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• Murder Charges Dropped Against Mother, Son after Video Suggests Self-Defense

  26-06-2023 21:50
  
  Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s office has dropped all charges against a woman and her 14-year-old son after they were charged with murdering a man at a West Pullman fast food spot.
  “Based upon our continued review and in light of emerging evidence, today the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office (CCSAO) has moved to dismiss the charges against Carlisha (sic) Hood and her 14-year-old son,” said the Cook County’s State’s Attorney Office in a
  
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• Britney Robbins: Empowering Black Youth and Aiding Black Entrepreneurs

  26-06-2023 15:00
  
  …because black millennial women who balance the personal and professional need the spotlight, too.
  In life, our main assignment should be to use our influence to impact. Today’s millennial woman is multidimensional and chooses to define herself by her acts of service in the community, personal growth and development and the lives impacted by her influence.
  This is not just any woman. She is Britney Robbins, a woman who believes that her daily work will positively change the lives of
  
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• Reframing the relationship between humanity and nature

  26-06-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Nestled along the Fox River within the sprawling woods of Plano, Illinois, resides Mies van der Rohe’s coveted Edith Farnsworth House. The house serves as a recognizable and beloved example of midcentury modern architecture, complete with iconic Mies motifs: perimeter floor-to-ceiling windows rather than opaque walls, purposeful and unfussy appliances, minimal use of color, precise […]
  The post Reframing the relationship between humanity and nature appeared first on Chicago Reader.
  
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• J. Pharoah Doss: BLM was always bankrupt regardless of its finances

  26-06-2023 13:00
  
  According to reports, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is on the verge of bankruptcy. According to other accounts, Black Lives Matter has $30 million in assets and is not bankrupt.
  BLM supporters had enough of the financial scandals. They indicated that they remained committed to the movement but not the organization. Many supporters, though, refuse to admit that the movement was intellectually bankrupt from the outset.
  Since its inception in 2013, journalists have stated that BL
  
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