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Every 10 years, the federal government conducts a census, counting every person living in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and five
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NBA legend turned social entrepreneur Magic Johnson has committed to providing $100 million in capital to fund small business loans through the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program
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Uganda: Post COVID-19 Financing Options
Business experts say that in the 60 or so days that people were forced into their homes and with no sources of income, there are chances that business owners especially small ones 'ate their
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Hennessy’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Initiative Offering $3 Million To Small Minority-Owned Businesses
With their Unfinished Business Initiative, the brand is providing immediate relief and long-term support to minority-owned businesses that were hit hard by the global
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What’s In The Pipeline To Revive Ethnic Small Businesses?
Speakers at the discussion, organized by Ethnic Media Services, included Rep. Ted Lieu, D-California; businessman and philanthropist Charles Phillips, director of the New York Federal Reserve Bank; venture capitalist Shelly Kapoor Collins, a member of California Governor Gavin
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Facebook awards Black Press of America publishers $1.3 million in relief grants
Facebook has announced that 15 member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will receive $1.288 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local
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Zoom Parties, Missed Proms, Uncertain Futures. High School Seniors Share What It’s Like To Come Of Age During A Pandemic | The Oklahoma Eagle
The young adults graduating from high school this year will be defined by their Zoom educations and viral TikToks, but also by their lost summer jobs and unpredictable
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Monday Night Politics: Meet the candidates
In my own neighborhood, I have served as a precinct chair for over a decade and have worked to help elect strong Democratic leaders in Dallas and across the State, including County Judge Clay Jenkins, Congressman Marc Veasey, former Congressman Beto O’Rourke and many
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Nearly 200 participants in MLBC Virtual COVID-19 Small Business Relief Town Hall – A $300 million package. ‘Time is of essence,’ urges Sen. Horhn | The Mississippi Link
Nearly 200 business owners and others woke up Saturday morning, May 16, to join an important virtual town hall hosted by the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus
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Shield churches, micro businesses from data law pressure – Golding
St Andrew South Member of Parliament Mark Golding has proposed that the Government introduce a threshold to exempt micro businesses and small non-governmental organisations such as churches from the Data Protection
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Area cities resume residential parking tickets
LOS ANGELES — As businesses slowly reopen under special COVID-19 county guidelines, several cities in Southeast Los Angeles County have restored street sweeping parking enforcement, ordered trash placed in plastic bags and opened drive-through coronavirus testing
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Lowes Commits Additional $25 Million in Grants & Resources To Small Businesses In Wake of COVID Pandemic
As small businesses look to reopen in the coming weeks and months, Lowe’s announced a second $25 million commitment to support ongoing COVID-19 relief, bringing the company’s pandemic support to communities to $50
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Kenya: Vulnerable Groups Bear the Brunt of the Pandemic With Little Help
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, food donation organised by the Rotary clubs of Thika and Thika West, with support from the Bank of Africa, is going
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On Juneteenth: A Call for Tech to Act to Combat Racial Inequality
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Anderson, Marian (1897-1993)
Marian Anderson, renowned contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th Century, was born on February 27, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anderson was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson, a small business owner, and Annie Delilah Rucker Anderson, a former Virginia
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Coronavirus, Tulsa COVID-19 Update – May 14 | The Oklahoma Eagle
Test results are updated daily For the most up-to-date news, information and business resources in Tulsa, cases trend down, starting tomorrow, Tulsa will enter Phase 2 of the State’s Reopening
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US wrestles with economic response to coronavirus pandemic
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Scruggs resigns NAACP to run for county commission
ST. PETERSBURG – Today, June 11, Maria L. Scruggs will end her service to the St. Petersburg Branch NAACP in the role of
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Comerica Bank and National Business League Announce $1 Million Commitment to Support Black-Owned Small Businesses
Comerica Bank announced its $1 million commitment over four years to the National Business League as part of a national partnership that will launch the Black Capital Access Program (BCAP), an access to capital initiative to assist Black businesses across the
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Congress Moves for A New Piece of Support During Coronavirus | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Representative Karen Bass Holds Town Hall to Discuss Heroes Act
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Niger: Hadjara - "Be the change you want to see"
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The Importance Of Digital Marketing For Your Small Business In Florida
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Police Protect Black Americans?
While most of the gang is inside preparing to watch the Wolverines on television in the Cooper's den, they hear a commotion outside, and, of course, it's Nick coming back to the house, escorting by a police
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