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Entertainer Queen Latifah is one of seven recipients of the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University this year for her contributions to Black history and culture. Latifah, poet and educator Elizabeth Alexander, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Lonnie Bunch III, poet Rita Dove, co-founder of Black Entertainment Television Sheila…
Jaren Hall made history Saturday as the first Black quarterback to start for Brigham Young University in its nearly 100-year history as a college football program. “I am very proud of my ancestors, very proud of my ethnicity and all the things that come with that,” Hall, a redshirt freshman,…
For more than 50 years, the Northwest Center in Seattle has been the middleman for so many great working relationships between businesses and people with disabilities. Attitudes about people with disabilities were very different in 1965. The low expectation for people with disabilities prevented families from pushing limits in education…
The principal of a high school in New Orleans has made national headlines for his decision to support his staff rather than have free food. According to WWL-TV, Dr. Steven Corbett, principal of Lusher High School, declined free lunches for the school’s teachers as part of an event that was…
Montgomery, Ala., a city known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement, just elected its first Black mayor, Judge Steven Reed. Montgomery is a majority-black city but had been one of three cities with a population over 100,000 in the Deep South that had never elected a Black mayor,…
Originally Published by KPMG Following the recent release of a proposal from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) reflecting its latest work to address tax challenges of the digitalization of the economy, KPMG will examine the topic during a live audio webcast, “Taxing the Digital Economy: OECD Proposed…
Originally Published by Hilton Hilton Malta has placed the finishing touches on its Business Centre renovation project, which includes a completely revamped Portomaso Suite, and it is ever-so-chic. Hilton Malta has always been renowned for its first-class hospitality and commitment towards excellence. Following on from the refurbishment of the hotel, now…
Originally Published by EY EY announced the launch of EY OpsChain Public Finance Manager (PFM), a blockchain-enabled solution designed to help governments improve their processes for financial management of public funds. EY OpsChain PFM helps governments drive transparency, provide accountable outcomes for citizens and track budgets, expenditures and results. It…
Originally published on Abbvie.com – CHMP positive opinion, supported by data from the pivotal Phase 3 SELECT rheumatoid arthritis program evaluating more than 4,400 patients, will now be referred to the European Commission for final approval[1-5]– In Phase 3 trials, upadacitinib improved signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis, inhibited radiographic…
Originally published on Accenture.com Nearly 69% of consumers would stop doing business with a brand if data usage became too invasive New global research released by Accenture Interactive offers guidance to chief marketing officers (CMOs) on strategies to use data respectfully and responsibly at a time when a majority of…
The Association of American Universities made an unsurprising but disturbing discovery from its most recent survey of students at 33 major universities. The Washington Post reported that about one-quarter of female undergraduate students have been sexually assaulted or molested, either by penetration or touching, since they started at university. According…
Marlon Anderson was a security guard at West High School in the Madison School District in Wisconsin for 11 years. But he was abruptly fired after a Black student called him the N-word multiple times — and Anderson told him not to, while also using the word. “Every type of…
The controversial and infamous Rikers Island jail will probably close in the coming years. The New York City Council voted on Thursday to replace it with four separate jails that will be in four of New York City’s five boroughs. Rikers Island is the second-largest jail complex in the entire…
A Miami-Dade Police aide was placed on administrative duty after he was investigated for reportedly saying a Black female sergeant looked “like a monkey”, according to a report from the Miami Herald. Pablo Espinoza, who works as a public service aide for the Miami-Dade Police Department, allegedly made the racist…
A disability advocate is taking on the city of Minneapolis and two popular e-scooter companies, Lime and Bird. Noah J. McCourt has brought a lawsuit against the city and e-scooter companies, seeking to bring change and protect people with disabilities traversing the city. The 25-year-old, who lives with autism and…
Darcy Krueger, 17, was turned away from the Tampa Bay Homeschool Homecoming Dance last month for wearing a jumpsuit instead of a dress. The teen, donning a black evening jumpsuit and strappy silver heels, traveled nearly an hour from her home in Lakeland to the Orlo House and Ballroom in…
In Ocean County, N.J., one family restaurant is catering to the autistic community. The newly-opened Riv’s Toms River Hub, a Rivoli family restaurant, will have a sensory dining room dedicated to providing a full-service dining experience to children with autism, thanks to inspiration from the owners’ young grandson, Chase. The…
The gaming industry is poised to be the next boom industry in American business. In 2018, video game revenue reached a new high of $43.8 billion, according to Entertainment Software Association and The NPD Group. Like many of the United States’ most profitable enterprises, the gaming industry is overly saturated…
Director Ava DuVernay and Netflix have been sued for defamation by the creators of a controversial police interrogation technique. The Reid Technique was highlighted in DuVernay’s critically-acclaimed miniseries “When They See Us.” “When They See Us” is a drama based on the real-life story of five teenage boys of color…
NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir walked outside of the International Space Station (ISS) Friday to fix a damaged battery as the first all-female spacewalk in history. The original plan for the all-female spacewalk was canceled several months ago because NASA did not have enough spacesuits in the right…
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