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• Trump’s EPA is at War with the Americans it is Supposed to Protect

  22-03-2025 14:45
  
  EPA headquarters at the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building (Public Domain Photo). 
  As they say in horror movies, the call is coming from inside the house. 
  Under Donald Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed its own mission. And last week, EPA Administration Lee Zeldin outright declared war on the American people. 
  Zeldin announced 31 actions he celebrated as “the largest deregulatory announcement in US history.” The administration is att
  
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• Cook County Declares March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month

  22-03-2025 14:15
  
  Cook County Commissioner Dr. Kisha McCaskill (L) and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle (R) (Photos Provided)..
  Cook County is taking a firm stand on inclusivity and access for all residents—especially those living with developmental disabilities.
  On March 13, during a regular meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, 5th District Commissioner Dr. Kisha McCaskill introduced a resolution declaring March as Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Cook County. The mea
  
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• The story of the Great Migration often overlooks Black businesses that built Detroit

  22-03-2025 14:00
  
  The flourishing Black business district in Detroit, Mich., photographed in 1942. Arthur S. Siegel via the Library of Congress, CC BY-NDby Kendra D. Boyd, Rutgers University
  Black businesses were essential to facilitating the Great Migration of African Americans out of the South between the 1910s and 1960s. Yet, the traditional narrative of the migration as a movement of laborers seeking high-wage jobs obscures the history of African Americans who moved north or west seeking entrepreneurial oppor
  
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• Giannoulias Kicks Off 2025 Summer Job Program

  22-03-2025 13:45
  
  Photo Credit: Getty Images
  Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias’ office is now accepting applications for its third-annual summer job program. Approximately 150 positions are available for college, trade school, graduate school students or graduating high school students who are enrolled in college or trade school in the fall. Job offerings include working in one of the 25 departments in the Secretary of State’s office or at a DMV. “Our summer job program all
  
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• White Couple Accused Of Using Adopted Black Kids As ‘Slaves’ Sentenced

  22-03-2025 13:00
  
  Photo: West Virginia Regional Jail/Correctional Facility Authority
  The West Virginia couple accused of using their Black adopted children as “slaves,” locking them in a barn, and forcing them to perform farm labor has been sentenced to decades in prison.
  According to the New York Times, 62-year-old Donald Lantz was sentenced to 160 years in prison after being found guilty of forced labor, human trafficking, and child abuse and neglect. Lantz’s wife, Jeanne Kay Whitefeather, 63,
  
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• Boosie Badazz Launches Scholarship In Honor Of Caleb Wilson

  22-03-2025 12:30
  
  Photo: Southern University Human Jukebox
  A scholarship has been launched in honor of Caleb Wilson, the Southern University student who died after collapsing during an Omega Psi Phi fraternity ritual last month.
  On Friday (March 21), rapper Boosie Badazz announced that he was starting the Caleb Wilson Memorial Scholarship at his annual “Boosie Bash” festival at Southern University, per Baller Alert.
  Boosie said the scholarship will honor Wilson’s life and serve as a fund to supp
  
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• Best Adult Video Chat Sites of 2025

  22-03-2025 00:53 via chicagoreader.com
  
  In the grand digital bazaar of human interaction, where algorithms play matchmaker and pixels replace pheromones, adult video chat sites stand as the wild frontier of virtual rendezvous. Whether you’re seeking a fleeting moment of visual chemistry, a playful exchange of wits, or something a little more risqué, these platforms offer an immediate, unfiltered gateway […]
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