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NY AG Letitia James, Bipartisan Coalition Secure $18 Million 23andMe Settlement Over Data Breach

New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 42 other attorneys general have secured an $18 million settlement with genetic testing company 23andMe over a 2023 data breach that exposed the personal and genetic information of 6.9 million consumers, including 305,245 New Yorkers. New York will receive more than $705,000. The multistate…

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Ten Years In, PLC Detroit and New Balance Continue Creating Pathways into the Design Industry

As conversations around workforce readiness continue across higher education and corporate America, one partnership has quietly spent the past decade proving what happens when education and industry work together with purpose. Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design (PLC Detroit) and global athletic footwear and apparel powerhouse New Balance are celebrating 10 years of collaboration…

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13-Year-Old Girl Wearing Size 22 Shoe Receives Custom Footwear Experience; PLC Detroit and Shoes That Fit Unite

Shoes That Fit and Pensole Lewis College of Business & Design (PLC Detroit), Michigan’s only HBCU and the nation’s only design-focused HBCU, created a special custom footwear experience for 13-year-old Addisyn Lumpkin of Jonesboro, Arkansas, who stands 6 feet 5 inches tall and wears a men’s size 22 shoe. The event took place recently at…

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How Detroit Black-Owned Cannabis Brand Calyxeum is Cultivating a Community of Entrepreneurs.

Regulated marijuana sales could amount to over $112.4 billion this year, about 12% more than last year, according to analysis from the newly released MJBiz Factbook, making an impressive financial impact on the American economy since the last election.  HERE ARE THE FACTS And while there are more black-owned cannabis brands in the US today…

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