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IRS Extends Tax Filing Deadline to May 17
The IRS has delayed the April 15 tax deadline until May 17 this year as the agency attempts to process both tax refunds and a third round of stimulus checks simultaneously. […]
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11-Year-Old Black Student Wins Coding Competition, Beats 3,000 Rivals From Around the Globe
Meet Dominic Darby, an 11-year old student from St. Catherine, Jamaica, who has recently won the XPRIZE Connect Code Games competition after creating his own video game for the first time. He was one of the only 17 winners out of the 3,000 people who joined the global competition last year. […]
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12-Year Old Black Girl Enrolls at Arizona State University to Study Chemistry and Engineering
At just 12-years old, Alena Wicker is set to start college at Arizona State University, majoring in astronomical and planetary science and chemistry. She plans to be an engineer for NASA someday. […]
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4 Black Women Scientists, All HBCU Grads, Launch New Podcast About the Science Behind Healthcare
Sister scientists Drs. Myla Patterson-Smith, Shuntae Williams, Charletha Irvin Joseph, and Elethia Tillman have partnered to create the Black Scientist Cooperative (“BSC”) Podcast. These HBCU graduates were raised and educated by the Black community and are ready to leverage their expertise to make science and healthcare information clear and simple for their viewers. […]
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78-Year-Old Grandma Sets New Weightlifting Record
She holds the national records in the bench for reps, the strict curl, and Ironmaiden categories. Murphy was named the WNPF Lifter of the Year in 2014. And she now holds New York state records and national records across multiple WNPF age brackets. […]
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Very Anti-Social’: Suspect in Boulder Supermarket Massacre Was Paranoid, Brother Says
Authorities on Tuesday identified the suspect in the shooting deaths of 10 people at a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder as Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, a 21-year-old with a history of violence whose brother said was deeply disturbed. […]
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Black Pre-Teen Author, Kande Summers, Releases Sci-Fi Book About Intergalactic War
Black British born, Jamaican author, Kande Summers, pens her first book entitled Going Home: Diary of a Teenage Alien. This book is written through the adolescent lens of the main character called Liz, who adopts a dystopian and explorative perspective of how an intergalactic war would impact life on earth. […]
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Black Workers at Amazon Warehouse have the Power to Keep Making History
But it shouldn’t be a surprise. Just as Black voters in Georgia made history in the 2020 election by delivering the state to Joe Biden and electing 2 Democratic senators, Black workers in the Alabama warehouse stand to keep making history as they vote on union representation. […]
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Engineer Aliyah Powell Takes Fashion Industry by Storm
At Michelin, Powell is certified in Lean Six Sigma, a team-focused managerial approach that seeks to improve performance by eliminating waste and defects. After earning her certification, Powell moved up to senior progress engineer – one of the youngest engineers and few African American women in the branch’s history. She has supported plant-wide projects and mentored others through the certification process. […]
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Evanston, Illinois, approves the country’s first reparations program for Black residents
Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of discriminatory housing practices, according to the Chicago Tribune and Evanston Now. […]