Day: March 25, 2024
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(Fargo, ND) — The head of the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says his department is addressing “black farmer equity issues”. “I would say equity issues with black farmers across the United State are being addressed in a multitude of ways. One, with the equity commission recommendations to ensure that we are providing better access to […]
The White House is vowing to repeal a provision in the newly passed government spending bill that essentially bans rainbow Pride flags from being flown above U.S. embassies. The $1.2 trillion package, which
Joe Toth/Shutterstock Stuart Webber was sporting director at Norwich City until last year. CNN — A former official at soccer clubs in England and Wales has been accused by an
Del. Regina Boyce, a Baltimore City Democrat, takes a call in the House Chamber in the Maryland State House on March 15, 2024. Maryland has one of the most diverse legislators in the country, a Banner analysis found. (Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner) Some 34% of state lawmakers in Maryland are Black — the highest percentage […]
Georgia softball opened its 2024 season with an 11-0 win over Murray State and 4-0 win over South Dakota Friday at Jack Turner Softball Stadium. The games were the first matches of the second annual Red & Black Showcase tournament put on by the Bulldogs. Coming into the tournament, Georgia was ranked No. 6 in […]
Traveling to the Mayan Riviera in Mexico is about to get easier. Starting this week, visitors to the east coast of the Yucatán Peninsula can say goodbye to the crowded halls of the Cancún airport and potentially hours-long drive south; U.S.-based flights to recently opened Tulum International Airport . . .
David E. Harris, a former Air Force bomber pilot who at the height of the civil rights movement in the 1960s became the first Black pilot hired by a major commercial airline in the United States, died on March 8 in Marietta, Ga., about 20 miles northwest of Atlanta. He was 89. His death, at […]
Millions of Americans caught up in Chinese hacking plot – US BBC.com Source link
Banner Sports sponsored by Cruz Comapanies Allen Platt, Willie Maye, Chris Collins, and Eric Clemons are Black men who have held the title of sportscaster in Boston radio, television and national platforms. All four men have gained distinction for their work despite being denied the proper recognition they so richly deserve. I choose to […]
James B. Foley was U.S. ambassador to Haiti from 2003 to 2005. Haiti is a story that appears to repeat itself while also growing inexorably worse over time. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent meeting in Jamaica with fractious Haitian political and civil society leaders recalled a similar moment when I . . .