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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is Sworn-in, Focuses on Homelessness

December 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

“I will start my first day as mayor at our city’s Emergency Operations Center, where my first act as mayor will be to declare a state of emergency on homelessness. My emergency declaration will recognize the severity of our crisis and break new ground to maximize our ability to urgently move people inside and do so for good. It will create the structure necessary for us to have a true, unified, and citywide strategy to set us on the path to solve homelessness,” Bass announced. […]

Livingstone College Honors Georgette “Gigi” Dixon

December 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Dixon is an HBCU graduate herself, having earned a Bachelor of Science with distinction from Tennessee State University (TSU) in speech communications and theater. She has certificates in Corporate Community Involvement and Nonprofit Leadership from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. […]

U.S. Reaffirms Commitment to Collaborate with African Partners During Space

December 15, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Participants in the Forum committed to deepening the U.S.-Africa space partnership across all sectors. […]

U.S. Hosting Delegation from 49 African Nations in Three-Day Summit

December 14, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Senior administration officials said the Summit will demonstrate the United States’ enduring commitment to Africa and will underscore the importance of U.S.-Africa relations and increased cooperation on shared global priorities. […]

PRESS ROOM: Walgreens Launches Free Paxlovid Delivery Services With DoorDash and Uber

December 14, 2022 Carma Henry 0

This initiative is aimed at increasing access to COVID-19 treatment, with a focus on reaching those in socially vulnerable or medically underserved areas at a time when COVID-19 cases are beginning to rise again across the United States. According to Walgreens COVID-19 Index data, overall positivity rates reached 36 percent this week. This steady rise in cases reinforces the critical need for access to life-saving treatments. […]

Juan David Ortiz found guilty, sentenced to life in Border Patrol serial killing of 4 women

December 13, 2022 Carma Henry 0

SAN ANTONIO – For 12 days in 2018, Juan David Ortiz, U.S. Border Patrol supervisory agent, picked up women on Laredo’s streets, drove them to remote corners of the county and ended their lives with close-range gunshots to the head. […]

Lawsuit Alleges U.S. Government Discriminated Against Black Veterans for Decades

December 8, 2022 Carma Henry 0

According to internal VA data obtained by the Washington Post, Black applicants seeking disability benefits were denied 30 percent of the time from 2002 to 2020. White applicants were denied 24 percent of the time. […]

Voter Turnout Records are Broken Once Again Warnock vs. Walker Run-off

December 8, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Though Georgia has historically been a red state over the last twenty years, the 2020 election between President Biden and former President Donald Trump demonstrated that an engaged strategy for voter turnout focused on Black votes resulted in a successful outcome for Democrats. […]

Norton, Booker Announce Hearing on D.C. Slave Memorial

December 8, 2022 Carma Henry 0

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), announced Tuesday that the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a hearing this week on their Enslaved Voyages Memorial Act. […]

President Biden’s Letter to the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee on the Presidential Nominating Process

December 8, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Recently, President Joe Biden sent a letter to the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee as it prepares to meet tomorrow to consider changes to the Democratic Party’s nominating calendar. In the letter, the president laid out the principles he believes should guide the process of consideration. […]