Last week, the Law Center released our latest national report (https://www.nlchp.org/documents/Housing-Not-Handcuffs) on the criminalization of homelessness, which reviewed trends in 187 cities over the past ten years. Laws criminalizing living in ve ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 11:23AM
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Dr. King Sends Letter to States Calling for an End to Corporal Punishment in Schools
U.S. Education Secretary John B. King Jr. sent a letter today urging state leaders to end the use of corporal punishment in schools, a ...
Posted Wednesday, November 23rd 2016 at 9:53AM
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Lyrics:
Sorry I never told you
All I wanted to say
And now it's too late to hold you
'Cause you've flown away
So far away
Never had I imagined
Living without your smile
Feeling and knowing you hear me
It keeps me alive
Alive
And I kn ...
Posted Tuesday, November 22nd 2016 at 4:02PM
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Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he looks at the last 50 years of African-American history — from Dr. King to President Obama, from James Brown to Beyoncé — charting the remarkable progress made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain in Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Watch the Mini-Series Event Tuesday November 22 at 8/7c only on PBS. Click to learn more.
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Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 8:11PM
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In the year 2000, cancer was the leading cause of death in only two states. Recently the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2014 report was released, showing that cancer is now competing with heart disease to be the leading cause of death i ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 6:25PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!: USDE PARENT BULLETIN: Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Education today released a report, “Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education,” building on the Administration ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 3:25PM
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Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch released a video statement recently on the FBI’s newly announced 2015 Hate Crime Statistics as well as on recent media reports of alleged hate crimes and harassment around the country. The ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 2:00PM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!: Free Webinar November 22, 2016, at 3p.m.-4p.m.
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Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 11:51AM
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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK:
International Education Week is currently taking place to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. IEW knows no bounds as schools, colleges and universities, embassies, internationa ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 11:12AM
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Healing the Divide in the Classroom
It is no secret that this presidential election brought to light a divide in the country that is going to take time to heal. That healing is best represented in schools where students have the opportunity to ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 10:25AM
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Six students from Appleton North High School and six from several Milwaukee high schools met Saturday at the Fox Valley Unitarian Universalists church in Appleton, WI, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Afterwards a pot luck social ...
Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 9:00AM
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How we love to be loved in the manner we understand.
How we love to make others feel valued.
When you find a gift that appears from out the blue
one can only wonder it was given by WHO?
I can only encourage the belief in the fact that you
ar ...
Posted Sunday, November 20th 2016 at 11:31PM
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Florida WaterLanman & Murray trade card (circa 1881)Florida Water
'Candy and flowers, dear,' Ellen had said time and again, 'and perhaps a book of poetry or an album or a small bottle of Florida water are the only things a lady may accept from a ...
Posted Sunday, November 20th 2016 at 10:32PM
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APOSTOLIC EQUIPPING INSTITUTE BIBLE SCHOOL
Escape the ordinary with online Bible school courses that equip and empower you to make a difference with your life. Study in an international school with students in more than 40 nations and receive a mi ...
Posted Sunday, November 20th 2016 at 2:56PM
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It's okay, there's always next lifetime.
Be happy, shed tears of love. Go
Music video by Diddy - Dirty Money
performing Someone To Love Me.
(C) 2010 Bad Boy/Interscope Records ...
Posted Sunday, November 20th 2016 at 10:27AM
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The health benefits of copper include proper growth of the body, efficient utilization of iron, proper enzymatic reactions, as well as improved health of connective tissues, hair, and eyes. It is also integral for preventing premature aging and incre ...
Posted Saturday, November 19th 2016 at 7:17PM
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HOT OFF THE PRES!
Please enjoy this week's LOPnewsmag with Pres. Obama saluting all Veterans,
HHS Secretary Sylvia Matthew Burwell on Health Insurance for Rural America,
Linking Healthcare With Housing Through HRSA,
USDE Secretary Dr. ...
Posted Friday, November 18th 2016 at 7:43PM
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Check out today's edition of the nationally syndicated talk show, Steve Harvey.
Alabama State University and Miles College will be featured, as Steve highlights the Turkey Day Classic, the nation's oldest and largest HBCU football clas ...
Posted Friday, November 18th 2016 at 11:30AM
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Like millions of Americans, Barack Obama was struggling to explain the results of last week's election, a New Yorker profile on the president revealed.
Obama campaigned furiously for Hillary Clinton throughout the presidential campaign, and repeat ...
Posted Friday, November 18th 2016 at 10:40AM
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Citing Prison Inmate Literacy Study, King Calls for More High-Quality Education Programs in Correctional Facilities
U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. today called for more high-quality education programs within co ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 5:10PM
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New Report from the Early Learning Interagency Policy Board Highlights the Successful Integration of Data from Early Childhood Programs and Services By Libby Doggett, Charles Homer & Linda K. Smith
Today the U.S. Depar ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 4:36PM
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Education Department Releases New Graduate Earnings Data for Career College Programs
Today, for the first time, the U.S. Department of Education released data showing the typical earnings of graduates of the thousands o ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 4:17PM
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Virtual Job Fair for Rural Sites
Thursday, November 17, 2016
6:45 – 10:15 p.m. ET
Register Now
Join the Virtual Job Fair to connect and network with prospective employers and find job vacancies in all National Health Service C ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 3:52PM
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Oakwood Industrial School opened its doors to 16 students on November 16, 1896. Today, 120 years later, Oakwood University concludes a week of celebratory activities that have been named Founder's Day.
On November 10, the E.E. Rogers Biblical Lan ...
Posted Thursday, November 17th 2016 at 1:48PM
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