With a population of approximately 2,400 residents, demographics show Kenly evenly split along racial lines with 36 percent African Americans, 36 percent white, and 20 percent Hispanic. […]
The Initial Impact on Employment was Largest for Women, Black workers, Latino Workers, and Less-Educated Workers. […]
The mass shooting on July 4 was the fourth in fewer than three months. In all four, the gunmen used high-powered weapons, law enforcement authorities said. President Biden last month signed the most significant gun safety measure in decades, though the new law does not include a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, a provision Biden and Democrats had wanted. […]
Atkins’ actions are not unfamiliar to those who have been wrongfully imprisoned, illustrating the devastation often overlooked that exonerated people endure as they try to re-enter society. Stories of exoneration often draw media attention and incite public joy, but they do not include the aftermath, the life once the cameras leave. Those who have been exonerated, psychologists who treat them and lawyers who represent them say their re-emergence into the world after prison produces potentially lifelong challenges with self-esteem, employment, depression and other issues that affect them and their families. […]
Angel Blue, a Grammy Award-winning soprano singer, announced this week she would no longer be participating in performances of “La Traviata” scheduled for later this month because she said Arena di Verona had recently used “blackface makeup” in a separate production at the venue. […]
Observers said the recent decisions of prominent and wealthy stars like Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, and Brooks Koepka to play on LIV Tour is as selfish as the sports world has ever seen. […]
Hosted by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), the June 27 hearing also will seek steps Congress can take to hold manufacturers accountable. […]
The Afro-American Newspapers sent correspondents to all theaters of war during World War II. […]
Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday addressed the NAACP’s annual convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, declaring that freedom, liberty and democracy are on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections. […]
With the long-term goal of eliminating all forms of racial discrimination in the criminal legal system, including the carceral system, the report describes the widespread, disparate harms resulting from the arrests, harsh prison sentences, and incarceration on Black communities. […]
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