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Economic empowerment, racial justice event planned for Muskegon Heights
By Skyla Jewell-Hammie On October 20, 2023 MUSKEGON HEIGHTS, MI – The heart of Muskegon Heights is about to witness an “extraordinary convergence of purpose” this weekend, officials say, as the community unites for the 2023 West MI Cooperative Economics & Racial Wealth Parity Fair. Development Company Main Street Loan Fund and Thredz.org, a community development…
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Dyslexia support proposals are back in the Michigan Legislature
By Hannah Dellinger On October 16, 2023 Four bills introduced in the Michigan Legislature this month would aim to better identify and teach students with dyslexia, and jumpstart reform initiatives that have stalled in the past. The new legislation comes with bipartisan support and follows years of failed efforts to better address dyslexia in school…
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RAPIDO acronym aims to raise stroke awareness within the Latino community
By Sam Baker On October 9, 2023 A CDC report found only 58% of Hispanic adults in the U.S. can recognize signs of stroke. The American Stroke Association last month adopted a Spanish acronym program developed by researchers at UT Health Houston to help raise stroke awareness within the Latino community. Dr. Claudia Perez, a…
Read MoreAlthea Gibson, Ida B. Wells among women to feature on new 2025 quarters
By Nick Robertson On October 17, 2023 A trailblazing athlete, activist and scientist are among the five women who will feature in a special run of quarters to be minted for 2025, the Treasury Department announced. The final honorees of the four-year American Women Quarters Program were announced Tuesday. The group includes journalist and NAACP…
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Parental rights take center stage in Ohio’s ballot battle over abortion
By Valerie Richardson On October 17, 2023 The pitched battle over Ohio Issue 1 is looking less about abortion and more about parents’ rights as opponents warn that the measure to enshrine “reproductive freedom” in the state Constitution goes beyond codifying Roe. Protect Women Ohio, the “no” on Issue 1 campaign, argues that the proposed…
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Ohio Issue 1: Attacks on parental rights do not appear in amendment
By Susan Tebben On October 16, 2023 The topic of parental rights does not appear in Ohio Issue 1 on the ballot Nov. 7. There is no mention of denying any rights to parents in the process of enshrining reproductive rights like abortion, contraception, miscarriage care and infertility treatment into the Ohio Constitution. “I don’t…
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Tribal Health Workers Aren’t Paid Like Their Peers. See Why Nevada Changed That.
By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez On August 21, 2023 FALLON, Nev. — Linda Noneo turned up the heat in her van to ward off the early-morning chill that persists in northern Nevada’s high desert even in late June. As the first rays of daylight broke over a Christian cross on the top of a hill near…
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Addressing rural health through community informed research, outreach
Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute and College of Medicine lead initiatives to support land-grant mission By Zachary Sweger On October 10, 2023 HERSHEY, Pa. — As Pennsylvania’s sole land-grant institution, Penn State faculty, staff and students are working to help improve the lives of rural Pennsylvanians through research collaborations, outreach events and training…
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One of last survivors of Oklahoma race massacre dies at 102
On October 10, 2023 One of the last three known Black Tulsans who lived through a 1921 race massacre in the Oklahoma town has died at 102, his family said. Hughes Van Ellis, who sued the city of Tulsa seeking reparations for one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in U.S. history, died on…
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