The deadline to submit responses to the High Desert Survey has been extended to September 15th, according to Joseph W. Brady, initiator of the survey and one of its key sponsors. The High Desert Survey seeks to identify the challenges and issues affecting the region that rank among the highest priorities of its residents. “Based ...

By Bria Nicole Stone NNPA Newswire Even with Advanced Degrees Black women have to work seven extra months to earn what White men were paid in 2016. On average, Black women make 67 cents on the dollar compared to White men. In a recent blog post to mark Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, researchers at ...

Immigration can be a controversial topic.  We all want safe, secure borders and a dynamic economy, and people of goodwill can have legitimate disagreements about how to fix our immigration system so that everybody plays by the rules. But that’s not what the action that the White House took today is about.  This is about ...