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• An online refuge for care workers during the Ukraine War

  25-09-2023 21:33 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Content note: some of the names in this story have been changed to protect anonymity. It’s Sunday morning in August 2022, and midway through an online group therapy session, Mariia, in Kyiv, tells the group that there is a missile alert. She needs to move her laptop computer into the closet, away from the windows. […]
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• Scottish hip-hop group Young Fathers embrace their light on Heavy Heavy

  25-09-2023 17:30 via chicagoreader.com
  
  For about a decade, Scottish trio Young Fathers have been releasing subterranean-sounding experimental hip-hop songs whose strange arrangements combine brawny percussion, squeaky synths, polyphonic singing, and radiant vocal harmonies. Their music traffics in the muck of the world—the torpid synth on 2015’s “Feasting” makes them sound like they’re stuck in mud up to their knees—but […]
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• Thantifaxath and Sunless explore two different realms of metal

  25-09-2023 17:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  Toronto-based black-metal trio Thantifaxath (whose members are deliberately anonymous) released a startling, unusual debut album, Sacred White Noise, in 2014. Since then, though, their recorded output has been tantalizingly sparse: just one EP in 2017. So their second full-length, Hive Mind Narcosis, which they released in June on Dark Descent, had plenty of time to […]
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• CD’s Top Stories of the Week: Black Women Childcare Providers Face Peril, The Pretrial Fairness Act, Former NFL Player’s Mother Found Dead and More…

  25-09-2023 16:00
  
  Here are the top stories from the Chicago Defender for the Week of Sept.18-24:
  Black Women Childcare Providers Face Peril as COVID-Era Funding Expires
  When the pandemic shed light on the fragility of the childcare industry, the federal government sent $52 billion to states to keep childcare centers and home centers open, retain staff and offer services. This funding is expected to expire on Sept. 30. 
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  52nd Annual Legislative Conference: Tackling Black America’s Criti
  
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• Oklahoma Church Ousted After Pastor Defended Wearing Blackface

  25-09-2023 14:45
  
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  The Southern Baptist Convention, the nation’s largest Protestant denomination, has moved to expel an Oklahoma church where the pastor defended wearing blackface.On Tuesday (September 19), Southern Baptist’s executive committee voted that Sherman Jaquess and his church, Matoaka Baptist Church of Ochelata, “be deemed not in friendly cooperation with the convention,” per the Associated Press.
  The expulsion comes after Jaquess painted his body in black smu
  
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• Sydnie Jimenez sculpts a new vision of beauty

  25-09-2023 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the care of a collector in Miami, Sydnie Jimenez’s self-portrait stands tall, immortalizing her and her twin sister, Haylie, in a side-by-side embrace. “The person who bought it is also a twin,” the 25-year-old says.  Reaching about four feet in height, the sculpture emanates a sweet and soothing presence. Haylie’s clay fingernails and toenails […]
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• 2 Black Professors Craft Curriculum Guide on Montgomery Riverboat Brawl

  25-09-2023 14:00
  
  By BlackNews.com
  Dr. Linda J.M. Holloway, along with her colleague Dr. April T. Berry, wanted to be creative in allowing students and others to have a meaningful conversation around the incident that took place on the Montgomery Riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama on August 5, 2023. 
  This was an event that sparked many reactions, emotions, thoughts, and reflections across social media and within our broader society.
  Dr. Holloway is a Professor at Alabama State University located in Montgomery,
  
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• Become a CFP® Professional and Give Back Through Pro Bono Financial Planning

  25-09-2023 13:30
  
  (NewsUSA) – Nearly 9 in 10 Americans are concerned about the current cost of living in the United States, which has created an increasing need for the trusted, often life-changing advice of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professionals. Alongside their paid work helping people plan their financial futures, thousands of CFP® professionals across the country have chosen to “give back” with pro bono financial planning. If you like helping others, consider a career as a CFP
  
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