May 2020 Archive
// // // MINNEAPOLIS—Protests turned violent on Tuesday as anti-police activists smashed windows and vandalized police cars in response to the death of an African American man at the hands ... Ahmaud Arbery shooting weighs heavily on black legal professionals
// // // Trelvis Randolph wakes up and does the same routine before work practically every morning. The 51-year-old lawyer and former public defender takes his early-morning jog through various ... New poll measures African-American response to COVID-19
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The African-American Research Collaborative recently released a poll in collaboration with the NAACP and Yale School of Medicine’s Equity Research and Innovation Center highlighting African-Americans’ fears, thoughts ... Moratorium on electricity shutoffs extended to July 1
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens The New Orleans City Council voted on last Thursday to prohibit Entergy New Orleans from disconnecting electricity services due to unpaid bills until July 1. The ... NOLa department leaders suggest layoffs, consolidation, suspension of curbside recycling and more to help plug city’s budget hole
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens At least six city of New Orleans departments and other agencies have suggested employee furloughs or layoffs as a way to cut costs as the city ... Legislators seek to ban lawsuits by workers who get COVID-19 on the job
By Billy Corriher Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Lawmakers at the state and federal level are trying to keep some workers from suing their employers if they get COVID-19 on ... MENA leaders say without Census data they are invisible and disenfranchised
By Julian Do Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — For generations, millions of Americans whose roots lie in the Middle East and North Africa — MENA — have essentially become invisible people ... Rep. Waters: $1.3 trillion HEROES Act is designed to address CARES Act oversights
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer As the government continues providing immediate financial relief to Americans across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials and community leaders must also press to reform and ... Legislators move to make marijuana more easily available in the State
By Kathleen Peppo Contributing Writer (LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau) — The Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted 5-1 May 20, in favor of HB819, a bill to make medical marijuana more ... Investigate not just Ahmad’s death, but the system that let his killers escape
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, The National Urban League The pattern is nauseatingly familiar. An unarmed person of color is killed by police or by self-appointed vigilantes. Authorities accept, without question, an explanation ...
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