On January 13, an Illinois judge was removed from a criminal court docket in Adams County after exploding at a prosecutor whose approval of sexual assault survivors on Facebook he mistook for an insult against him.
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If confirmed, Cook would become the first African American woman to serve in that role.
A new Gallup poll released on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day revealed that Americans’ political party preferences dramatically shifted by the end of 2021 from a nine-point Democratic advantage to a five-point Republican edge.
Anything that gets conservatives’ tighty-righty-whities in a bunch they want banned from the classroom, the libraries and, apparently, the right-wing social media platforms that pretend they’re all about protecting free speech.
When the administration began, the pandemic had taken its toll on much of the country and the globe. Since taking office, Vice President Harris said more than 200 million Americans had received Covid vaccines, and 75 million have gotten booster shots. She noted the economic bounce back in the 6 million jobs the administration has created and the near-record-low 3.9 percent unemployment.
The icon and legendary civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. became a visible spokesman and champion for voter rights and equity amongst Black and Brown Americans during the civil rights movement. The civil rights icon’s legacy is undoubtedly felt today, as America continues to steer toward a brighter future filled with justice and liberty for all.
Hampton University announced today that the New York Life Foundation, the charitable arm of New York Life, has contributed $1 million to the institution for the establishment of six separate funds, with the focus of helping diverse STEM-focused scholars succeed and grow in their academic careers. Award disbursals will begin in spring 2022 for the fall academic school year.
During a January 2, 2022, game against the New York Jets, Brown removed his shirt, shoulder pads, and gloves and tossed them into the stands at MetLife Stadium. Then, he ran through the end zone, raised his arms toward the crowd, and gave high-fives to stadium personnel as he exited.
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies is pleased to announce three new board members — LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, Michael Collins, vice president of Jobs for the Future, and Dr. Safiya Noble, MacArthur Fellow and associate professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Occupations requiring skills and training in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines – which are foundational for tens of thousands of well-paying natural gas and oil industry jobs – currently makeup 20 percent of all U.S. jobs, the report revealed. Officials maintain that STEM-educated women and men will lead the industry’s future workforce, so oil and natural gas advocates have maintained a great interest in initiatives that advance education in those fields.