pharmacist. “I remember when I was about five or six years old in the pharmacy,” Ayanjoke said. “People would come into the pharmacy to see my dad to ask...
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By Aap Published: 23:06 EST, 29 February 2024 | Updated: 04:10 EST, 1 March 2024 Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 have been ordered to pay nearly $NZ13 million...
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By Rachel Crumpler Victor Taylor is proud to be known around New Bern as “Mr. Prostate Cancer Man.” That’s because ever since he was diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 years ago, he’s been a vocal force working to educate others on the disease. He do...
