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New study touts economic benefits of flood resilience
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer A new economic study by Johns Hopkins University and the American Flood Coalition stated that $1 billion in flood resilience
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Nineteen tragic facts about Covid 19
By Bill Quigley Contributing Writer 87 million. Eighty-seven million workers will lose federally mandated COVID sick leave at the end of December unless Congress acts
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By Ariana Figueroa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Congress this week is expected to pass a massive defense policy bill that President Donald Trump has threatened to veto because it would remove the ... Civil rights groups meet with the President-elect Biden, urging him to appoint Blacks to high level positions
By JayJuan Jones and Hamil Harris Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — A month after the 2020 presidential election, President-elect Joe Biden has begun to announce some of his appointments for potential cabinet and ... Covid pandemic cuts safety nets of domestic violence victims
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Domestic violence has spiked alarmingly as victims are trapped at home with their abusers amid lockdown orders during the COVID pandemic. At the ... Civil Rights groups escalate fight against high prescription drug costs
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — D.B. Wright, former head of a non-profit religious organization in Washington, D.C., was well taken care of by his leadership board. He enjoyed an ... Trump and Kushner bilked PPP system for $3.65M
(The Grio via Defender News Service) – While roughly 100,000 small businesses across the country went out of business due to COVID-19 and a lack of Paycheck Protection Program funds, ... The campaign to overturn Trump’s truth-denying equity gag order
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) – Nikole Hannah-Jones’ Pulitzer Prize-winning The 1619 Project, published last year by The New York Times Magazine, was an effort to reframe U.S. ... African-American expats in Europe mobilize Georgia voters for runoff
By Katarina Machmer Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — With the Georgia runoff election for the Senate scheduled for January 5th, much is at stake for the Democratic Party. It needs ... David Dinkins, New York’s first and only Black Mayor, dies at 93
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — David Dinkins was the stuff of political legend in New York’s Harlem. From 1990 to 1993, Dinkins served as the 106th Mayor of ...
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