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Google for Startups Black Founders Fund returns with a $5 million investment
Google is back with more funds and resources to help Black founders thrive and survive, reports Afro Tech. Originally created to help alleviate…
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Illinois professor charged with hate crime
A professor is charged with a hate crime and accused of spitting on a Black woman and hurling racial slurs at her and her 7-year…
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Lawsuit may proceed to trial after train hits, kills woman
A consolidated lawsuit brought against a security guard service by parents whose 24-year-old daughter wa…
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Donte Williams becomes interim head coach at USC
With the departure this week of Clay Helton as USC’s head football coach, associate head coach Donte Williams will serve the interim head football coach for the remainder of the 2021 season…
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Rapper Yo Gotti buys into soccer
As both a rapper and businessman, Yo Gotti helms as the founder of Collective Music Group, reports Afro Tech. Now…
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Courvosier launches foundation with $1 million to aid Black businesses recover from pandemic
Courvoisier® Cognac announced the launch of its global philanthropic platform Foundation 1828. Founded by Felix Courvoisier in 1828…
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Women of color vie for mayor of Boston
For the first time in 200 years, Boston voters have narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two…
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Practical Politics
In a few more hours on Tuesday, Sept. 14, the day this column was written, the results (at least most of them) will be…
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Talk to children about youth suicide
Numerous research studies indicate children and youth have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Forced into remote learning and physically isolated from…
