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Waters to Facebook: Today’s Hearing is Only the First Step in Our Oversight and Legislative Process

July 24, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Facebook has proposed backing Libra tokens with government currencies and government guaranteed securities, and holding them in a so-called Libra Reserve, to be governed by Facebook and its partners. Ownership of government assets on such a massive scale without proper oversight threatens to concentrate government influence in the hands of a few elites. Ultimately, if Facebook’s plans come to fruition, the company and its partners will wield immense economic power that could destabilize currencies and governments. […]

Colorado Petroleum Council Focus on Enhancing Communities

July 24, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The natural gas and oil industry are projected to create 1.3 million new jobs between 2015 and 2025, with that number growing to 1.9 million by 2035. Of these new jobs, 707,000, or 38 percent of the total, are projected to be filled by African American and Hispanic workers through 2035. […]

The Storied History of the NAACP

July 18, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The NAACP was formed in 1908 after a deadly race riot that featured anti-black violence and lynching erupted in Springfield, Illinois. […]

Trump Levels Racist Attack on Congresswomen of Color in Latest Social Media Screed

July 18, 2019 Carma Henry 0

As is his general habit, Trump lies in his communications and brands places where people of color reside as dangerous. President Trump has a long history of racism as does his late father, Fred Trump. Fred Trump was arrested at a Ku Klux Klan rally in Queens, New York on May 30, 1927 when he was 21. […]

Man arrested in murder of founder of African American museum in Louisiana

July 17, 2019 Carma Henry 0

A former tenant of the founder of an African American history museum in Louisiana was charged Tuesday with her murder, authorities said. […]

‘Black snow’ from sugarcane harmful to Black, poor communities in Florida?

July 17, 2019 Carma Henry 0

By J.S. Adams, Contributing Writer, The Final Call While these burnings have been going on for several years with groups rising up to combat them, a recent lawsuit against the Florida sugar industry has brought […]

Transforming 5G Technology arrives

July 17, 2019 Carma Henry 0

Those cities, which include Washington, D.C.; Charlotte; Boston; Atlanta; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus, Ohio; Des Moines, Iowa; Denver; Detroit; Houston; Indianapolis; Kansas City; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis; Phoenix; Providence, Rhode Island; San Diego; and Salt Lake City; are the world’s first to get Verizon’s 5G Ultra-Wideband mobility service. […]

Report: Blacks Seven-Times More Likely than Whites to Be Wrongfully Convicted of Murder

July 17, 2019 Carma Henry 0

“From their very first interaction with the police, to being arrested, booked, charged, convicted, and sentenced, Black people are discriminated against and disproportionately criminalized at every stage of the criminal justice system,” according to the Innocence Project report, #BlackBehindBars: Sparking a conversation on the Black wrongful conviction experience in the U.S. […]

Mental Health Stigma Still Affecting African Americans

July 17, 2019 Carma Henry 0

“Turning to our pastors was needed in the past, but as concerns have grown, more resources are available,” she said, noting also that many African Americans eventually visit hospital emergency rooms with complaints that are in fact mental health issues. […]

paves way to “Take ‘Em Down 901” one-act play

July 17, 2019 Carma Henry 0

The real-life drama that culminated with the removal of Confederate-era statues from what had been two Memphis-owned parks will be the subject of a play being developed by Ekundayo Bandele, founder and CEO of the Hattiloo Theatre. […]