The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will open “Reckoning with Remembrance: History, Injustice and the Murder of Emmett Till” as a monthlong display of the bullet-ridden sign that was placed by the Tallahatchie River in Mississippi in remembrance of Emmett Till through Oct. 5.
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At least three major banks have decided to opt out of a new process for getting Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven directly by the Small Business Administration, The Intercept has learned, leaving their small business customers with no other recourse if the banks refuse to forgive loans or drag out the process.
Hurricane Ida Devastates Louisiana and Mississippi
The brigade commander over the Al Isha unit, Nawazuddin Haqqani, bragged in an interview with Zenger News that his unit is using U.S.-made hand-held scanners to tap into a massive U.S.-built biometric database and positively identify any person who helped the NATO allies or worked with Indian intelligence. Those who try to deny or minimize their role will find themselves contradicted by the detailed computer records.
Yet, I have never felt as close to the memory of Stacy than I felt when I visited the monument to him at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice which was built by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama.
The biggest inequality affected Black infants, who had more than twice the White infant mortality rate. In 2019, almost 3,600 more Black babies died before their first birthday.
Marchers rallied in the nation’s capital and cities across the country, demanding passage of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, the For the People Act, and for D.C. statehood.
For quite some time, Florida has been going through nursing shortages. We have a shortage of nurses and healthcare workers in general and the shortage isn’t anything new. For quite some time, there have been declining numbers of nurses for the state, a state with a large retirement population that needs a lot of care.
“In what is already a challenging time for the people of Haiti, I am saddened by the devastating earthquake that occurred in Saint-Louis du Sud, Haiti,” President Joe Biden said in a statement. “We send our deepest condolences to all those who lost a loved one or saw their homes and businesses destroyed. I have authorized an immediate U.S. response and named USAID Administrator Samantha Power as the senior U.S. official to coordinate this effort.”
With Adam Harris’ new book, “The State Must Provide,” that conversation is brought up once again, this time directing those funds towards the education system at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).