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Big bet: Why the country’s largest pension fund is getting into banking - Black Voice News
In summary How does the nation’s biggest public pension system pay down its debts amid a global economic collapse? One idea: Become a banker. Retired DMV clerks, former firefighters and aging government bean-counters across California, put on your three piece suits: You might be getting into the
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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MacKenzie Scott, Ex-Wife of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, Donates $160 Million To HBCUs
MacKenzie Scott, who walked away with a $38 billion settlement after divorcing Jeff Bezos, donated over $160 million to various HBCUs.
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Why Californians with mental illness are dropping private insurance to get taxpayer-funded treatment - Black Voice News

There’s an open secret among those who care for people with serious mental illnesses. Judy Bracken first heard it a few years ago from a hospital social worker: If Bracken wanted her adult son, who has schizoaffective disorder, to receive long-term mental health treatment, she should get him

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
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PINELLAS COUNTY The PCS Food and Nutrition Team will be distributing free meals at our schools for Pinellas County Schools students ages 18 and younger.  Lunch and breakfast will be packed together. Child/Teen must be present to receive meals. Meals will be served as ‘Drive-Thru” at the Car/Bus
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SBA Loan Program Changes, But Not Soon Enough For Milwaukee-Based African American Group - African American News Today - EIN News
president and CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin out soon.     Kendrix says the African American Chamber also turned to the
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Whole grain labels on food packaging are confusing to consumers, could lead to fewer healthy choices - African American News Today - EIN News
Whole grain labels on cereal, bread, and crackers are confusing to consumers and could cause them to make fewer healthy choices, according to the results of a study that tested whether people are able pick out the healthier, whole grain option based on food package labels.
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One North Carolina City Council Approves Reparations – Sort Of | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Hundreds of years of Black blood spilled that fills the cup we drink from today,” said Councilman Keith Young, one of two African American members of the City Council that voted 7-0 in favor of reparations. It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country
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Spelman College Launches Scholarship Fund To Honor John Lewis’ Legacy
Spelman College launched a scholarship fund to honor the legacy of the late John Lewis.
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Wells Fargo Commitment Could Potentially Result in Billions for Small Businesses - Black Voice News
In April, Wells Fargo announced it would donate gross proceeds from the Paycheck Protection Plan to nonprofits working with small businesses. This month, the bank has ramped up its efforts by unveiling the details of an approximately $400 million initiative to help small businesses impacted by the
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COVID, Classrooms and Inequality-Education in the Time of Pandemic - Black Voice News

Study the past if you would define the future. -Confucius  Words are limited.  They are very often (even when we wish otherwise) inadequate to perfectly convey intent, context and meaning. The word unprecedented is bandied about quite a bit these days and as we are just beginning to stumble

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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Awards Grants to Four Community Organizations Dedicated to Empowering People With CF
… Cystic Fibrosis Engagement in the African American Community: A program expansion from … the National Organization of African Americans With Cystic Fibrosis (NOAACF) that … and their families in the African American community through online workshops, an …
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Arkansas Daycare Kicks Out 6-Year Old Black Girl For Wearing BLM Shirt
In a daycare in Arkansas, a young Black girl wearing Black Lives Matter apparel was reason enough for her to be kicked out of the program.
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COVID dictionary: A - Z of words that accompanied the coronavirus | Africanews
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic that started in China in December last year has disrupted life across the world. Measures like travel restrictions, border closures and stay-at-home orders have been implemented to prevent the spread of the
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Court bans “abusive” spiking, but sticks with pension protections - Black Voice News

In summary Today’s ruling gives counties the right to prevent “abuse of the pension system,” but stops short of ending a half-century of precedent. “It’s probably great news for pension lawyers.” For 65 years, the California Supreme Court has taken a rigid line on pensions for public

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OP-ED: We Can't Let This Moment Pass | BlackPressUSA
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The last few months have made the truths of being Black in America clear to all. We have watched as a pandemic killed Black people at the rate of almost two and half times that of other Americans. Not from a mutation of the virus but from an underfunded system that too often
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November 3rd Election: Governor Abbott extends early voting period | East Texas Review
AUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott today issued a Proclamation extending the early voting period for the November 3rd Election by nearly a week. Under this proclamation, early voting by personal appearance will begin on Tuesday, October 13, 2020, and continue through Friday, October 30, 2020.The
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Social justice argument on Delta tunnel project doesn’t hold water - Black Voice News
In summary Every single Californian deserves access to clean, reliable, affordable water, but the most disadvantaged communities in California, will not be helped by a tunnel. By John Vasquez of Vacaville and Chuck Winn of Ripon John Vasquez is a member of the Solano County Board of
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Los Angeles County Reimagines School Education System and Partner with School Districts to Create Plans for Resurgence - Los Angeles Sentinel
Chairwoman of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Kathryn Barger spoke about the school year that is vastly approaching, there is a social and economic out-turn during this pandemic. School closure has played a significant role in changing the role of education and family dynamics. California state
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As wildfire season looms, California adds 900 firefighters to its crews - Black Voice News
In summary Fewer inmates are available for hand crews so the state is filling the gap. So far, slightly more acreage has burned this year than last year. California will hire nearly 900 new seasonal firefighters to make up for a dwindling number of firefighting inmates as wildfires already have
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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California
Mississippi Votes To Remove Confederate Symbol From State Flag
This week the Mississippi state legislature passed a historic vote to remove the Confederate symbol from its state flag as the last state to still feature the image as its state symbol.
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Win a free course during SPC’s Get It Done virtual event July 13-16
PINELLAS COUNTY - St. Petersburg College will offer the chance to win a free three-credit course by attending the Get It Done virtual event with six sessions offered July 13 – 16 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. During these interactive sessions, participants can complete their college application, get help
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Nigeria Partially Opens Schools for Last-Year Exit Exams | Africanews
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COVID 19 Forces Gov. Abbott to Pause Re-opening Texas | East Texas Review
Governor Abbott Announces Temporary Pause of Additional Reopening Phases AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the State of Texas will pause any further phases to open Texas as the state responds to the recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. Businesses that
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UC System Picks First Black President
(CALMATTERS) After a six-month search, the University of California Regents picked Michael V. Drake as the new head of the school system, the first Black president in the system’s history. Drake, the former president of Ohio State University and former chancellor of UC Irvine, succeeds Janet
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Dr. Michael Drake Appointed University Of California System President
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Meet Kalisa Villafana: The First Black Woman at FSU to Receive Doctorate in Nuclear Physics
ByVictor TrammellandNomalanga Mhlauli-Moses Photo credits: Fsu.edu Being the best at something is one thing. But becoming the first person to be the best at something classifies an individual as being in a league of their very own. A great example of such a person is Kalisa Villafana
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‘Black Americans want to stop being killed’: Democrats unveil sweeping police reform bill - African American News Today - EIN News
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TSTA: Governor in too big a hurry to reopen schools while pandemic is still raging | East Texas Review
Texas State Teachers Association President Noel Candelaria issued the following statement on school openings: “When schools are reopened, the governor and the Texas Education Agency must require, among other things, that all students, employees and anyone visiting a school have a mask available and
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Trump leans on 2016 tactic to crack Biden support
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HeroZona Foundation Establishes Nation’s Largest COVID-19 Testing Site
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