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Urban One, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Adminstrative Office Karen Wishart announced today Founder and Chairwoman, Cathy Hughes and CEO Alfred Liggins III, have received Congressional commendations for Urban One's 40-year anniversary and its impact on the national media landscape.  Congressional leaders, the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia and the Honorable Chris Van Hollen of the State of Maryland both recognized Urban One's 40 years of service with statements on the floors of the US House of Representatives and US Senate, respectively, as 2020 come...

‘The first two years of law school, I was homeless’ | Army veteran rises to Elite Lawyer honors Mark Nicholson served his country, then served time, but rose out of homelessness to become a top attorney in Indianapolis. Author: Sarah Jones Updated: 9:16 AM EST December 16, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS — From living under a bridge off Meridian Street to being named a 2020 Elite Lawyer, Mark Nicholson said he knew he had to surround himself with supporters and positive influences in order to rise to his destiny. At the age of 32, Nicholson enrolled in law school. He s...

Copy shortlink: Food shelves and meal programs across Minnesota fear a COVID-triggered hunger crisis will remain at record levels through 2021 — a "new normal" of need. But the state appears to have flattened the hunger curve, avoiding bleak forecasts from earlier this year. New data show food shelves are on pace to end 2020 with a record 3.75 million visits — nearly 1.5 million more than in 2008 during the recession, according to Hunger Solutions, a statewide advocacy group. The number of visitors to food shelves during the Great Recession doubled and never bounce...

Ashlee Rezin Garcia / Sun-Times Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell won two honors Saturday from the National Association of Black Journalists on a night the organization also recognized the work of five other Sun-Times staff members. Mitchell was inducted into the NABJ Hall of Fame, lauded for having “worked tirelessly to fight discrimination, combat domestic violence and hold politicians accountable.” “Mitchell’s reporting often rallied African American readers to empower their communities by giving the voiceless a platform to address social ills,” the citation honoring her work ove...

Liz found numerous documents which helped in her research into parish apprentices, including adverts describing runaway children and warnings that whoever harboured them would be prosecuted. Liz said: “Many children would have been treated as part of the family, but it is clear that some were not. “There are reports in the local papers of apprentices being severely whipped, and some ran away from their masters.” Thomas and Mary work on the farm for five years and their only source of respite is the Bible Christian movement, a local offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism. Eventually the pair esc...