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Newswire : OneTen, a coalition of major corporations, vows to hire 1 million African Americans in high-paying jobs
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COMMENTARY: Newsom's confusing COVID-19 decrees
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NASA Names Headquarters After 'Hidden Figure' Mary W. Jackson
On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine announced the agency’s headquarters building in Washington, D.C., will be named after Mary W. Jackson, the first Black American female engineer at
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MAEMA AND GATHARA: Protecting data privacy amid battle on
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Zimbabwe Labor Union Blasts Chinese Employers in Wake of Worker Shooting – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Mississippi Surrenders Confederate Symbol From State Flag
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NASA’s Headquarters to be Renamed in Honor of its 1st Black Woman Engineer, “Hidden Figure” Mary W. Jackson
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Chavis: 'America should embrace prison returnees to our communities' | The Atlanta Voice
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Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association Receives $2.5m Grant To Help Hospitality Workers | COVID-19 | The Michigan Chronicle
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