The latest report from the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reflected on the strides forward and the persistent obstacles women’s professionals in the music industry face.
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The president unveiled the strategy during a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The initiative is expected to address long-standing problems of neglect and isolation in communities, particularly those that have suffered disproportionately from previous infrastructure projects.
A Missouri television station is facing backlash after one of their news anchors called Black homeowners “colored,” an outdated racial term, during a live broadcast. St. Louis-based KMOV apologized to viewers for a February 26 on-air preview covering racial bias on home appraisals, according to St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The embattled prime minister of Haiti, the Caribbean country whose capital has been overwhelmed by violent gangs, said Tuesday that he would resign.
Fudge, the second Black woman to lead HUD, has been a key figure in steering the agency through housing crises triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. She has also pushed for the federal government to include the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), on behalf of the Black Press of America, in its advertising spend.
The president’s approach emphasizes growing the economy from the bottom up and the middle out, as opposed to top-down strategies.
The lawsuit alleges that Navy Federal, which serves current and former military members from all service sectors, denied loans for 52 percent of Black borrowers and 44 percent of Latino borrowers, while denying only 23 percent of white applicants for home mortgage purchase or refinance loans and Home Equity Lines of Credit.
Biden is urging Congress to enact legislation facilitating more Americans’ access to homes, acknowledging the pivotal role of homeownership in family well-being and economic prosperity.
In a letter addressed to Katherine Barrett Riley, the attorney for the city of Lexington, Federal prosecutors asserted that the police department imprisoned people for outstanding fines without determining their financial means, violating the Fourteenth Amendment.
According to Good Morning America, Eleise Richards, a Howard University alum, started a college fair in 2016 that has now grown into the nonprofit Experience the Legacy, which aims to introduce and inform students about HBCUs, especially those who may not be able to afford an in-person visit.