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US Jobless Claims Fall to 473K As More GOP Governors Bar Aid

June 3, 2021 admin 0

Source: www.sfltimes.com) – WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 473,000, a new pandemic low and the latest evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs as consumers ramp […]

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Amazon Will Stop Testing Job Seekers For Marijuana And Now Backs Legalizing Weed

June 2, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.npr.org) –By BILL CHAPPELL – Twitter – Amazon will no longer test most job applicants for marijuana use in the latest sign of America’s changing relationship with pot. Amazon, the second-largest private employer in […]

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The Brewing Political Battle Over Critical Race Theory

June 2, 2021 admin 0

By BARBARA SPRUNT (Source:www.npr.org) Last month, Republican lawmakers decried critical race theory, an academic approach that examines how race and racism function in American institutions. “Folks, we’re in a cultural warfare today,” Rep. Ralph Norman, […]

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Serving While Black: When Military Service Fails to Deliver Equality

June 2, 2021 admin 0

By Selena Stanley Miami Times Staff Writer – (Source:miamitimesonline.com) – Comfort, sleep, relationships, health, stability and time are just some of the things veterans said they’ve had to sacrifice to serve this country. Bernice Hearn, […]

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Employers Can Require Workers to Get COVID Vaccine, Says EEOC

June 2, 2021 admin 0

 By WI Web Staff (Soruce: www.washigntoninformer.com) – Companies will be able to mandate that employees receive a coronavirus vaccine before entering the workplace, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said in an update of its guidelines. […]

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Florida Shutting Off Federal Jobless Aid June 26

June 1, 2021 admin 0

(Source: www.miamitimesonline.com) – Florida plans to stop providing $300 a week in additional federal unemployment benefits as it pushes for people to return to work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity […]

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Biden Administration Steps Up Efforts to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap

June 1, 2021 admin 0

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are stepping up their efforts to narrow the racial wealth gap. Following the president’s visit to Oklahoma, where he observed the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the […]

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Senate Confirms Chiquita Brooks-LaSure — First Black Woman to Lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

June 1, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – The 55 to 44 vote makes Brooks-LaSure the first Black woman to lead CMS in its nearly six-decade history. […]

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Karine Jean-Pierre Makes White House History as Second Black Woman and First Openly Gay Woman to Lead WH Briefing

May 28, 2021 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — (Source: www.blackpressusa.com) – By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – For more than an hour, Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary for the White House, took questions from journalists […]

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Boule Honors Top Students with Academic Scholarships

May 28, 2021 admin 0

By Hazel -Yates Campbell –  The Gamma Beta Boule marked the 37th Annual High Potential Youth Recognition Awards Program awarding eight of Jacksonville’s highest ranking African-American students from Duval County Public Schools. The students were […]

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