Black diabetes deaths double that of Whites
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Almost 19 percent of all African-Americans in the country are living with diabetes. Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the country, but twice as many African-Americans are dying as Whites.
This disparity is closely linked to disparities in healthcare and also increased rates of obesity in the Black community. Nationwide,
...Schenley supporters still fighting
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When the Pittsburgh Board of Education voted to close the iconic Schenley High School in 2008, it claimed an extensive asbestos problem would have cost nearly $100 million, making renovation of the structure economically infeasible.
| NOWHERE TO GO—Sports trophies and sweatshirts that were still piled in an office at Schenley High |
African Heritage Association raises academic achievement
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According to a 1999 report by the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, arts education has a positive impact on the academic success of low-income students. The study compared low-income, high arts involved students with high-income, low arts involved students and found similarities
...Pa. NAACP leads rally against Voter ID law
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(Beaver County)—Beaver County residents joined the Pennsylvania NAACP in Harrisburg rally to have the Voter ID Law repealed. The state Supreme Court starts its hearing July 25.
Mike Turzai, the Republican Majority Leader of the PA House of Representatives, stated after the General Assembly passed the law, “Voter ID, w
...Sanders gives 100K to AWC
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With the strains of soft jazz and the aroma of the Savoy Lunch on Liberty entrees wafting through the doors, the August Wilson African American Cultural Center Board Chairman Aaron Walton noted it was a beautiful day.
It was made even better when he announced that philanthropist and entrepreneur Chuck Sanders was underwriting the
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