Tag: Racial Equity
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LinkedIn’s Impact on Black Job Seekers
If you're having a rough experience on LinkedIn, you're not alone. You polish and rewrite your resume relentlessly, apply to what seems like an endless number of openings, and send connection requests into what feels like a black hole, only to hear nothing in response or see little to no results. For Black job seekers, especially, the frustration is just about bubbling over, and opportunities feel farther away than ever before.
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Black Doctor Closing Racial Gap in Clinical Trials
For generations, medical research has asked Black communities to trust a system that has not always earned it. Today, Dr. Adrelia Allen is trying to change that by ensuring patients understand their rights and have practical support. Allen believes the problem is sometimes simpler than people assume: Black patients may not be rejecting clinical trials, they may never have been asked. Representation matters because researchers need diverse data to understand how investigational medicines work across different populations.
CAREER & FINANCE
Black Family Withdraws $1 Million Endowment From UNC Wilmington
A prominent Black family in North Carolina withdraws $1M endowment from UNC Wilmington after refusing to alter scholarship mission to comply with new equality policy.
FASHION
Black Grad Scene Sparks Outrage
Disturbing graduation scene sparks conversation. Parents in physical altercation, targeting of Muslim women suspected. Chaos erupts, with some in hijabs appearing to be shoved. Graduations should be safe spaces, not marred by bias. More protection for marginalized families needed.
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Anderson .Paak Settles With Jae Lin After 14 Years
Anderson .Paak has reached a divorce settlement with his estranged wife, Jae Lin, more than two years after filing to end their marriage. The Grammy-winning singer filed court documents on September 2 notifying the court that he and Lin had worked out an agreement covering the division of their property and support.
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Kodak Black Charged With Fleeing Police
Kodak Black is off the hook in one of his criminal cases after prosecutors charged him with fleeing and resisting arrest during a traffic stop in Florida. On Tuesday, a Broward County judge granted Kodak's motion to dismiss the case, saying prosecutors produced no evidence supporting the charge that the rapper tried to elude police officers. As a result, the judge dismissed all charges against Kodak and closed the case.
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Stevie Wonder’s Songs in the Key of Life Album
Tickets for Stevie Wonder's 50th-anniversary Songs in the Key of Life tour are officially on sale. Released in 1976, Wonder's musical masterpiece gave us classics like Sir Duke, I Wish, and Isn't She Lovely, cementing the legendary singer's place in music history. The album made history on the Billboard 200 chart by becoming the third album to debut at number one and the first album by an American artist to do so. Wonder recorded countless songs over the two-year period it took to complete the project, with co-engineer John Fischbach recalling something like 200 songs were created during that time.
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Cassie and Alex Fine Return After Leaving USA
Cassie's mostly kept to herself since testifying against Diddy during his sex trafficking trial but she did make a rare public appearance recently showing up to a classy London premiere. The singer-songwriter attended the Mobland showing Thursday about a week before the wide release of the show's much-anticipated second season. Cassie stunned in a low-cut gray dress while posing arm in arm with Alex Fine.
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Ed Sheeran Tour Pressure Over Macklemore Palestine Speech
Macklemore's "Free Palestine" message at an Ed Sheeran concert has sparked a push to have him removed from the rest of the tour. While opening for Sheeran at New Jersey's MetLife Stadium on Friday, the Grammy winner performed his protest track "Hind's Hall" and then addressed the crowd directly.