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By Houston Airport System (Black PR Wire) HOUSTON – Gymnastics legend Simone Biles officially unveiled her signature restaurant, Taste of Gold, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) on Tuesday, March 24. The upscale café, located in Terminal A near Gate A8, features décor inspired by the gymnast’s iconic career. .  “As a frequent traveler, I […]
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By Jocelyn Gecker AP Education Writer The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there’s no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an “oral defense.” It’s a […]
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By Ivan Kilgore  Last week, I appeared—remotely—from a California prison cell on a panel at North Central  College in Naperville, Ill. The occasion was a screening of the Oscar-nominated  documentary “The Alabama Solution,” a film that chronicles the retaliatory violence and  systemic repression faced by incarcerated organizers in Alabama.  I have participated in many interviews […]
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By: Tavon N. Thomasson  Special to the AFRO tthomasson@afro.com The Harriet Tubman Spirit Awards honored local leaders March 21 at the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis during a two-part program that also featured an artist discussion on history, memory and Black women’s stories. Held during Maryland Day programming from March 19-25, the event was one of […]
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By Dr. Frances “Toni” Draper CEO and Publisher AFRO News The pushback against diversity, equity and inclusion is not new.  For years, these efforts have been questioned, criticized and quietly rolled back. But what we are witnessing now is different.  What was once rhetoric is now enforcement. In a federal lawsuit filed this year, the […]
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