Survey finds Black adults develop unique coping skills for racism
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Black adults in the United States often develop distinctive coping skills by adulthood to handle the chronic stress of racism, according to a ... Disability advocate files federal lawsuit over state’s new absentee ballot laws
By Wesley Muller Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) —A group that advocates for people with disabilities filed a Voting Rights Act lawsuit Wednesday against the state of Louisiana to block a slate of new ... Parents seek injunction to block Ten Commandments displays during lawsuit
(lailluminator.com) — As promised, the Louisiana parents challenging the legality of required Ten Commandments displays in K-12 and college classrooms formally asked a judge on Monday, July 8 to stop ... Local jazz camp helps preserve the musical legacy of NOLa
By John Gray Contributing Writer (VeriteNews.org) — Akeel Haroon aspires to become a professional musician. In addition to studying music at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, the 18-year-old New Orleans ... Former RSD exec offers advice to Black business women
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer Baton Rouge native and business owner Lakeisha Robichaux spoke as part of a July 6th panel during this year’s ESSENCE Festival weekend featuring 30 Black women business ... The pandemic set younger kids back. Their struggle to recover is especially acute, data show
By Kalyn Belsha Contributing Writer (Special from Chalkbeat via lailluminator.com) — While older children are showing encouraging signs of academic recovery, younger children are not making that same progress, and are sometimes ... Government excludes and discriminates against Black-owned media despite federal advertising spending reaching $15B
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A new report released this month has revealed that the federal government spent $14.9 billion on advertising contracts over the last ten fiscal ... HUD and The Appraisal Foundation forge historic deal to tackle racial inequity in real estate appraisal
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — To address systemic racial disparities in the real estate appraisal profession, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today a ... GOP approve platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF
By Amanda Becker & Shefali Luthra, The 19th Contributing Writers (Special from The 19th via lailluminator.com) — The Republican Party on this past Monday, July 8 adopted a “Make America Great Again!” ... Racist slurs and death threats: The dangerous life of a Georgia elections official
By Matt Vasilogmabros Contributing Writer Editor’s note: This story contains profanities and racist slurs. (Special from Stateline) — When Milton Kidd leaves work at the end of the day, he slips out the ...
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