Category : News Talk

Black-owned businesses seek fair share of contracts for Jacksonville development projects

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Local Black-owned businesses are hoping to get their fair share of city-awarded contracts amid the boom of development projects in Jacksonville. RELATED: ‘Everybody’s trying to make it’: Local businesses feeling the impact of in...

‘What Is Owed?’: New GBH podcast explores reparations efforts in Boston, US and abroad – The Bay State Banner

Saraya Wintersmith, host of the podcast “What Is Owed?” PHOTO: COURTESY OF GBH The estimated amount the United States federal government owes to African Americans for reparations is $14 trillion, according to calculations by the economist Wi...

Ukrainian stakeholders and international experts discuss reparations for damages, losses, and injuries resulting from the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine

The Council of Europe, the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organised a high-level roundtable on “Reparations for Damages, Losses, and Injuries Resulting from the...

The Filmmaker Who Says AI Is Reparations

Willonius Hatcher was looking for a way in. He’d tried just about everything to break into Hollywood, and because there no longer exists a traditional entry point into its hallowed pantheon of performers—we can thank the internet for doing away w...

Biden skipped visiting a Black church on his recent Michigan trip, angering some community leaders

Biden skipped visiting a Black church on his recent Michigan trip, angering some community leaders | KARK...

Difficult Dialogues: Reparations (3/20/2024)

Danielle Hodge, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Assistant Professor Danielle Hodge, PhD, employs a critical race theoretical approach to identity, culture, and language. In particular, she is concerned with how systems of oppression...

Calif. Officials Back Proposal That Would Require Financial Literacy Course for High Schoolers

By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌|‌ ‌California‌ ‌Black‌ ‌Media‌ (CBM) – California State Controller Malia Cohen and several other State officials — including Assemblymember Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) and State Superintendent for Public...

Opinion | One Thing Keeping Democratic Strategists Up at Night

The composition of the minority electorate in the United States is rapidly changing. This constituency was once dominated by Black voters loyal to the Democratic Party. Now, African- American clout has been eclipsed or at least threatened by Hispa...

Support ‘hub’ for Black doctors aims to bridge gaps in London health care, rebuild patient trust

A provincial association representing Black physicians is launching a remote hub in London, where doctors and medical students can connect and discuss important issues impacting the community along with ways to improve health care for Black patients...

California spends more on schools with the neediest kids. Here’s how it’s succeeded, and failed.

BY CAROLYN JONES | CALMATTERS (CALMATTERS) – A decade after California revolutionized the way it funds schools, nearly everyone agrees the initiative has done what it was meant to do: improved math and reading scores and brought more resources...

Black, Missing, and Invisible in Police Records

By Trina Reynolds-Tyler, Invisible Institute, and Sarah Conway, City Bureau | Word In Black A teddy bear lays on a tossed sofa in the ally a few doors down were Shantiey SmithÕs body was found in 2019. Photo by Sebastian Hidalgo for City Bureau...

Tax Breaks Mean More Plastic Pollution for Black Folks

By Willy Blackmore | Word In Black (WIB) – If Formosa Plastics, the Taiwanese chemical company, is ever able to open its hotly contested plastic plant slated for St. James Parish, it will have an enviable property tax bill: $0. As part...

The Racial Wealth Gap: Why America Should Discuss Reparations

The United States grapples with a significant problem: the racial wealth gap. Yet attributing this to one factor can be misleading. However, the legacy of slavery and discrimination is an essential factor that remains unaddressed. Centuries of exclu...

Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It’s home prices

By Josh Boak | The Associated Press FILE – A home under construction marked as “SOLD” at a development in Eagleville, Pa., is shown on Friday, April 28, 2023. The United States is slogging through a housing affordability crisis that was dec...

OP-ED: A Silent Killer No More

By Hamil R. Harris | NNPA Contributing Writer (NNPA) – Political provocateurs are determined to stir up controversy over Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s failure to tell President Biden about his treatment for prostate cancer. Yet, his desi...