Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
This week the California state Legislature advanced a series of bills to confront the harm caused by slavery and that lay the groundwork to compensate families who had their property unjustly seized by the government. Los Angeles area legislators Sen...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
The future of Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program could be in doubt after a conservative nonprofit organization filed a federal lawsuit accusing the initiative of being unconstitutional. The suit, filed Thursday by the group Judicial Watc...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Tom Fitton’s Judicial Watch Weekly Update | May 24, 2024 Judicial Watch Sues for Emails of Fauci Advisor on Non-Government AccountJudicial Watch Files Class Action Lawsuit over Reparations in Evanston, IllinoisJudicial Watch...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
by Sharelle Burt May 24, 2024 Black farmers – -who make up 1.4% of the country’s farmers — have continued to fight against discriminatory practices both current...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
In The News | May 24, 2024 From Courthouse News: Six people filed a federal class action against the Chicago suburb of Evanston on Wednesday, hoping to scrap the racial component of a local program meant to address historic racia...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Utah’s first Black-owned craft brewery is leaving southwestern Utah and moving to Salt Lake City. Policy Kings Brewery is owned and operated by Deandre and Sara Ridgel. The husband-and-wife duo opened Cedar City’s only craft b...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A federal lawsuit alleges that Evanston’s reparations program is unconstitutional. The lawsuit challenges the race-based eligibility requirement of the reparations program, which it says violates the Equal Protection Clause of the...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Christine Shelby | OBSERVER Staff Writer A lesser-known city initiative launched in 2019 is playing a part in addressing the distinct challenges underserved communities face. Led by Lynette Hall, the Community Engagement Team works to support...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
[LAUREN TAYLOR] THE TOPIC OF REPARATIONS IS BACK IN THE HEADLINES THIS WEEK. FROM COAST-TO-COAST LAWMAKERS ARE LOOKING AT THE SENSITIVE ISSUE AND HEARING FROM MEMBERS OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY. AND ONE LONG-SHOT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE IS BETTING – IT’L...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
By Marisa Kendall (CALMATTERS) – In March 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood before a crowd in Sacramento’s Cal Expo event center and made a promise: He’d send 1,200 tiny homes to shelter homeless residents in the capital city and three other place...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take A Michigan town clerk pleaded no contest in 2023 to a charge of misconduct in office. Social media posts misleadingly highlight her case to push the false narrative tha...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Robert J. Hansen | OBSERVER Staff Writer An interactive stage play that brought awareness of as well as solutions to the devastation plaguing the Black community played to two capacity crowds of 200 people at the Guild Theater in Oak Park on May...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Williamena Kwapo | OBSERVER Staff Writer On the corner of K and 16th streets in Sacramento sits an art gallery filled with 40 works of vibrant, multifaceted, eclectic art. The sign reads “Black AF Art Auction.” Each piece in the gallery was creat...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. Quick Take FBI agents who searched for classified documents held by former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2022 followed standard protocol. But Trump supporters and social...
Lifestyle / News Talk - 7 months ago
California lawmakers’ years-long effort to establish reparations for Black residents took a step forward this week after a package of proposals cleared the state Senate. The three bills would create agencies and funding sources to begin compensatin...
