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• The Chicago Reader promotes Amber Nettles to Associate Publisher

  11-09-2023 16:41 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For immediate release The Chicago Reader is proud to announce Amber Nettles as Associate Publisher. Nettles has been with the Reader since 2020, most recently as Senior Vice President of Growth and Strategy. “I can’t think of a better person than Amber to take this role,” said Solomon Lieberman, CEO and Publisher. “Not only does […]
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• Remembering 9/11 and The Unseen Sacrifice of Black Firefighters

  11-09-2023 15:43
  The events of September 11, 2001, left an indelible mark on the hearts of all New Yorkers. For those who lost family members and friends, the pain remains devastating even after 22 years. However, it is important to acknowledge that not all heroes received equal recognition, and the sacrifices of Black firefighters that day often went unnoticed by the mainstream media.
  Capt. Paul Washington, a former president of the Vulcan Society, emphasized in a New York Amsterdam News article, “As an a
  
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• Kamala Harris Dances To ‘Vivrant Thing’ At Hip-Hop Anniversary House Party

  11-09-2023 15:30
  
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  Vice President Kamala Harris showed off her moves at a house party celebrating 50 years of hip-hop.
  On Saturday (September 9), Harris hosted a first-of-its-kind celebration at her home to mark the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, The Hill reports.
  “Hip hop is the ultimate American art form,” Harris said at the party. “Born at a back-to-school party in the Bronx, raised on the streets of Philadelphia, Chicago, Oakland, and Atlanta, hip hop now shapes nearly every
  
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• Protecting a Way of Life and the Planet

  11-09-2023 15:00
  
  By Ben Jealous
  The Sacred Place Where Life Begins. That’s what the Gwich’in people call the coastal plain of Alaska where they live.
  The Porcupine Caribou on whom the Gwich’in have relied for tens of thousands of years for their subsistence way of life migrate hundreds of miles each spring to give birth to their calves there. So that Gwich’in name rings true.
  It was that life that the Biden administration protected for years to come with the announcement last week that it
  
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• Toni Preckwinkle Honored Sept. 14th at Chamber 57 Annual Breakfast

  11-09-2023 14:45
  
  Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle is among those being honored at the 11th Annual Breakfast of Chamber 57 on Thursday, September 14, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Matteson Holiday Inn, 500 Holiday Plaza, in Matteson, Illinois.  The theme is Rising Beyond, A Celebration To Excellence.
  The Keynote Speaker is Matthew Simpson, the African American Business Development Manager of the Office of Minority Economic Development for the Illinois Department of Commerce. 
  
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• UVA Student Accused Of Killing 3 Football Players Faces New Murder Charges

  11-09-2023 14:00
  
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  The man suspected of fatally shooting three University of Virginia football players last year is facing new murder charges.
  According to the Associated Press, suspected shooter Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., 23, was indicted on aggravated murder charges by a special grand jury in Charlottesville. Jones would serve a mandatory life sentence if convicted.
  Jones, a former member of the UVA football team, was riding on a charter bus on its way back to campus from a field trip in
  
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