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Editor’s note: Mr. Davis’ age was incorrect in the original version of this story. When Larry Davis was promoting his most recent book “Why Are They Angry With Us?” in February 2016, he shared his frustration over the lack of progress when it came to race relations in America. “The country has to begin to see this white/non-white conflict as being against America’s interests,” Davis said. “There’s a world out there. Things are going on out there. We need workers. We’re wasti...

Tribune-Review Larry Davis, director of the Center on Race and Social Problems at the University of Pittsburgh, in his office in the Cathedral of Learning in 2010.   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. When Larry Davis was promoting his most recent book “Why Are They Angry With Us?” in February 2016, he shared his frustration over the lack of progress when it came to race relations in America. “The country...

Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Daniel Inouye Posted On The future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) departs General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard on Feb. 3 for acceptance trials. (Photo by SUPSHIP Bath) BATH, Maine – The Navy accepted delivery of the guided missile destroyer future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) from shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on March 8. Delivery of DDG 118 represents the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. Prior to delivery, t...

Dublin Before the Tiger: old photographs of Ireland show a time lost for ever As the Emerald Isle celebrates St Patricks Day on Wednesday, a series of images from the 1980s champions its heritage The Dublin bazaar in The Liberties area of the Irish capital, Dublin, in 1988 with one of the Sikh traders. The diptych was composed later. All photos courtesy David Jazay Auction house and antique shops on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, in 1991. An Irish post office on Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, from 1988...

CMU and Pitt Launch Center Dedicated to Combating Extremist Hate News provided by Share this article Share this article PITTSBURGH, March 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh are jointly launching a new center to study extremist hate. Scholars at both universities will partner through the Collaboratory Against Hate — Research and Action Center to develop effective tools that inhibit hates creation, growth and destructive consequences. (PRNewsfo...

College Joins 35 University Leaders Nationwide To Launch Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity Wake Tech partners with higher education leaders to address major challenges facing students and communities across the country. By:   Michelle Fauver    |    Web Posted: 03/17/21 2:40pm Raleigh, NC (March 17, 2021) – Today, Wake Technical Community College joined nearly 40 institutions to launch the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity. Wake Tech and Task...

Lawmakers advocated for increasing production of Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the primary type of ship Bath Iron Works builds, to help counter China's growing fleet.

Today, the University of Arizona joined 38 higher education institutions and partner organizations to launch the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity. The University of Arizona and task force member partners are driven to act by the challenges caused by the pandemic, income inequality, the changing nature of work and levels of unemployment among recent college graduates nearly double those seen in the 2008 recession. The impact of this crisis is falling unevenly across groups and dispr...

Follow Mar. 14, 2021 After a decade-long revamp, Beth Hatfutsot Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, a mainstay of the Tel Aviv University campus, has reopened as ANU – Museum of the Jewish People. (Anu means “us” in Hebrew.) The only thing missing was a dedication, another casualty of the coronavirus crisis. The museum contains an extensive exhibition on Jewish history and communities – from Iceland to the Philippines – not to mention the luminaries. It also displays works by Jewish artist...

He may not be leaving town, but he is leaving the saddle as head of New Bern’s finest, so members of city clergy gathered with a handful of Police Chief Toussaint Summers. Jr.’s staff on Wednesday afternoon to wish thank him and wish him well. Chief Summers, who became the city’s first Black police chief in 2011 will retire on March 19. His replacement, Patrick Gallagher, will take over on the 22nd. Summers has stated that he and his wife, Cheryl, will remain in New Bern as residents. The...