Day: April 10, 2017

Village of Park Forest Public Works, Construction Updates for Week of April 10

Photo Source: villageofparkforest.com Projects will impact traffic, water availability, parking in certain areas of the Village Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017. Numerous projects are currently taking place throughout Park Forest. Residents in several areas impacted by construction should be aware of the following: Crews could potentially work on Saturdays but[Read More…]

With Just One Black Teacher, Black Students More Likely to Graduate

Greg Stanley/Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017. Low-income black students who have at least one black teacher in elementary school are significantly more likely to graduate high school and consider attending college, concludes a new study co-authored by a Johns Hopkins University economist. Having at least one black teacher[Read More…]

Anti-Defamation League Charts Explosive Growth of Hateful Memes and Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories Against Jared Kushner

Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner (Photo: cnn.com) New York, NY–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017 … An anti-Semitic social media trolling campaign aimed at presidential advisor Jared Kushner has escalated from a series of tweets into a full-bore assault perpetrated primarily by white supremacists and anti-Semites of various stripes, according to an online analysis[Read More…]

Television Talk Show Welcomes Roosevelt University Group

Photo: roosevelt.edu CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017.  Twenty Roosevelt community members visited ABC-TV, cheering loudly in the audience for a live taping of Chicago’s popular talk show, Windy City Live (WCL) on April 5. Wearing colorful black t-shirts with Roosevelt’s signature “R” logo, students received a warm welcome from WCL co-hosts Val[Read More…]

McCormick Square Project to Be Topic of April 20 forum at Roosevelt University

Lori T. Healey, CEO Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority (Photo: roosevelt.edu) CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–April 10, 2017. City and convention development experts will lead a panel discussion on the newly designated McCormick Square during the Gerald Fogelson Forum on Real Estate. The program will take place April 20 at 5 p.m. at Roosevelt[Read More…]

Urgent Action Needed to Stave ‘Hunger Crisis’ in Iraq – UN Food Relief Agency

Children carrying jars of cooking oil at an IDP camp on the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq. (file) Photo: WFP/Mohammed Al Bahbahani IRAQ–(ENEWSPF)–10 April 2017 – Warning that deepening food insecurity in Iraq could leave more than half the population facing “unprecedented levels” of vulnerability, the United Nations emergency food relief[Read More…]

Hispanic and White Adolescents More Likely Than Black and Asian Peers to Develop Hypertension with Obesity

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—April 10, 2017.  Race and ethnicity may tip the scale on how often adolescents with obesity also develop hypertension, according to a new study in the May 2017 Pediatrics. For the study, “Race and Obesity in Adolescent Hypertension” (published online Monday, April 10), researchers measured the blood[Read More…]

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