Child poverty dropped to a record low last year. A new report shows how to keep it that way.
By Casey Quinlan Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The expanded child tax credit that families received in 2021 helped reduce child poverty across the country, but particularly in the South where families lack ... Black taxpayers audited at twice the rate of other people
(BlackMansStreet.Today) — Black men who are raising their children alone are more likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service if they use the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), ... Alena Allen to become first Black dean at LSU law school
By Piper Hutchinson Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A professor who resigned from the University of Memphis School of Law due to a lack of Black leaders will be the first Black dean ... On second try, St. John Parish Council approves dirt pit permit on Greenfield’s property
By Joshua Rosenberg The Lens The St. John the Baptist Parish Council on Tuesday approved a permit for a 214-acre dirt pit located on the property of Greenfield Louisiana, the Colorado-based company ... Supplemental SNAP benefits end
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer For the past three years, SNAP recipients have received extra pandemic-related benefits. But, as part of the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, those extra benefits ... Dementia care programs help, if caregivers can find them
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (khn.org) — There’s no cure, yet, for Alzheimer’s disease. But dozens of programs developed in the past 20 years can improve the lives of both people living ... Census corrections show how Southern communities benefit from prisons
By Maydha Devarajan Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — In January, the U.S. Census Bureau released its first round of corrections for the 2020 population count. Among these corrections were revised ... The Selma Bridge crossing jubilee: Thousands attend the annual pilgrimage
The Selma Bridge Crossing Jubilee has become an annual pilgrimage and a weeklong commemoration of the Voting Rights March of 1965, known as “Bloody Sunday.” Black history isn’t ‘controversial,’ it’s real life
By Svante Myrick TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Black history is the undeniable history of this country, its people, actions, triumphs, and atrocities. Yet, Black history is deemed “controversial” by people like Governor Ron DeSantis, ... Courage
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. (Ret.) TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist War is inhumane! War is madness! In a world of rational thinkers, war should be unnecessary! Historically, war has been the ...
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