WASHINGTON INFORMER — More than 150 years ago, enslaved Africans in the state of Texas, among the last in the Confederacy to be freed from physical bondage,...
THE AFRO — Last week Mayor Jack Young re-ignited the controversy over squeegee kids, the mostly African-American teens who work busy intersections seeking to wash car windows...
THE AFRO — Public housing in the District got a boost from the City Council who passed it’s $15.5 billion budget June 18 after the Chief...
OAKLAND POST — When a group of liberal lawmakers in the state capitol in Sacramento recently proposed legislation that would raise the amount of recycled plastic required...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The chairman of the D.C. Council and the District’s financial chief are at odds over the recently passed city budget.
ATLANTA VOICE — One of the world’s leading investment managers has announced plans to expand its global headquarters in Atlanta. Gov. Brian Kemp, in a news...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This report should serve as a wakeup call to the world. We won’t meet the [Sustainable Development Goals] SDGs with 40% of girls...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — The city of Inglewood spent millions of dollars in public funds to soundproof middle-class areas of the city while bypassing one of the...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Homelessness in Los Angeles County increased by 12% over the past year to reach an estimated 58,936 people, according to figures released June...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Republicans and Democrats in the United States Senate have announced a proposal of nearly three-dozen specific provisions that will reduce the cost of what...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — A Democratic state lawmaker on Thursday, May 16, called Senate President John Cullerton’s proposal to raise Illinois’ usage tax on tobacco products “too unreasonable”...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Every state in the U.S., as well as in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, has a Housing Finance Agency (HFA) that provides...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Los Angeles International Airport and Edge4Vets continued their partnership May 15 to connect military servicemen and women with airport jobs. Going beyond the...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Gary city officials are planning to spend approximately $1 million to remodel portions of historic City Hall. Some city employees have been assigned...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This week, at a full Committee hearing with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Benjamin Carson entitled, “Housing in America:...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Last Thursday, over 1,000 Metro Nashville Public School teachers called in sick and descended on the courthouse in a march to protest of the...
MILWAUKEE COURIER — As Milwaukee rolls into festival season, the Panther’s roar will be heard all summer long. From the Bucks playoffs to the Democratic National Convention,...
OAKLAND POST — Wells Fargo Bank gave a $2 million grant to an Oakland-based small business lender on Monday morning, according to bank officials. The donation to...
THE AFRO — The Mayor’s office pushed back against several cuts the D.C. Council proposed. Those cuts impact the city’s most vulnerable residents in many ways...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Metro’s Tax Increment Financing Study and Formulating Committee has released its report to the Metro Council. The report includes broad recommendations in three...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif), noted for its impact expanding economic opportunity and investing in equitable approaches across the District of...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Metro Nashville Public Schools’ (MNPS) teachers across Nashville have organized a “Day of Action” that includes rallies and a march on Thursday, May...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin on Tuesday unveiled a $451 million fiscal 2020 budget that includes a focus on neighborhood revitalization and an...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Representatives Cummings and Katko have introduced the Harriet Tubman Tribute Act in 2015, 2017, and most recently in February. The bill, as currently written, directs...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In 2017, the GAO examined spending on advertising contracts with minority-owned businesses by five agencies – the Department of Defense, the Department of...
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