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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall, with not one, but two, Black women possibly elected to the chamber, a situation never seen in America since Congress was created more than 200 years ago. Delaware’s Lisa Blunt Rochester marks the milestone by saying that the reason she does this work […]
The Biden administration made a historic $2.2 billion payout to Black and other minority farmers who faced loan discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), marking a step towards reconciling a long history of Black-owned farmland. The payouts were made to over 23,000 farmers across the country are an “acknowledgement” of the long and documented […]
Kamala Harris’ historic candidacy energizes Texas’ Black and Indian American voters The Texas Tribune Source link
As Black Women Across US Mobilize for Kamala Harris, Chicagoans Share Hopes for Historic Campaign WTTW News Source link
By Tashi McQueenAFRO Political Writertmcqueen@afro.com In Michigan, Aug. 6 will mark a battle for the U.S. Senate seat. With the political world currently in upheaval and slim majorities in the House and Senate, who takes the seat is more important than ever. Hill Harper, actor and union organizer, could become the first Black U.S. senator […]
The National Trust for Historic Preservation in Washington, DC, has announced $3m in grants to 30 Black historic sites across the US—including eight representing the history of Black Modernist architecture. Distributed by the National Trust’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund, grants range between $50,000 and $150,000 for restoration projects, new staff positions, educational activities, […]
United StatesAP New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev Calvin O Butts, who had served the church for a half-century before his death in 2022. Rev Kevin R Johnson, the founder of the independent Dare to Imagine […]
Recycling trucks and work pickups speed down Carson Street, kicking up dust in this small enclave of homes sandwiched between sprawling scrapyards and massive warehouses on the border of Fort Worth and Haltom City. Trina Sanders has watched her whole life as the industrial buildings have gradually encroached on what was once a vast, fertile […]
Cricket may have finally gotten its moment in the U.S. The U.S. men’s national cricket team delivered a stunning blow to heavyweight Pakistan in Texas on Thursday during a surprisingly close T20 World Cup match that went into the equivalent of extra innings. The match in the group-stage round of the tournament, which the U.S. […]
Prominent Black civil rights group calls on US president to ‘draw red line’ and ‘indefinitely’ stop weapons to Israel. The NAACP, one of the largest Black civil rights organisations in the United States, has urged Joe Biden to “indefinitely” suspend weapon transfers to Israel in a sign of growing discontent with the US president’s support […]