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California Senate Okays ACA 5: Affirmative Action Decision Moves to Voters
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Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag | Dallas Weekly
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Minorities wanted for COVID-19 testing
In addition, sterilizing Native American women without their consent, and the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment, led to a justifiable fear and luck of trust by people of color regarding clinical trial participation in the
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White Jews should understand why Black Americans need reparations now
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A Study Shows Uber and Lyft Charge More For Rides To Non-White Areas
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COMMENTARY: The annexation of Palestinian territory is illegal
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Newswire : OneTen, a coalition of major corporations, vows to hire 1 million African Americans in high-paying jobs
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent OneTen, a coalition of leading executives, said it would work to hire 1 million African Americans into family-sustaining jobs with advancement opportunities over the next decade.The coalition joined forces to upskill, employ, and
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FedEx Accused Of Firing Black Driver Who Recorded Encounter With Racist Customer
The driver took to Twitter and said he was defiantly posting the video he recorded with an angry customer despite FedEx demanding it get taken
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OneTen, a Coalition of Major Corporations, Vows to Hire 1 Million African Americans in High-Paying Jobs - Milwaukee Community Journal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This is a moment in time for Americans to move past our divisions to come together and reach our full potential as a nation,” Ken Frazier, the chairman and CEO of Merck and a OneTen founder stated. “Our country’s workforce of the future will be an increasingly diverse one,” Frazier
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Black Caucus rallies behind Meeks for Foreign Affairs gavel | New York Carib News
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are already rallying behind Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.) as a possible replacement for Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.), the Foreign Affairs chairman who appears to have lost his primary race this
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Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace Starts With The Job Ad
As businesses reopen during the pandemic and millions of unemployed hit the job market, how companies attract the best candidates will be determined in part by how inclusion and diversity are emphasized during the recruiting process, says Jack Whatley ( www.humancodeofhiring.com ), a recruiting
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Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace Starts With The Job Ad - Milwaukee Community Journal
The worldwide protests against racism and police brutality have forced many people to think about sweeping, positive changes in society that will result in racial equality. In the workplace, it’s well-documented that diversity and inclusion benefit both individuals and businesses, and that these
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Kirkvine workers protest two-year wage-hike delay | News | Jamaica Gleaner
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California Slams Uber, Lyft and Others With “Wage Theft” Lawsuit - Black Voice News
The California Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Aug. 5 that it filed separate lawsuits accusing ride-share companies Uber and Lyft for wage theft. They misclassified their drivers, the complaint says, as independent contractors.  The lawsuits are the latest move in the state’s fight to
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Zimbabwe labor union blasts Chinese employers in wake of worker shooting | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
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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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NASA will name headquarters after its first African American female engineer
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