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FEMA ends policy that denies Blacks disaster relief funds

(Special from the defendernetwork.com) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency says it will end a policy that prevented many Black families from securing federal relief

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Demonstrators will gather in Washington to demand federal voting protections

By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Fifty-eight years ago, on Aug. 28, 1963, over a quarter-million people gathered in the nation’s

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Stalled U.S. debt relief is the latest broken promise to Black farmers
By Elisa Brown Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — Out of 3.4 million farmers working in the United States, fewer than 50,000 are Black, according to the most recent Census ...
Congressman Troy Carter wants to erase student debt
By Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — U.S. Rep. Troy Carter (D-New Orleans) has made canceling student debt one of his top priorities as a new congressman.
National Civil Rights and Personal Injury Attorneys Ben Crump and Bob Hilliard uncovering widespread racism in banking
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Nationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorneys Ben Crump of Ben Crump Law and Bob Hilliard of Hilliard Martinez Gonzales announced ...
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REPORT: Black women with children excluded from federal cash assistance program
By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — A new research paper reviewed how each state implemented a federal program that has provided cash assistance to low income families over the last 25 ...
Bi-partisan infrastructure deal brings long-awaited justice to Black America, White House says
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As America continues to await the signage of President Biden’s $1.2 trillion Bi-partisan Infrastructure deal, White House officials say African-Americans and other people of ...
Driving while Black: White control over Black mobility continues
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer The Center for African and African American Studies’ (CAAAS) annual Summer 2021 program celebrates AYA, the African Adinkra symbol of endurance and resourcefulness.
L.A. County returns $75 million land to Black family
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Nearly a century after the government allegedly used trickery and eminent domain to seize their valuable property, the family of Charles and Willa ...
Richmond, top Biden advisor says president always has Black community on his mind
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Cedric Richmond, senior advisor to President Joseph Biden and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, says he never has to bring up the ...

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