Oral histories: New Orleans civil rights leaders, speak
In this March 12, 1961 photo, members of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) picket outside McCrory’s Department store in New Orleans to protest the …
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Equifax inadequately explains data breach
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA NEW YORK–Equifax has been scrambling to explain itself since disclosing last week that it exposed vital data about 143 million Americans …
Colleges work to help first generation students succeed
Colleges work to help first-generation students succeed PHOTO COURTESY OF CALEDONIA By WILSON RING Associated Press MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – As she readied to leave for …
Battling cancer, McCain says his prognosis is ‘pretty good’
JohnMcCain speaks at the Smithsonian American Art Museumon May 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. PHOTO COURTESY OF KTLA WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. John McCain says …
Week In Review
PHOTO COURTESY OF YORK DISPATCH SECURITY CLEARANCE BACKLOG LEADS TO RISKY INTERIM PASSES WASHINGTON (AP) – A government backlog of 700,000 security clearance reviews has …
Public Space Challenge winners to improve communities of color
The Miami Foundation’s Public Space Challenge invests $350,000 in your ideas to improve Greater Miami’s parks, plazas and local gathering places. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MIAMI …
WPB announces open data policy
West Palm Beach Mayor Jeri Muoio PHOTO COURTESY OF WPB.ORG Courtesy of West Palm Beach Insider Newsletter WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Mayor Jeri Muoio …
EPA grants pollution waiver to Florida utilities after Irma
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – State and federal environmental regulators issued a blanket waiver on Monday for Florida …
Harriet Tubman on $20 bill?
Will Donald Trump really replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20? PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE.COM By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – …
Black Cherokee Freedmen have right to tribal citizenship
Judge Rules That Cherokee Freedmen Have Right To Tribal Citizenship. PHOTO COURTESY OF NPR By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – Descendants of black …