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Black Businesses Will Rise With Others, Says Obama Economic Advisor
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Time Warner Chairman Richard “Dick” Parsons, a member of President-elect Barack Obama’s Transition Economic Advisory Board, says Black and other minority-owned businesses, which dominate the rock bottom of the economic crisis will be swept upward as the bailouts and stimulus strategies begin to work.
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Transition Begins at the White House
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - Already elected under historic circumstances, President-elect Barack Obama’s transition to power seems to be moving at unprecedented speed, beginning with his appointment of Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., as his chief of staff two days after the Nov. 4 election.
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Chicago's Streets and Sanitation Department: An Essential Partner in Urban Living
I love Chicago. I am so glad to be a native Chicagoan and to be living on the West Side—the best kept secret in the city. Every morning I power walk through Columbus Park and later take a leisurely or brisk stroll to the office down tree-lined Austin neighborhood streets, with well kept houses and manicured lawns. I enjoy every minute of it and I’ll tell you why—because Chicago is safe and clean thanks primarily to Chicago’s Streets and Sanitation and its seven ...
West Side Teacher Receives $25K Milken Educator Award
On a rainy autumn morning the students, faculty and staff gathered in the auditorium for what they were told was a report of their academic progress thus far in the school year. Although officials from the Illinois State Board of Education were present to give kudos to the improved test scores and academic standing the school has received, the real reason CPS CEO Arne Duncan traveled from Chicago’s downtown to the far West Side was a prestigious one.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Increase Your Knowledge and Reduce Your Risk
Do you know someone affected by breast cancer? Maybe an aunt, sister, mother, or friend?
If so, you are not alone. One in eight women born today will learn they have breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the National Cancer Institute (NCI). This can seem frightening as most people still equate any cancer diagnosis with a death sentence.
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