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Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year

By Christopher Rugaber | The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday that inflation has fallen further toward their target level in recent months but signaled that they expect to cut their benchmark interest ra...

As White ‘Deaths of Despair’ Made News, Black Ones Skyrocketed

By Jennifer Porter Gore | Word In Black Overview: The “deaths of despair” theory reached the national agenda 2015 when two Princeton University economists argued that poor mental health, stemming from lack of economic opportunities, w...

PBS NewsHour | What to know about a lawsuit against reparations in Illinois | Season 2024

Wednesday is Juneteenth, the federal holiday celebrating the Emancipation of Enslaved people in America this year. It comes amid renewed debate about reparations for the descendants of people who were enslaved and of the victims of Jim Crow laws we...

What to know about chemical hair relaxers and health disorders in Black women

A growing body of evidence shows a link between these products and some health disorders in Black women. Straightened hair has long been the dominant societal standard of beauty for Black women, from the working class to those in government and c...

Reparations are well-motivated but cash won’t do

California is once again attempting to lead the nation, this time with respect to reparations for descendants of slaves. Last month, the state Senate passed several bills issuing an apology for California’s contribution to past discrimination and cr...

What to know about a conservative lawsuit against reparations in Evanston, Illinois

In 2021, the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, became the first U.S. city to offer reparations to Black Americans for past housing discrimination. Now, a conservative legal group is challenging the program in court, saying it unconstitutionally...

Trump at Black church says immigrants are ‘invading’ jobs for the Black community, pitting disadvantaged groups against one another

Associated Press June 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM Trump delivered speech at 180 Church in Detroit before speaking before at Turning Point Action convention linked to a variety of extremists DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump blamed immigrants for stealing j...

As Juneteenth nears, meet the UMass prof who has pushed the reparations cause for three decades

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Reparations have become the latest target for conservative activists. Advocates say they are prepared to fight back.

CNN — A conservative group’s lawsuit against a reparations program in Evanston, Illinois, that provides some Black residents with cash payments and housing assistance, has left advocates for reparations...

June: A Celebration Of Black Men’s Health And Black Unity

NewsOne Featured Video Source: Photodjo / Getty The intersection of Men’s Health Month and Juneteenth is a critical and necessary time to discuss Black men’s health. Black men’s health is often a neglected issue. Black men have the highes...

Fathers need to care for themselves as well as their kids – but often don’t

Fathers often place more emphasis on their role as head of household than their health. Marmion/Shutterstock.com by Derek M. Griffith, Georgetown University and Elizabeth C. Stewart, Vanderbilt University If you had to choose, which would you rather...

Civil rights leader James Lawson, who learned from Gandhi, used nonviolent resistance and the ‘power of love’ to challenge injustice

Civil rights activist James M. Lawson Jr. speaks in Murfreesboro, Tenn., in 2015. AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File by Anthony Siracusa, St. John Fisher University Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., who died on June 9, 2024, at the age of 95, was a Methodist mini...

Father’s Day Advice from Fathers

By Mark Freeman | OBSERVER The Sacramento OBSERVER speaks to local fathers to learn what advice they received from their fathers and what advice they are sharing with their children. Happy Fathers Day to all the present, strong, caring, tho...

Trump blasts immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters at a Black church, MAGA event in Detroit – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

DETROIT (AP) — Donald Trump blamed immigrants for stealing jobs and government resources as he courted separate groups of Black voters and hardcore conservatives in battleground Michigan on Saturday. The Republican former president also made several...

Trump blames immigrants for taking jobs as he courts voters at a black church

Donald Trump blamed immigrants for stealing jobs and government resources as he courted separate groups of black voters and hardcore conservatives in the battleground state of Michigan on Saturday. The Republican former president also made several ne...