âWe request the New York City Mayor and City Council do the same by renaming a block of Fifth Avenue after the former president whose many accomplishments include: saving our nation from the Great Recession; serving two completely scandal-free terms in office; and taking out Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind Sept-ember 11th, which killed over 3,000 New Yorkers,â the petition reads.
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    RightThere Corporation and its dedicated team of professionals have developed an app that will assist in reducing police misconduct. RTC is awaiting full patent approval. The RTC Protech™ app will soon be on Apple and Android devices as well as a wearable device.
Adom Appiah, a fifteen-year old student athlete and former Scripps National Spelling Bee participant, has written a third book to motivate children. The book, Kids Can Change the World â Young Readersâ Edition, has been accepted by the Library of Congress.
    HUDâs announcement that it plans to weaken the disparate impact standard is part of a series of efforts by the Trump Administration to dismantle key civil rights protections in this country, including Secretary Carsonâs refusal to implement the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule and HUDâs cruel proposal to terminate housing benefits for families with mixed-immigration status.
    The officials will admit there is a lead crisis in the drinking water, in certain parts of the city in Newark New Jersey. This story appears to be similar to the one in Flint, because the cityâs officials are in denial about the lead levels in the drinking water. Testing suggest Newark has some of the highest tap water lead levels of any large US city.
Anwar Ghazali, a store clerk who was accused of fatally shooting Dorian Harris, a 17-year-old Black teen, last year over allegedly stealing a $2 beer from a Top Stop Shop in Memphis, has been convicted of second-degree murder.
    Originally, Portland resident Bertha Pearl brought the first iteration of âBlack Restaurant Daysâ to Portland after reading about a similar initiative underway in San Francisco. After expanding to a full week in recent years, the land of the not so humble foodies has more time to squeeze in the nearly 100 listed restaurants and food carts.
The 10 meritorious freshmen and sophomores from Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) who were selected to be part of the third cohort of the Frederick Douglass Global Fellowship program are wrapping up their intensive study abroad program at CIEE’s Global Institute in London.
    Butterfieldâs legislation would provide teacher education, including the provision of preservice teacher training and in-service professional development at eligible institutions, library, and media specialist training sites.
    âMy read of the situation is that we wanted these White nationalists and alt-right leaders out of our community. And the police gave them the quickest and most expedient way to get out of our city, and I feel comfortable with that,â Eric K. Ward, executive director of Western States Center, told The Skanner. âWe saw a five-hour rally that lasted for less than an hour, and then (protestors) requested to be escorted across the bridge by law enforcement. We have groups who were trying to create the conditions for another Charlottesville.