The Small Business Finance Collaborative is a group of 24 mission-driven small business lenders, all of which focus on aggressively growing their small business lending. In this session, several Collaborative members will share their progress strategies and the way they had been developed, offering attendees with a variety of approaches […]
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With the acquisition, Travel + Leisure Co. maintains its current portfolio of manufacturers and merchandise, with Wyndham Destinations now serving because the umbrella model for its vacation ownership resorts. One thing we’ve seen just lately are airways that supply free stopovers, like Turkish Airlines in Istanbul as only one instance. […]
Well before the novel coronavirus disrupted our way of life, distance learning was a burgeoning industry. With the advent of digitalization, students today have more access to information than prior generations. However, it’s important to establish effective roadmaps for online education, which is precisely what Levered Learning seeks to do. […]
(Photo: Xavier University LA) Historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) have long served the Black community, providing access to higher education at times other schools would not. They also play a distinct and vital role throughout American society, cultivating diverse talent while driving innovation and economic growth. And yet, they […]
In 1974, humorist Erma Bombeck published a syndicated newspaper column that looms over the lives of American mothers whether they’ve read it or not. In “When God Created Mothers,” Bombeck describes God making a mother with the help of an angel. “She has to be completely washable, but not plastic. […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The principle of religious freedom is important to most Americans. But as President Donald Trump touts his support for it during his reelection bid, there are notable fault lines among people of different faiths and political ideologies over what it truly means. About 8 in 10 Americans […]
Powerful tributes to a civil rights icon. Alarming long-term effects of COVID-19. And yes, Election Day is still Nov. 3. It’s Ashley. Let’s talk news. But first, these birds are making people quite emu-tional: An Australian pub has banned emus — yes, the flightless bird — for “bad behavior.” Two of the birds, […]
From Car and Driver After being turned down with its EV emoji proposal last year, Volkswagen’s EV organization, Electrify America, is back with an improved icon that focuses on the charger, not the car. The group has set up an online petition for supporters to chime in, and it currently […]
In this March 2, 2017 file photo, Tucker Carlson, host of “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio, in New York: AP Photo / Richard Drew Tucker Carlson is only capable of two facial expressions. One is a deeply furrowed brow that narrows his eyes […]
Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA The public school district in Charlottesville, Virginia, has proposed a model for schooling this fall that resembles what most districts are trying to do. Because state health officials recommend putting three to six feet between students, and because classrooms were already crowded and schools over-enrolled, the district […]