By Olivia Riggio, Special to The Informer via DiversityInc A study by Stanford University, Northwestern University, Dartmouth College and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology found investors are more likely to bet that a company will see its stock prices rise if it reported “higher-than-average” gender diversity among its staff. The study’s authors, David P. Daniels, […]
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HUD Says Deregulation, Not Affordable Housing, Needed to Solve Homelessness
By Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer For more than a decade, economists, lawmakers and others have heralded the nation’s economy. Often citing how unemployment has declined as new jobs have been created, or Wall Street trading and major bank profits rising, some might be led to believe that all is well in America. But […]
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Workplace ‘Inclusion’ is Not Enough to Help Women of Color Feel Supported: Harvard Study
By Olivia Riggio The Harvard Business Review (HBR) conducted a study that found even seemingly “inclusive” workplaces still leave women of color in interdependent work environments feeling isolated. The idea from the study, HBR said, came out of an episode of HBR’s “Women at Work” podcast, which discussed forging “sisterhood” relationships at work among women of different ethnicities. High-quality […]
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Entrepreneur Creates Flashcards That Teach Children About Black Millionaires And Billionaires
By The Chicago Defender New Orleans, LA — New Orleans-based media company, Raising Black Millionaires, has just released the first volume in their series of Raising Black Millionaires Flashcards, to empower parents and educators of Black children with an effective and easy tool that builds self-confidence, high self-esteem, and limitless earning potential for all ages. The […]
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Martin Center Celebrates 50 Years of Service to Sickle Cell Patients
By Tyler Fenwick (The Indianapolis Recorder/BPUSA) Julie Daniels lucked out when her mother took her to the pediatrician. All of a sudden, Daniels couldn’t bear any weight as a 1-year-old, even after learning how to walk. The pediatrician was a hematologist and recognized the signs he saw. He tested Daniels, and sure enough, she was […]
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Biden’s Words On Racial Equality Ring Hollow
By Zachary R. Wood, Black Press USA “I think the Democratic Party could stand a liberal George Wallace, someone who’s not afraid to stand up and offend people, someone who wouldn’t pander, but would say what the American people know in their gut is right.” Former Vice President Joe Biden uttered these words in an […]
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Pediatricians: Black Children Suffer Significantly from Racism
By The Tri-State Defender Surprise! Racism—that “thing” white people say doesn’t exist—has dire long-term effects on the health of Black children and adolescents, according to a report released by the country’s largest group of pediatricians. The report, crafted into a first-of-its-kind policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, calls racism “a socially transmitted disease […]
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Pregnancy and Vaccination
By The INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER The Marion County Public Health Department joined other healthcare organizations in August to recognize National Immunization Awareness Month, so this is the perfect time to understand the importance of following the vaccination schedule from birth to adulthood as a way to protect against certain diseases. When a woman is pregnant, she shares […]
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N-word, Other Racist Language Found in Baton Rouge Police Dept. Emails
By Ryan Whirty (NNPA Newswire) – Just three months after a judge lifted a 39-year-old consent decree requiring the Baton Rouge Police Department to seek more diversity in its ranks, social justice proponents discovered e-mails to and from BRPD officers containing racist, vulgar language. The uncovered communications, which were sent in 2014 and 2015, placed […]
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Kanye West’s ‘Sunday Service’
By Black Press USA With more than 10,000 people packing New Birth’s sanctuary, Grammy Award winning artist Kanye West hosted his recent ‘Sunday Service’ at the Stonecrest megachurch. The ‘Stronger’ and ‘Jesus Walks’ artist led a 600-person choir, 150 of those traveling from California to join New Birth Missionary Baptist Church’s choir and other local […]
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Black America, End HIV Together
By Raniyah Copeland Science Magazine’s 2011 “Breakthrough of the Year” was the discovery that antiretroviral drugs were a game-changer in HIV prevention. The development of treatment as Prevention and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) ushered in the concept of ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. By combining effective treatment for people living with HIV with simple and easy biomedical […]
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ALC Panel Stresses Importance of Black Male Voter Turnout
By William J. Ford and Black Press USA Republican Dan Bishop narrowly won a special election this week for a seat in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District, which some political analysts point to as a small boost to President Donald Trump’s reelection bid next year. Virginia Harris, president of 100 Black Women Inc, cited that […]