Ā Ā The UN agency is sounding the alarm following the release of the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, which uses a scale from 1 to 5 to assess conditions.
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Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā On April 17, the Assembly of Caribbean People, joined by trade unions and other organizations, submitted a letter to the French Embassy demanding compensation from the French government to Haiti.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE ā Dollar General is TWICE the size of Walmart & Target, COMBINED! The company faces allegations of systemic racial discrimination that have affected thousands of marginalized employees nationwide
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE ā The more than hour-long meeting included PepsiCo Chairman Ramon Laguarta and Steven Williams, CEO of PepsiCo North America, and was held within the 21-day window Sharpton had given the company to respond.
Ā BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE ā The plan, backed by House GOP members, would extend tax breaks overwhelmingly benefiting the wealthy and large corporations.
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE ā Voting rights advocates say this would create enormous hurdles for poor people, rural residents, Black Americans, naturalized citizens, and the nearly 70 million women whose current legal names differ from those on their birth certificates due to marriage.
Ketanji Brown Jackson is not holding back against Trump or her fellow justices
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Former First Lady Michelle Obama is setting the record straight about her marriage, brushing off rumors of a split from former President Barack Obama and calling out the sexist assumptions that fueled them. In part two of her appearance on the āWork in Progressā podcast hosted by Sophia Bush, Michelle Obama addressed the online speculation that ramped up earlier this year when Barack Obama appeared alone at several high-profile events, including the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter and the inauguration of Donald Trump. Critics quickly jumped to conclusions ā but Michelle Obama made it clear that her choices had nothing to do with marital discord. āThis year people couldnāt even fathom that I was making a choice for myself,ā Obama said. āThey had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing. This couldnāt be a grown woman just making a set of decisions for herself, right?ā
Ā Falicia Moreland-Trice, principal of Pleasantview Elementary School, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan accusing Eastpointe Community Schools Superintendent Christina Gibson of some concerning behavior. Moreland-Trice described herself in the suit as the last Black principal standing after others have left due to alleged racial discrimination.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The Florida Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to pick St. Johns County as the site of the stateās Black History Museum.