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‘Most humiliating punishment imaginable’: Black National Guardsman allegedly forced to wear heavy chain Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY © Bruce Weaver Maryland National Guard Sgt. Bruce Weaver wearing a chain as discipline. WASHINGTON – Sgt. Bruce Weaver recalls in an instant the heft of the chain that the all-white trainers at the Maryland National Guard forced him to wear during training at officer candidate school.  For three days, Weaver, a Black soldier in the Mar...

Larry Matsuda, A Masterful Life By Elaine Ikoma Ko, Special to The North American Post Photos by Matsuda family (except where noted) Larry Matsuda, PhD, aka “Dr. Larry,” was born in Minidoka incaration camp during World War II. A Sansei, he grew up in the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of central and south Seattle. Today, he […]

From Armwood High to Fortune Street, meet Black Floridians behind local landmarks Gabrielle Calise, Tampa Bay Times © Times (undated)/Tampa Bay Times/TNS An undated portrait of Robert W. Saunders Sr. Local Black history stories can be found throughout Tampa Bay, from the roads and bridges we drive on to the area’s libraries, parks and schools. The following places are named for the Black Floridians who fought to improve conditions in their communities, inspire others and cr...

OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego wellness management major Fadi Gaye was recently one of 45 students in SUNY’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) to receive the statewide Norman R. McConney Jr. Award for Student Excellence, recognizing ability to overcome obstacles to achieve success. “Despite the odds, Ms. Gaye exceeds the qualifications of this award and truly embodies the resilient grit necessary to be a trailblazer,” Grace Maxon-Clarke, academic planning counselor for Oswegoâ€�...

Rahul Singhvi La Jolla, California, United States Rahul Singhvi is a global leader in the Life Sciences industry and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of National Resilience, Inc. Most recently, Rahul was an Operating Partner at Flagship Pioneering, a Boston-based life sciences innovation firm where he was responsible for founding and operating companies launched from Flagship’s innovation foundry, Flagship labs. Before joining Flagship, Rahul was the Chief Operating Off...

Close Greg Klein | The Daily StarBryce Wooden speaks Sunday, June 7, at a Black Lives Matter rally in front of the Otsego County Courthouse in Cooperstown.  OHS grad becomes local voice for racial reconciliation By Greg Klein Staff Writer Dec 16, 2020 Jan 9, 2021 Greg Klein | The Daily StarBryce Wooden speaks Sunday, June 7, at a Black Lives Matter rally in front of the Otsego County Courthouse in Cooperstown.  A little more than three year...

Robert Johnson vividly remembers getting $75 to spend on whatever he wanted for Christmas during a particularly tough year in his childhood. “What I remember most is going home and seeing the sense of relief on mom’s face,” he said. “That even though she couldn’t get a lot, we got something.” In 2011, Johnson started a community fund through the UCC Foundation to make sure other children would get that same opportunity. “I wanted to try to recreate some of the...

Opportunity program that senator scott put into the tax bill. thats going to provide a lot of opportunity for communities that have been bypassed for decades. its unfortunate we see the rhetoric thats repeated in the media, the social media. people get into their own little ecochambers and it reinforces what theyre hearing from other sources. we need to have more deep and meaningful conversations. i think rabbi myers has done a wonderful job. >> are you in agreement -- even the rabbi said, it be...

Speaks volumes about the surprising liberties and relationships in whats supposed to be a maximum security prison where the two killers were in privileged honor housing, honor housing for a cop killing. well there are two problems to this problem. number one, you have an opportunity program and two individuals in there if they were properly assessed for psychoopathy they have you had not have been allowed in there. you look at egleamingousness of their prior acts and if they do score high on ass...

lawmakers are in session this afternoon, trying to end a tense political standoff over the debt ceiling. so far, we have only been hearing more contentious remarks from both sides. well take you there live in a moment. many of you are expressing frustration with the debt impasse in washington. and with members of congress who have yet to reach a deficit reduction deal. vernon hill says he wants lawmakers to get the u.s. out of debt or resign. >> the united states of america is about ...