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JPMorgan Chase awards Delaware State University $1M Delaware News Desk JPMorgan Chase announced it has selected Delaware State University for a two-year, $1 million investment to participate in its Advancing Black Pathways initiative. ABP builds on the firm’s existing efforts to help Black Americans achieve economic success. The initiative focuses on three pillars: strengthening education and job training; growing careers and career trajectory for Black talent; and building wealth through financial wellness education and capital investment in Black-owned businesses.  “Expanding opportuni...

Turn on only what you need with it. sample from our smorgasbord of apps with it. take in the big picture with it. see your finances in a whole new way with it. this is your business on the all-new quickbooks. run with it. the supreme court overturned the defense of marriage act. the ruling also allowed same-sex marriage to continue in california. same-sex marriage was legalized in ten states including utah, where a federal judge ruled just that the state's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. joining me now, former president of equality matters and former clinton adviser. great to see ...

Let me bring in richard socarides, the former president of equality matters. good to see you. >> good morning. >> if someone had said to you a couple of years ago we'd be where we are now with the same-sex marriage fight, would you have believed it? >> no. i don't think anyone could be predicted it. >> the pace is unbelievable. >> the pace is amazing. there are now 14 states and the district of columbia that have marriage equality, and fully one-third of all americans now live in states where gay people and lesbians can get married. >> a key part of the debate in hawaii, which i think has been...

In december america's high court decides to take up california's proposition 8. in january the president makes this historic inaugural speech. >> our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law. for if we are truly created equal then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal, as well. >> and then by february of this year outgoing defense chief extends certain benefits. the supreme court hears arguments on marriage equality. and in the sporting world jason collins comes out as the first openly gay male pro athlete. rhode isl...