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Child tax credit expansion left out of congressional omnibus package

By Ashley Murray Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Any last hopes of resurrecting the expanded child tax credit as part of Congress’ massive spending package were

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Nevada’s Steven Horsford is CBC’s new chair

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, who earned the distinction of Nevada’s first African American State Senate Majority

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AT&T Dream in Black recognizes 2022 HBCU rising future makers
By Liza Montgomery Contributing Writer AT&T Dream in Black awarded 25 honorees from its second Rising Future Markers Class. The 2022 class recognizes students, all from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, ...
Lawsuit alleges US government discriminated against Black veterans for decades
(Atlanta Daily World via Black Information Network ) — A new lawsuit against the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) alleges that the U.S. government discriminated against Black veterans for ...
Racist sentenced to life in prison for mass killing of African Americans
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — A white man who traveled to a Buffalo grocery store in May and killed 10 African Americans, including Black Press writer Katherine Massey, ...
Study reveals crisis in new recruit police training across America
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributing Writer A comprehensive new report asserted that American authorities have traditionally trained police officers on the cheap, noting that more than 71 percent of agencies ...
Hakeem Jeffries becomes first Black American to lead a major political party in Congress
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have elected New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their party leader.
SCOTUS to review Biden student debt relief plan in February
By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear oral arguments in February over a legal challenge by six Republican-led states to the Biden administration ...
A new union is born in the South
By Kerry Taylor Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Within minutes of the formation of the Union of Southern Service Workers (USSW) earlier this month, Quadtrell Adams lay helpless on the ...
A record-setting number of women will serve in state legislatures in 2023
By Jennifer Shutt Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A record number of women will soon serve in state legislatures, breaking the previous cap of female lawmakers by at least 69 seats and bringing ...

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