June 2023 Archive
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A proposal to set the minimum wage at $10 per hour in Louisiana got an unexpected boost when it cleared a majority-Republican Senate committee on ... Study finds over a quarter of US homeowners struggle with housing costs
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A recent study conducted by the Chamber of Commerce, a product research company specializing in real estate, revealed that more than 25 percent ... Cardiovascular disease is primed to kill more older adults, especially Blacks and Hispanics
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (kffhealthnews.org) — Cardiovascular disease — the No. 1 cause of death among people 65 and older — is poised to become more prevalent in the years ahead, ... Program helps students navigate their emotions
By Nigell Moses Contributing Writer (Veritenews.org) — In Robyn Gulley’s third-grade class at the Success at Thurgood Marshall charter school in Mid-City, students sit together for their daily morning circle. Clarence Page: Against AI, political punditry can still do the write thing
By Rev. Jesse Jackson Guest Columnist Striking Hollywood writers are nervous about artificial intelligence — also known as AI — and I’m not feeling so good myself. Under controlled coal-fired power plants still threaten Americans’ health
By Ben Jealous TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Tatum is an East Texas town of about 1,300 people, closer to Shreveport than Dallas. It’s on the north shore of Martin Lake. Across the water sits ... Moral panics, then and now
For at least half a century, at least once every decade in the English-speaking democracies of the West there’s been a moral panic of some sort, usually related to progressive ... Celebrating Black Music Month
Part I Freedom & Redemption Songs At a time when attacks on African-American history and culture are spreading like a virus, bad news and events are everywhere, and sorrow fills the ... In southern states, new voter suppression tactics pose as anti-fraud ‘integrity’ measures
By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Although voter suppression has a long history in U.S. elections, it’s intensifying in the early 21st century.
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