Affordable rentals shrinking, growing mortgage denials block homeownership
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer Regardless of locale, profession, or income, every family needs and deserves a home. But for many – especially Black Americans and other people of color—finding and maintaining ... Car buyers of color especially vulnerable to fraud, reports Federal Trade Commission
(Ethnic Media Services) — Car buying is the fourth leading source of consumer fraud: the Federal Trade Commission last year received more than 100,000 complaints from consumers who had been ... Polio, chickenpox, measles, now Covid. It’s time to consult history on school vaccine mandates
By Elisabeth Rosenthal Contributing Writer (khn.org) — The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against severe disease — brings covid-19 ... State Senate approves map for Congress without new minority district
By Wes Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Senate Republicans approved a redistricting bill last Tuesday that proposes new U.S. House boundaries that maintain the status quo of five majority-White and one ... High school students spar with lawmakers over redistricting
By Margaret DeLaney, Piper Hutchinson and Allison Kadlubar Contributing Writers (LSU Manship School News Service) — Sparks flew between lawmakers and high school students at a House redistricting committee hearing Wednesday of ... Redistricting, a family affair
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Not every redistricting fight is Republican versus Democrat. Sometimes, it’s geographic, and once in a while it involves a family grudge and jumping a river. No additional majority-minority district for BESE
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The Louisiana Senate has approved revised state school board districts with two out of eight elected seats favoring minority voters. Black lawmakers and voting rights ... Trauma suffered daily by Black and brown youths demands attention
By David W. Marshall TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Before Krysten Sinema won the Arizona Senate seat left vacant by the retirement of Jeff Flake, a Democrat had never been elected to the U.S. Senate ... How history will be made again
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist February is Black history month. The news we are making and witnessing right now reflects all the contradictions of our history — American history. State Supreme Court map advances with one majority Black district
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A State Senate committee advanced a map of revised state Supreme Court districts Wednesday that maintains just one majority-minority district. The bill advanced on a ...
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