NNPA Newswire — Together, Apple’s REJI commitments aim to expand opportunities for communities of color across the country and to help build the next generation of diverse leaders, the tech giant said in a news release.
Apple launches major new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects to challenge systemic racism, advance racial equity nationwide
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Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ Warnings to U.S. Capitol Police Chief Were Ignored
NNPA Newswire — “I do believe that charges against the president should be pursued,” stated Congresswoman Waters during the live Jan. 12 interview, broadcast over the social media platforms of the Black Press of America.
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A Georgia HBCU Remains Committed to Providing a Pipeline of STEM Degree Students
NNPA Newswire — Launched 34 years ago by Dr. Isaac J. Crumbly, CDEP offers minorities and women the opportunity to pursue dual degrees in STEM disciplines.
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Joint Center – Black Voters Should See Themselves in Congressional Staff
Joint Center — While we saw marginal improvement in senior staff diversity after the election in 2018, the lack of diversity among senior congressional staff of both parties is longstanding.
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An open fund for projects debunking vaccine misinformation
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines is exacerbating a perennial problem of misinformation about immunization. To support additional debunking efforts, the Google News Initiative is launching a COVID-19 Vaccine Counter-Misinformation Open Fund worth up to $3 million. While the COVID-19 infodemic has been global in nature, misinformation has also been weaponized to target specific populations. Some of the available research also suggests that the audiences coming across misinformation and those seeking fact checks don’t necessarily overlap.
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Rep. Maxine Waters Warned Police Chief of Violence Eight Days Before Attack on U.S. Capitol
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congresswoman Maxine Waters is looking for answers to exactly how the U.S. Capitol’s security was breached by an angry violent mob of Donald Trump’s supporters on January 6.
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Congress Seeks Trump Removal, Introduces Impeachment Measures
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Congress introduced an impeachment article against Trump on Monday for “incitement of insurrection” when his supporters violently breached the Capitol last Wednesday. The measure, which has more than 200 co-sponsors, says Trump “gravely endangered the United States’ security and its institutions of government.”
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Black Woman Takes Over as Chief of U.S. Capitol Police
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Yogananda Pittman, a Morgan State graduate, takes over as acting Chief of the 2,300-member U.S. Capitol Police just one week after the violent insurrection desecrated American democracy.
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The Capitol Riots and a Tale of Two U.S. Government Coup Attempts
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After fanning false and racist beliefs that the newly elected government would promote a Black uprising, upend their way of life, endanger white women, and bring about an unfathomable new American reality in which Black men – not white – governed, white leaders pledged harm.
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“Let It Be Known” NNPA Rolls Out Live Daily Breaking News Broadcast
Black Press USA — The new program, which kicked off earlier this month, features an interactive rundown of the hot topics of the day – providing news and information to an audience that demands Black inclusion.
