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New Jersey businesses, seeing more diverse workers and customers, are taking steps to address racial inequality. Will it continue?

Catholic missionaries first started venturing into the Alaska territory in the late 19th century, not long after Russia sold the land to the United States for 2 cents per acre. The Catholic church built missions and churches, and in the 1950s, bought land in the Copper River Valley from the U.S. government for a mission school largely serving Native students. Even at a modest $1.25 per acre, the sale netted the U.S. government a tidy return on investment. Now, 50 years after the once-thriving school was shuttered, the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau wants to sell the 462-acre property back to...

Alaska village eyes return of ancestral lands STEWART HUNTINGTON, Indian Country Today May 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3In this April 22, 2021, photo, signs of spring thaw appear along the Tazlina River in Tazlina, Alaska. The Catholic Church wants to sell 462 acres that once housed the Copper Valley mission school to the Native Village of Tazlina, a federally recognized tribe. The tribe is scrambling to raise the nearly $1.9 million asking price so it can regain stewardship of its ancestral land. (John Tierney/Indian Country Today via AP)John Tierney/APShow MoreShow Less 2...

Groups who believe that the system of determining auto insurance rates in New Jersey discriminates against uneducated and economically disadvantaged residents are worried that momentum behind attempting to prohibit certain rate-setting practices has stalled. But according to a group that represents insurance companies in the Garden State, factors such as one's education, occupation and credit score are accepted nationwide as solid predictors of risk and are not unfairly discriminatory. "Insurers do not base your premiums on race or income, it is prohibited," said Christine O'Brien, president...

1 of 4 Color guard member Brad Brown, an officer with North Mississippi Medical Center, walks the American Flag down the aisle as he presents the colors for those in attendance for the Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement Memorial Service Monday night at the Elvis Presley Birthplace in Tupelo. Adam Robison | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM Adam Robison | BUY AT PHOTOS.DJOURNAL.COM Jamie Johnson, with Wives of Warriors, lights a candle for Michael Fowler on Monday night during the Northeast Mississippi Law Enforcement Memorial Service. Fowler was in attendance to honor his ...