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Sep- 2019 -25 September#NNPA BlackPress
Martin Center celebrates 50 years of service to sickle cell patients
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 100,000 Americans have sickle cell disease. The…
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25 September#NNPA BlackPress
Bowser Carries on Obama ‘Keeper’ Initiative
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Obama administration has become a part of history but its signature social initiative, “My Brother’s Keeper,” has…
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24 September#NNPA BlackPress
Seeking to help people at greatest risk from climate change
BLACK VOICE NEWS — Californians have faced droughts, heat waves, wildfires and other climate-fueled crises that seem to break records every…
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24 September#NNPA BlackPress
Children’s Home & Aid Honors Chicago Couple For Dedication to Children and Families
CHICAGO DEFENDER — At their 99th September Gala, the Children’s Home & Aid Woman’s Board presented John and Fran Edwardson with…
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23 September#NNPA BlackPress
Big Win in Sacramento for Anti Rent-Gouging and Eviction Protections
OAKLAND POST — After years of escalating and brutal displacement driving millions of Californians into poverty or homelessness, today, the…
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23 September#NNPA BlackPress
IMPD officer charged with battery, obstruction of justice; chief recommending termination
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer Robert Lawson faces charges including battery and obstruction of justice following a…
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22 September#NNPA BlackPress
Last-minute switch would serve one oil refinery — and environmentalists are crying foul
BLACK VOICE NEWS — With a bit of 11th-hour legislative magic, state lawmakers have taken a bill related to volunteer firefighter…
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20 September#NNPA BlackPress
Curious about The Peace Corp? Workshop set for Tuesday
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Peace Corps will hold an application workshop on September 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7…
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20 September#NNPA BlackPress
New Criminal Justice Film Series from The Marshall Project Highlights Chicago Witnesses to System’s Injustices
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium was a full house at the opening screening of a new local…
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20 September#NNPA BlackPress
6th District to Receive Invest in Cook Funding
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways will award millions in 2019 Invest in Cook Multi-Modal…
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