Jamaica Seeking $10.6 Billion in Slave Trade Reparations from Great Britain
“I am doing this because I have fought against this all my life, against chattel slavery, which has dehumanized human life.” […]
“I am doing this because I have fought against this all my life, against chattel slavery, which has dehumanized human life.” […]
Brooklyn Emerging Leaders Academy (BELA) Charter School, an all-girls high school in Brooklyn, New York, is celebrating its first graduating class in the school’s history. Even more, all of the graduates have been accepted into college! […]
Viola Fletcher — affectionately known as Mother Fletcher – will appear on the National Newspaper Publisher Association’s morning breaking news program, “Let It Be Known,” on Monday, July 19, 2021. […]
All of which has made the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act‘s passage an increasingly urgent part of Democrats’ collective agenda on Capitol Hill ahead of the 2022 midterm and 2024 general elections. It could be one of the few ways for Democrats to try to even the voting field that has been upended by the growing number of states placing increased restrictions on access to the ballot. […]
“What we said is we’re not gonna let the commonwealth, the state through the district attorneys to engage in that kind of reprehensible bait and switch,” Justice Baer asserted. […]
“It’s not just me, but the countless other women and even girls who have suffered at the hands of my rapist. Unfortunately, Oklahoma’s whole system and government agencies have let down countless abused women and swept their cries under the rug. I have to keep fighting so that they can have a voice.” […]
Overall, one-third of U.S. adults said their income fell during the pandemic, but Black, Latinx/Hispanic, and low-income adults were particularly hard hit, the report continued.
Forty-four percent of Black adults and 45 percent of Latinx/Hispanic adults reported a loss of income.
Insured and uninsured adults alike struggle to pay their medical bills, but those without coverage face more significant challenges. […]
After the historic COVID-19 pandemic has killed over 575,000 in the U.S. and damaged the economy widely, President Biden is putting increased focus on policy to assist parents. […]
In 1921, a White mob entered the Greenwood District and destroyed Tulsa’s Black community. During Memorial Day weekend, the centennial remembrance of the Tulsa Race Massacre was commemorated. The massacre began when White townspeople heard a false rumor that 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a Black shoe shiner, assaulted a White elevator operator named Sarah Page. Below are five interesting facts about the Tulsa Race Massacre. […]
Saturday also marked HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day, recognizing the lives and experiences of those living with HIV. Reflecting on 40 years since the first CDC report, President and CEO of AIDS United Jesse Milan highlighted the importance of telling a full story of the HIV epidemic. […]
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