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Police dismissed Black leaders claims of a serial killer. Then a woman escaped.

January 4, 2023 Carma Henry 0

The tragedy that came to light two weeks later has roiled the metro area and widened the gulf of distrust between the Black community, which has long felt ignored and dismissed by law enforcement, and the Kansas City Police Department which has been under fire for recent killings of unarmed Black men, racist treatment of Black officers within its own ranks and the city’s rising homicide rate. […]

Biden Administration Announces Plans to Drastically Reduce Homelessness Nationwide

January 4, 2023 Carma Henry 0

Now, the Biden-Harris administration has decided to roll out a national push to reduce homelessness by 25% in two years. […]

White House Responds to Migrant Buses Sent to VP Harris’ D.C. Home

December 29, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Three buses carrying 139 migrants from Texas arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory. […]

Congress Passes Bill to Give Emmett Till and Mother Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Gold Medal: ‘It Is Only Right’

December 29, 2022 Carma Henry 0

The act, cited as the “Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley Congressional Medal Act of 2021” was recently passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives, the Congressional Record shows, and now sits on President Joe Biden’s desk for the final approval. […]

Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion settling charges it wrongfully seized homes and cars

December 29, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Wells Fargo has agreed to a $3.7 billion deal with regulators to settle charges that it took advantage of customers on their auto loans, mortgages, and bank accounts. […]

Reaction to Dean Trial Painful for Many Blacks

December 28, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Harris is among a score of Black professionals who said Tuesday that paying little attention to the sentencing of Dean, and for that matter, any other high-profile case involving the killing of African American citizens, is now common behavior amongst themselves and their peers. Such cases are too emotionally taxing to watch, they said. […]

The Emmett Till Justice Campaign

December 28, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Mamie Till-Mobley appointed Alvin Sykes as the advocate for herself and her son Emmett Till. Together they founded the Emmett Till Justice Campaign (ETJC). Mamie appointed Alvin as President of the ETJC in 2003. Alvin’s first accomplishment at the helm was the successful reopening of Emmett Till’s 1955 murder investigation through the Department of Justice in the State of Mississippi and the FBI. Shortly after this, Mamie would pass away. Alvin would carry the torch of the ETJC until his passing on March 19, 2021. […]

Hereafter Farms is Building America’s Largest Sustainable Eco Community on 460 Acres in Georgia

December 28, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Their 460 acres in Georgia has water, roads, existing tiny homes, and enough infrastructure for them to get a few projects off the ground quickly. […]

Reaffirming Solidarity Between Blacks and Jews in America

December 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Blacks and Jews in the United States have had a long history and tradition of working together and sacrificing together for freedom, justice, equality, and equity. Lest we forget that we have marched together for over a century. We have shared blood together. And we have died together for the cause of freedom in the Civil Rights Movement. […]

Will Having A Black Woman President Change Harvard?

December 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

The institution, whose history dates back to 1636, last week tapped Claudine Gay, who is currently dean of Harvard’s faculty of arts and scientists, to take over from current president Larry Bacow in 2023. She’ll be Harvard’s 30th president and only the second woman. Every other Harvard president were white men. […]