Category : News Talk

Courting landlords with vouchers: guaranteed incentives for willingness to rent to homeless

By Ken Magri | Solving Sacramento In an effort to get more homeless people into better living situations, several voucher programs offer opportunities that can transition the unhoused into temporary or permanent housing. Vouchers are part of a...

New studies show how Black LGBTQ+ youth navigate discrimination. Advocates are mapping out ways to help

By Kate Sosin, The 19th | Stacker Rena Li for the 19th (Stacker) – Twenty-one percent of Black trans, nonbinary and questioning youth have made a suicide attempt in the last year, nearly half said they felt unsafe at school, and 64...

Federal Judge Halts New Rule on Credit Card Late Fees that Would Have Saved Consumers $14 Billion Annually

By Charlene Crowell | Trice Edney Wire (TriceEdneyWire.com) – May 14 was the day that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was set to implement a new rule that would save credit card holders an estimated $14 billion each year. T...

Why Are K-12 Students Not Showing Up for Summer Programming?

By Aziah Siid | Word In Black (WIB) – Study after study has found that summer programming, along with high-intensity tutoring, is the most effective way to help K-12 students recover from pandemic-era learning loss. It’s deemed so importan...

Math professor fired after criticizing slavery reparations continues legal battle against St. Joe’s

A math professor’s two-year-old lawsuit against Saint Joseph’s University, filed in the wake of controversy over his social media posts criticizing slavery reparations and other comments, continues to wind its way through the court system. G...

PBS NewsHour | Retail village helps Black businesses rebound from pandemic | Season 2024

FOUR YEARS AGO BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES WERE AMONG THE HARDEST HIT BY THE DISRUPTION OF THE PANDEMIC. MANY OF THEM HAVE REBOUNDED, AND IN ONE RETAIL SPACE IN WASHINGTON D.C., SUPPORTING LOCAL BLACK ENTREPRENEURS HAS BEEN A KEY MISSION. FROM THE NEWSH...

A look inside a D.C. retail village helping Black businesses rebound from the pandemic

Four years ago, Black-owned businesses were among the hardest hit by pandemic disruptions. Many have rebounded, and in one retail space in Washington, D.C., supporting local Black entrepreneurs has been a key mission. From PBS NewsHour’s Student Rep...

A dream continued: Angelo Perryman and the Perryman Building and Construction, Inc. – The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

By Raymond Jones ABOVE PHOTO: Perryman Construction president/CEO Angelo Perryman During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and ‘60s, when Black churches were systematically being firebombed and burnt to the ground, a Black construction firm with...

Michigan Supreme Court Blocks $15 Minimum Wage Proposal from 2024 Ballot

The state’s Supreme Court has ruled against certifying a ballot initiative that sought to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. This proposal, championed by Raise the Wage MI, also aimed to align the lower minimum wage for tipped workers w...

2 dead, 7 injured after shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh

PENN HILLS, Pa. – A shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh has left two people dead and seven others injured, police said Sunday.Allegheny County Police Department’s homicide unit said it has responded to a request for help by Penn Hills Police Dep...

Reparations reflections: reading into the silence

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Today in History: June 2, Elizabeth II becomes queen of England

#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } Today in History Today is Sunday, June 2, the 154th day of 2024. There are 212 days le...

Clarence Page: Evanston’s reparations program, meant to attack discrimination, is accused of being discriminatory

News that a conservative nonprofit legal group is challenging Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program got me thinking about the many attempts to redress the wrongs of systemic racism through monetary compensation. Americans have a long tradit...

Korean, Japanese companies need to donate more, head of forced labor reparation fund says

Shim Kyu-sun, chief of the Foundation for Victims of Forced Mobilization by Imperial Japan, speaks during his first-ever press interview with the JoongAng Ilbo, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Dail...

Workshop helps Black fathers support the mental health of their children

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — While many people enjoyed a gorgeous Saturday outdoors, nearly a dozen men spent hours indoors. They were fathers, father figures, and caregivers who attended a workshop focused on the protection of Black children. Organ...