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Explanation, or apology, for ad?
To the Editor, I agree with Mr. Hick’s letter (“Reader questions page 1 ad,” March 23, Mount Airy News) about the placement of the political advertisement above the fold in your March 20 edition. Since it was not identified as an advertisement I assume it was a not-so-subtle endorsement. Even then I believe an endorsement
New $1,500 direct monthly payments going out each month – check if you can apply
HUNDREDS of families are getting monthly $500 payments starting this month. Six non-profit organizations have recently launched universal basic income (UBI) programs. One of these organizations is N.M. CAFé, which told The Sun that a total of 330 families from New Mexico will get cash assistance through next January. Unlike stimulus checks, UBI payments are recurrent.
Why would city buy private lot?
To the Editor, I see the city continues to interfere with private enterprise to speculate on property development for the citizens of Mount Airy. What strategic purpose does the Mittman lot on Pine Street have for the City of Mount Airy? This property is on 0.25 of an acre and is landlocked on all three
The “race-obsessed liberal” nightmare: “We have to fight for a country that doesn’t love us back”
“Go back to your country,” yelled a stubby, beet-red-faced Sox fan at a bar, located across from the Orioles stadium, at Camden Yards in downtown Baltimore. It was days after Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man, was killed in police custody. As a result of the tragedy, a group of community members in combination
The miseducation of A.I.: Systems trained using the internet can develop gender, race, and age bias, new report finds
The miseducation of A.I.: Systems trained using the internet can develop gender, race, and age bias, new report finds | Fortune You need to enable JavaScript to view this site. Skip to Content Most Popular
An empire of rubber and dashed dreams of Black prosperity in Liberia
On a warm January day in 1924, W.E.B. Du Bois looked out over an abandoned plantation, a forest of more than 200,000 rubber trees, in neat rows, on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. The Harvard-trained historian, sociologist, and civil rights activist — one of America’s foremost Black intellectuals and leaders — had been sent to
Congressman Cohen Welcomes Release of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Interagency Task Force Action Plan
March 25, 2022 Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Bartholomew Sullivan 202.909-6187 March 25, 2022 Congressman Cohen Welcomes Release of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Interagency Task Force Action Plan MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) issued the following statement on the release of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Property
COMMENTARY: Asian Americans, African Americans Know the Hate in America
By Ken Epstein The financial austerity arm overseeing public education in California, the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT), has performed a behind-the-scenes role determining budgets, repeated cutbacks, layoffs, and the closures of 21 schools since they moved into Oakland along with the state receiver in 2003. One district, West Contra Costa Unified, recently
Ukraine war latest: Kyiv and Moscow exchange prisoners of war
3/25/2022, 5:20:29 PM Ukraine denies Turkish claims of progress with Russia on ‘four points’ of peace plan Roman Olearchyk in Lviv and Laura Pitel in Ankara Ukraine played down comments made by Turkey’s president, who has adopted the role of mediator in the war, suggesting Kyiv and Moscow have made progress on four points of