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Herff Jones Partners With StageClip, MarchingOrder To Launch New Virtual Commencement Platform

April 16, 2020 admin 0

Industry-leading solution ensures students can still have a shared experience while graduations are postponed due to COVID-19 Herff Jones, a division of Varsity Brands, and the leading provider of graduation and educational products and services […]

College Board Says There Will Be A Digital SAT This Fall if Schools Don’t Reopen

April 16, 2020 admin 0

By Christina Maxouris – (CNN)With health officials still unsure how long the coronavirus pandemic will persist in the US, students across the country have received little insight on when they’ll be back in class. If […]

Everything You Need To Know About The Presidential Primary Elections

April 14, 2020 admin 0

Written By Lula Dualeh – Even though former Vice President Joe Biden became the presumptive Democratic nominee after Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race, there has been confusion about how the presidential primary works. Here’s what you need […]

‘Joe Has All the Qualities We Need in a President Right Now’: Barack Obama Endorses Joe Biden

April 14, 2020 admin 0

WASHINGTON – Former President Barack Obama, who has remained neutral for the entirety of the 2020 Democratic primary, endorsed his former vice president, Joe Biden, on Tuesday. “I’m so proud to endorse Joe Biden for […]

Joe Biden Calls For Student Loan Forgiveness, Medicare Changes

April 13, 2020 admin 0

by Derek Major – Democratic presidential presumptive nominee Joe Biden released a new plan Thursday to forgive and eliminate student loan debt for millions of student borrowers. According to Forbes, Biden’s plan would forgive all undergraduate […]

Cannabis and Cannabis-Related Business Experiencing Unprecedented Demand During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 13, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — COVID-19 has not affected all industries and businesses equally, with some experiencing a huge spike in sales during the pandemic. Cannabis is just one of the markets that have seen sales surge […]

Black Men Fear Homemade Masks Could Exacerbate Racial Profiling

April 9, 2020 admin 0

By Gwen Aviles “The CDC coming to you and saying ‘put a bandana over your face, walk out and that will make you more safe,’ as a black man in New York City, it’s like […]

Child Sex Abuse Reports Spike As Country Shelters In Place, Advocates Say

April 9, 2020 admin 0

By Alanna Vagianos In March, for the first time, the majority of RAINN’s sexual abuse hotline users were minors. For most Americans, sheltering in place is a sensible act of self-protection amid the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Why Some People of Color Say They Won’t Wear Homemade Masks

April 8, 2020 Staff 0

From the Crusader By Fernando Alfonso III, CNN The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that all Americans wear homemade face coverings in public to help stem the spread of coronavirus. But […]

Black Caucus Urges Florida Governor to Take Extra Precautions for Inmates Amid Covic-19 Concerns

April 8, 2020 Staff 0

This week, a letter was sent on behalf of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus to Governor Ron DeSantis urging him to take measures to safeguard vulnerable inmate populations from the deadly spread of COVID-19. This […]