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North Carolina Outward Bound School Executive Director Retires After 14 Years, New Interim Appointed
Lawson, the newly appointed Interim Executive Director, has served on the NCOBS Board of Directors for six years. His professional career has been primarily dedicated to public service.... Read more
California to consider slavery reparations after landmark law passed
California will consider paying reparations to descendants of slavery, becoming the first state in the US on Wednesday to adopt a law to study and develop proposals around the issue.
The law... Read more
These days, having hope as a Black woman can be hard. But history shows progress is possible
On 24 September, a Kentucky grand jury delivered an unsurprising verdict: Breonna Taylor’s killers would walk free. The frequency of Black killings at the hands of police does not lessen the... Read more
2020 US Election Voting Information Resources
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Register to vote, or check to make sure your registration is correct and up to date.
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Financial Help Now Available for Pinellas County residents and businesses
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Florida denies pardon to Amendment 4 advocate Desmond Meade
A state panel on Wednesday denied a request to grant a full pardon to Desmond Meade, the man who led the historic push for Florida’s felon voting rights restoration, known as Amendment... Read more
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Researcher Receives over $1 Million in NSF Grants for Multi-Institutional Bacteria Research
Jamel Ali, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in chemical and biomedical engineering at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.
By Trisha Radulovich
A FAMU-FSU College of Engineering researcher,... Read more
Affordable housing development breaks ground in Skyway Marina District
The ceremonial first shovels of dirt were turned Wednesday for SkyWay Lofts, an affordable housing development in St. Petersburg’s Skyway Marina District.
The $16.2 million development, at... Read more
USF St. Pete teams up with local leaders to address racial inequities
Published by StPeteCatalyst
Issues surrounding racial inequities have dominated conversations at both the national and local level, and University of South Florida’s St. Petersburg... Read more
Don’t make 17-year-old Kenosha shooter a hero
The treatment of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse of Antioch shows why America has a policing problem. This 17-year-old vigilante is no hero.
How does a teenage vigilante get to be the hero?
A... Read more