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• Justice40 DOE Architect Shalanda Baker Set to Speak at RECESS24

  19-07-2024 19:43
  The RECESS24: National Black and Brown Clean Energy Conference is pleased to announce that Shalanda H. Baker, a distinguished expert in energy justice and equity, will be a featured speaker at this year’s event. Baker recently served as the Senate-confirmed Director of the Office of Energy Justice and Equity at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she was also the Advisor on Equity to Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.
   
  Prior to her pivotal role in the Department of Energy, Baker
  
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• Lady in the Lake (Miniseries)

  19-07-2024 16:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
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• At Omarion’s Concert, I Made Water

  19-07-2024 15:58 via chicagoreader.com
  
  By Kiayla Ryann
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• Common’s Renaissance: A New Album and Upcoming Millennium Park Show

  19-07-2024 15:45
  
  With over 30 years in Hip-hop, Common’s illustrious career continues to shine. The release of “The Auditorium Vol. 1” with Pete Rock, his performance with the Grant Park Orchestra, and his role in the Apple TV show “Silo” mark a season of gratitude and artistic growth for the South Side Chicago native (Photo Credit: Tacuma Roeback).
  To have a 20-plus year career and a stellar discography in Hip-hop is a rarity, like a quarterback winning multiple Super Bowls or an M
  
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• Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Unjustly Punished After 1944 Explosion

  19-07-2024 14:30
  
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  The Navy has exonerated 256 Black sailors who were unjustly punished following a deadly California port explosion in 1944.
  On Wednesday (July 17), the Navy announced the exonerations exactly 80 years after an explosion at Port Chicago Naval Magazine left 320 people dead and 400 others injured from ammunition that detonated while it was being loaded onto a cargo ship, per The Hill.
  Following the incident, white supervising officers at Port Chicago were given hardship leave, bu
  
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• ShotSpotter sparks a political power struggle

  19-07-2024 12:00 via chicagoreader.com
  
  This story was published by the Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence in America. Sign up for its newsletters here. In February, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his plan to decommission ShotSpotter, a controversial gunshot-detection technology that alerts police to shootings by using hundreds of acoustic sensors throughout the city.  Johnson’s plan, which would […]
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• Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty Opens First Illinois Store at Orland Square Mall

  19-07-2024 01:00
  
  In suburban Chicago, Orland Square Mall in Orland Park will open the state’s first brick-and-mortar store for Rihanna’s famous apparel brand, Savage X Fenty.
  Known for its inclusive approach to lingerie and apparel, the store’s grand opening event begins this Friday at 10 a.m. and will feature giveaways and more.
  The store will be located on the mall’s lower level near the Coach store and will join 148 other retailers.
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