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• “Missing in Chicago” wins the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting

  06-05-2024 23:38 via chicagoreader.com
  
  On May 6,  the Pulitzer Prize board announced the 2024 Pulitzer Prize winners in various categories of journalism and reporting.  Reporters Trina Reynolds-Tyler of Invisible Institute and Sarah Conway of City Bureau, who penned the story “What happens when your loved one goes missing?”, were awarded with the 2024 Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting.  The […]
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• Review: The Idea of You

  06-05-2024 23:21 via chicagoreader.com
  
  As I settled in to watch the third installment of post-2020 B-tier rom-coms starring Anne Hathaway, The Idea of You (following She Came to Me and Locked Down), a nagging sense of familiarity began to stir within me. This story is tethered to August Moon, a boy band only microscopically dissimilar from One Direction. Hayes […]
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• PUBLIC NOTICE: To Patrons of Commonwealth Edison Company

  06-05-2024 15:19
  
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• What College Protests Say About America

  06-05-2024 15:00
  
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  This article was originally published on Word In Black.By Keith Boykin
  “Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 presidential election.
  ​​The past two weeks of campus protests have exposed the hypocrisy of Republicans who claim to stand for “law and order” and free speech.
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• Ole Miss Israeli-Palestinian Protests Turns Horribly Racist – Video

  06-05-2024 14:46
  University of Mississippi Chancellor Chancellor Glen Boyce, has promised to launch a vigorous investigation into the behavior of students during a pro-Palestine demonstration on campus.
  During the protest at Ole Miss, a Black woman could be seen suffering vitriolic verbal attacks from White college students who mockingly called her “Lizzo” and “fat a–” and chanted lock her up urging police officers on the scene to arrest the peaceful counter protestor. As she approa
  
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• Youth Apprenticeship Week Spotlights Opportunities

  06-05-2024 14:45
  
  (NewsUSA) – Youth Apprenticeship Week, an initiative of the U.S. Department of Labor, features a range of events and speakers at venues across the United States to showcase the many benefits of Registered Apprenticeship programs for youth and young adults ages 16-24.
  The nationwide initiative takes place from May 5 – 11, 2024, and includes more than 300 events and over 70 proclamations intended to celebrate and educate the public about Registered Apprenticeships. Current apprentices
  
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• Kathleen Dorothy Blackburn examines the limits of faith

  06-05-2024 14:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  At the Christian high school I attended—which was affiliated with a local church of the “health and wealth gospel” flavor—plenty of people took literally the Bible verse that reads, “By his stripes, we are healed.” If you prayed hard enough, the thinking went, God would heal you of physical ailments. If you weren’t healed, you […]
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• COMMENTARY: As Haiti’s Crisis Lingers, Urgent Calls for Action Ignored

  06-05-2024 02:48
  
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  By Ashleigh Fields 
  “It is the destiny of the Haitian people to suffer.” 
  Words once spoken by former leader Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier find themselves perpetually re-enforced by the world. 
  After successfully overturning slavery through a massive revolt in 1803, global entities turned their back on a resilient and self-determined nation plagued with extreme violence and political impropriety.
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