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       Mississippi county officials have settled a lawsuit filed by Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker, two Black men who were tortured and abused by sheriff’s deputies in 2023.

       Democrats argue the Republican strategy—cutting Medicaid and destabilizing Social Security—amounts to an all-out war on working-class Americans. The CBO report estimates that the GOP’s Medicaid policy shifts would reduce the federal deficit by as much as $710 billion over the next decade, but at a devastating cost: loss of care, rising out-of-pocket expenses, and widening inequities in health access. “Crafting health care policy is not an academic exercise; for tens of thousands of Americans, it’s a matter of life or death,” Ducas noted

       Rep. Jasmine Crockett is telling fellow House Democrats she plans to run for her party’s Oversight Committee slot, plowing ahead with a bid after wavering last week, according to a text to lawmakers obtained by POLITICO.

       As someone who had the honor of mentoring Denzell, I can’t stay silent. He was full of life, respectful, helpful, and had the type of energy that lifted others. Denzell was an active participant in our workforce development program, showing promise not just in the tasks he completed but in the way he encouraged others. He wasn’t a lost kid. He was a kid looking for support. He loved to dress nice and would often come to me asking what jobs he could do around the club to earn a few dollars. He took pride in how he looked and how he carried himself. And when he needed real help—when he was sent to Coral Shores Behavioral Health—he didn’t get the care he deserved.

In a remarkable display of determination and rehabilitation, 17 incarcerated individuals across four Broward County correctional facilities have earned their high school diplomas—14 through the GED program and three through traditional high school coursework.

 BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, seeks to halt the so-called “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) directive, which the attorneys general argue violates the Administrative Procedure Act, the Appropriations Clause, and the constitutional separation of powers.

Renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump applauded a historic $4 billion settlement by Los Angeles County to resolve over 6,800 claims of sexual abuse that occurred in its juvenile justice centers and foster care shelters, dating back to 1959. Crump of Ben Crump Law and co-counsel Adam Slater of Slater Slater Schulman represents thousands of children who were victimized.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Americans without a REAL ID or approved alternative could be grounded starting May 7.

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The sentiments of this Target employee highlight a key issue: while boycotts send a clear message to corporations, they can also inadvertently harm small Black businesses and working-class consumers.

       April 17, 2025, marks the 200th anniversary of that indemnity agreement. On Jan. 1 of this year, the now-former president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council, Leslie Voltaire, reminded France of this call when he requested that France “repay the debt of independence and reparations for slavery.” In March, tennis star Naomi Osaka, who is of Haitian descent, added her voice to the chorus in a tweet wondering when France would pay Haiti back.