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Long before it became the go-to borough for hipsters and commuters, Brooklyn was once America’s third largest city, independent and separate from Manhattan and the City of New York, explains Prithi Kanakamedala in “Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story . . .
New York AP  — A venture capital firm has closed down a grant contest for Black women business owners as part of a settlement agreement with a conservative group that had filed a lawsuit alleging the program was discriminatory, both sides announced Wednesday.
Delaware Lawmaker Seeks to Become 4th Black Woman to Serve in the U.S. Senate Capital B Source link
Kentucky has long been a dominant force in the automotive industry, boasting hundreds of factories and producing vehicles for brands like Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor. Now, the commonwealth stands to grow from just a key player for automakers to the “
Roughly 100 days out from November’s election — and with roughly 100% of political attention elsewhere — supporters of Ohio Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown tried to bring the conversation back to a race that could be crucial in determining control of the U.S. Senate. Union, veteran and Black leaders praised Brown’s record standing alongside […]
Labor, veteran and Black leaders make case for Ohio U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown Ohio Capital Journal Source link
Donald Trump announced Monday Ohio junior U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate in the 2024 Election, and I have some concerns. Like J.D. Vance, I am also 39 years old; I also grew up in a struggling old industrial city in Ohio; I have also lost countless people close to me to the […]
Whenever I tell high school students in classes I visit that I appreciated learning about slavery as a child growing up in the Caribbean, they often look confused. Why, they ask, did I like learning about slavery given that it was so horrible and harsh? How could I value being taught about something that caused […]
TikTok and its Chinese parent company on Tuesday challenged a recently enacted federal law banning the short-form video platform from the United States if it is not sold to a non-Chinese owner. TikTok Inc., the U.S. company that operates the popular social media service, and ByteDance, its parent company founded by Chinese entrepreneurs, filed . […]
Black incarcerated people have been subjected to prolonged and painful botched executions in the US at more than twice the rate of white death row inmates, a new study has found. While glaring racial disparities have long been visible in US capital punishment, the report from the international human rights group Reprieve finds that the […]