Music, entertainment, sports, and the business world lost heroes and icons in 2021. While we apologize if we miss anyone in this report, the following count among the deaths that made headlines.
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Joseph counts among the migrants suing the Biden-Harris administration for the inhumane treatment at the hands of Border Agents.
First detected in South Africa, Omicron has circulated to more than 89 countries, with cases doubling nearly every day, health officials noted.
A Son of Sistrunk Becomes the Mayor of Oakland Park
Saying, “State Farm’s racism causes harm,” Attorney Ben Crump and his partners Thursday announced a “landmark” lawsuit against State Farm alleging the insurance company engaged in “systematic racism, discrimination and retaliation,” against a 28-year- veteran employee, Dr. Carla Campbell-Jackson.
The Westside Gazette’s environmental writer Audrey Peterman has been selected to receive the National Park Conservation Association’s Centennial Leadership Award 2022, for her “role as an important and influential park advocate.” The Award will be presented at the organization’s Annual Salute to the Parks at the National Museum of the American Indian on the National Mall in DC, on April 6, 2022.
This Fall, six students from four colleges lived at the HBCU National Center on Capitol Hill while completing internships for distinguished members of Congress.
Nationally renowned civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he plans to move forward with a lawsuit against Louisiana’s agency overseeing child welfare over years-old allegations that Black children were sexually abused while in the state’s custody. Crump, who represents a woman claiming that she and her sibling were raped by “wealthy white men” when they were underaged, held a press conference to announce the lawsuit on Monday morning in Baton Rouge.
Alarmingly, the poll released by the National Parents Union found that 59 percent of parents are very or extremely concerned about how schools are teaching race and diversity.
New York State Attorney General Letitia “Tish” James‘ decision to end her brief gubernatorial campaign has derailed the prospects of her becoming the first Black woman governor in American history next year. But, on the flip side, the move also effectively puts Donald Trump and the Trump Organization on heightened notice that the Empire State’s top law enforcement official has apparently renewed her resolve to bring about their demise.