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WUSA9 Tackles Race Relations "Race: An Honest Conversation" with Bruce Johnson

2016-07-21 | TEGNA's WUSA9 has seized the high ground in covering race relations during special television and digital programming in the Washington D.C. market.


Mami Wata Healers Society & U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Welcomes its First New African Traditional Religionists Ancestral Emblem

2016-07-13 | Immediately Available for Use on All Headstones and Grave Markers of Veterans and Non Veterans in National, Local and Private Cemeteries


Progressive Christians to Speak Out Against HB2

2016-07-07 | In lieu of North Carolina's controversial bathroom bill, HB2, attendees of the progressive faith festival, Wild Goose, have opted against boycott, instead choosing to make their money talk.


TITLE VII Hosting Live Chat with Director Nicole Franklin & Dr. Jeff Gardere about Pyschosocial Consequences of Same-Race Discrimination

2016-06-23 | Gardere, One of the Nation's Top Mental Health Professionals, Is Also Known as "America's Psychologist"


Nationwide Celebrations, a Movie with Oscar Buzz, and a White House Petition Mark Nearly Five Decades of Legal Interracial Marriage

2016-06-06 | June 12th is Loving Day, the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia (1967) Supreme Court decision which struck down laws against interracial marriage.


New Charity Arrives: Human Earth Foundation Supporting The Muhammad Ali Parkinson's Center

2016-06-06 | A great hero and champion has left a legacy and many are stepping in to honor all that he stood for. Human Earth Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization, has started a campaign to help raise money to tribute to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson's Center.


Attorney Lawrence Chiu Hill has Achieved the AV Preeminent Rating - the Highest Possible Rating from Martindale-Hubbell

2016-06-01 | Lawrence Chiu Hill, a lawyer based in Las Vegas, NV whose primary area of practice is Personal Injury, has earned the AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell


Malcolm McDowell joins Missing Peace Pictures' "Dreams I Never Had"

2016-05-27 | Actors will have their day in court, McDowell will play judge opposite Robin Givens in human trafficking movie inspired by true events.



Southern California Catholic Church Breaks Glass Ceiling

2016-05-24 | San Diego Area Catholic Church Officially Consecrates First Woman Bishop in US History.



HUD Rules Against Using Arrest Records in Rentals

2016-04-06 | The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued new guidance on April 4th, 2016 that is going to require all single-family and multifamily rental professionals to revisit their policies.


No Refusal Initiative on Weekends Rolls Out for 2016

2016-04-01 | Know your rights BEFORE getting behind the wheel


New Book the Ultimate Resource for Breaking Recidivism Cycle in U.S.

2016-03-22 | Prison Education Guide by incarcerated writer and prison reform advocate Christopher Zoukis provides concrete evidence that substantive change is urgently needed to halt the school-to-prison pipeline and reduce recidivism rates across the U.S.


Mark W. Smith Joins King's as Presidential Scholar and Senior Fellow in Law and Public Policy

2016-03-19 | Smith, accomplished trial lawyer and business attorney and bestselling author, will deliver lectures on legal theory and practice, mentor students as they pursue career paths in the law, and advise the college on its pre-law studies program.


Special Youth in Uniform

2016-03-14 | Victories on the Home Front: The Gripping Story of Lotan: An 18-Year-Old Israeli with Cerebral Palsy Who Became an IDF Soldier


Napoleon Gomez Urrutia Honored for Human Rights Advocacy

2016-03-04 | Dr. Gomez Urrutia promotes the defense of labor rights and human rights in the workforce


Independent Presidential Candidate Ken Fields Congratulates Bernie Sanders on His New Hampshire Win

2016-02-11 | With the New Hampshire primaries officially over independent presidential candidate Ken Fields offers his congratulations to Bernie Sanders for his landslide victory.


Deportation a Blessing For Man Working on Pope's Altar

2016-02-10 | Separated from his family in Phoenix, AZ, Pedro Campos finds comfort in creating Pope's altar


Costello & Mains, LLC, Reaches Settlement in Gender Discrimination Law Suit Against Princeton University

2016-01-29 | A female high school wrestler was improperly excluded from Princeton University's summer wrestling camp because of her gender, in violation of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.