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COMMENTARY: Debt collectors target consumers of color, people making less than $50K

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Under the Trump Administration, a consistent and focused deregulation effort has been underway to turn CFPB into a toothless tiger. It’s almost as if CFPB now stands…

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Soccer field opens in Grand Crossing

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Young people who love soccer, City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin and 5thWard Alderman Leslie Hairston, joined officials from the U.S. Soccer Foundation, as well as Stephanie Comer, of the…

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Bahamians Still Face Years of Recovery Following Massive Storm

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thousands of people have been displaced and are trapped in "rapidly deteriorating" conditions in the most devastated areas of the Bahamas, said an official of the UN’s…

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Nation’s Largest Teachers Unions, Others, Prepare for Climate Change Summit

NNPA NEWSWIRE — UN Officials have called climate change the defining issue of this generation. "The Summit will present practical and new measures to speed up the transition from coal…

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The Human and Economic Toll of Gun Violence is Staggering

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The September 18 state-by-state examination of the economic costs of gun violence, reveals numbers that the committee called "staggering." For instance, in 2017, for the first time,…

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Apparel firm to make $7.5M Tennessee expansion with 220 jobs

NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDERS — An apparel company is planning to invest $7.5 million in an expansion in western Tennessee that is expected to create more than 220 jobs. The Department of…

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Civil Rights Icon Angela Davis Inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "At each significant turning point in my life, when I was introduced to the world of progressive political activism, anti-racist prison abolition struggles, when I myself was…

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Gov’s Wife: Stop Paying Women Less Than Men for Doing the Same Jobs

SACRAMENTO OBSERVER — Diane Shelton was proud of her professional life. For more than 25 years, she held steady government jobs with the state Assembly as a legislative consultant, capitol…

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 Trader Joe’s Hyde Park Location Begins 10-Day Hiring Event

CHICAGO DEFENDER — Trader Joe’s will start hiring for nearly 70 jobs at the chain’s new Hyde Park location with a 10-day hiring event through Wednesday, September 25. Applicants are…

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Chavis Moderates Lively Discussion on the State of Black Business During CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Hosted by Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Dwight Evans, panelists included Rob Busby, Sr., the President and CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers; Economist and former Bennett College President…

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