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Details: Written by By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia; Published: 14 September 2023

Judge Rowan Wilson

Wilson, who had previously served as an associate judge of the Court of Appeals since 2017, assumed the role following the resignation of Judge Janet DiFiore in August 2022.

Details: Written by Erica Jacqueline Licht, Harvard Kennedy School; Published: 14 September 2023

Smiling students writing at her desk

For more than half a century, colleges and universities have relied on dedicated programs to attract students of color and support them. Today, those programs – known as diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, programs – are under attack.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 14 September 2023

A survey by the Berkeley IGS found that 60% of California voters believe that the legacy of slavery is still impacting the current situation of Black residents in the state. Approximately 20% say they see some effect, and 13% say they see little.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 14 September 2023

The infusion of capital elevates the total investment in the project to an impressive $184 million.

Details: Written by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent; Published: 11 September 2023

She further emphasized the historic barriers she has shattered throughout her career, including being the first woman district attorney in San Francisco and the first Black woman to serve as California’s attorney general.

Details: Written by JENNIFER PELTZ and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2023

With the U.S. Capitol in the background, a person walks past American flags flying at half-staff surrounding the Washington Monument on Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, in Washington, to honor and remember the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Bells tolled at ground zero and solemn tributes unfolded across the country as Americans looked back on the horror and legacy of 9/11.

Details: Written by KAT STAFFORD Associated Press; Published: 11 September 2023

Reducing inequality in health may depend on increasing diversity among doctors, but after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, concerns have arisen that a pathway into medicine may become much harder for students of color. Black Americans represent 13% of the United States population, yet just 6% of physicians in the nation are Black.

Details: Written by AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press; Published: 10 September 2023

President Joe Biden and his allies have outlined plans to create a rail and shipping corridor linking India with the Middle East and ultimately Europe. U.S. officials say such a network will be a game changer to boost global trade, transport energy resources and improve digital connectivity and linking India, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Israel and the European Union

Details: Written by Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation; Published: 08 September 2023

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A new United Nations report estimates the losses generated by invasives at more than US $423 billion yearly and shows that these damages have at least quadrupled in every decade since 1970.