CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 20 (TNSpro) -- City Colleges of Chicago issued the following news: The Timuel D. Black Jr. Scholarship and Fellowship (TBSF) program is inspired by the late City Colleges professor Timuel D. Black Jr's remarkable career, his lifelong commitment to equity and justice in Chicago, and his belief in the power of community history and activism. "People often ask me: 'where are the next Tim Blacks?' Now I can say with confidence: At City Colleges of Chicago - being encouraged more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (TNSbook) -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: As Ron DeSantis starts touting his new book, it's a great time to take a look back to the first book he authored, Dreams From Our Founding Fathers, before his first congressional campaign where he gave a window into his ideology. In his book, he laid out his extreme policy visions, dabbled with fringe conspiracies, heaped praise on the Tea Party movement, and railed against Medicare and Social  more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 25 (TNSres) -- Drexel University issued the following news release: Drexel University will honor the legacy of pioneering NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson, whose contributions to the space shuttle program were chronicled in the award-winning film "Hidden Figures," and the work of women and people of color she inspired to be today's leaders in science, technology engineering and math, at a panel discussion on March 6. The event will be the first in Drexel's P more PR

OAKLAND, California, Feb. 23 (TNSper) -- The Metropolitan Transportation Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today named Andrew B. Fremier as its new Executive Director. This position also serves as the top executive for the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Mr. Fremier, who has served since 2005 as an MTC deputy executive director, succeeds Therese W. McMillan, who retired Feb. 1 after four years as Executiv more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Alone in solitary confinement as a teenager, Reginald Dwayne Betts called out to the other men being held in solitary: "Somebody, send me a book!" Moments later, Dudley Randall's "The Black Poets" slid under his cell door. * * * Those pages started Betts' transformation into a poet, lawyer and advocate for the rights of prisoners. Betts is the recipient of a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship and 2021 Ma more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., introduced a resolution on Feb. 17, 2023. H. Res. 140. A resolution honoring Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, 11-time National Basketball Association champion, first Black head coach of the National Basketball Association, and civil rights activist; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The resolution is cosponsored by Rep. Julia Letlow, R-La. * * * The text of the resolution: Honoring Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell, 1 more ST

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Feb. 22 -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news release: In June 1994, the Indonesian government banned three news weeklies --Detik, Editor and Tempo -- triggering a nationwide protest against the government's repressive regulations against newspapers. Hundreds of young reporters protested against the closures, demanding that the state-sanctioned Indonesian Journalist Association (Persatuan Wartawan Indonesia) should ask President Soeharto to revoke the ban. Being a  more PR