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Donald Trump posed an all-but-shouted query on his social media platform last week, echoing a talking point that has recently become popular in Republican circles: “ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?” The clear implication from Trump and his allies is that the country was thriving in 2020 . . .
Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. “We built this country.” – Black people If you survived the American education system’s social studies curriculum, you might believe that Black people have slowly but generously achieved full citizenship into a country that […]
AI represents endless possibilities for acceleration, but also discrimination — especially when it comes to the Black community. AI relies on existing information and patterns — systems rife with inequality. Without intervention, it can amplify the racism and bias Black Americans face every day. We are at a pivotal moment for AI, where we can […]
AI represents endless possibilities for acceleration, but also discrimination — especially when it comes to the Black community. AI relies on existing information and patterns — systems rife with inequality. Without intervention, it can amplify the racism and bias Black Americans face every day. We are at a pivotal moment for AI, where we can […]
By Richard Eisenberg New development ideas offer empty-nest homebuyers affordability, accessibility and the ability to live where they wish This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Long-term care costs, social isolation, dementia and financial insecurity are all notable problems facing many older Americans. But perhaps their biggest challenge of . . .
Silhouetted against the predawn light of the West Texas sky, a group of oil field workers got ready for the tough job ahead on a September day — cleaning up a spill on a rig outside of Odessa — speaking a mix of English and Spanish. All 80 employees of their company, Premier Energy Services, […]
WASHINGTON, D.C., (October 7, 2023) – D.C. United have announced that the club and Head Coach Wayne Rooney have mutually agreed to part ways. “We have spoken with Wayne and agreed it is best for us to part ways at this time. This decision creates the avenue for our next General Manager to have the […]
During a recent town hall with the Congressional Black Caucus, Vice President Kamala Harris offered a gut check to the 200 people who had gathered to take stock of the state of civil rights in America. “We are looking at a full-on attack on our hard-fought, hard-won freedoms,” Ms. Harris told the crowd, which erupted […]
It all starts out quietly enough, with a group of musicians killing time before the arrival of Ma Rainey, their singer. They joke a little; they bicker. Levee (Noah-King Bates), the trumpet player, peacocks in a beautiful pair of brand-new shoes. The kid’s got ambition; he’s determined to start his own band—and determined that the […]
When it comes to commercial real estate ownership in majority-Black neighborhoods, Black business owners are often systemically excluded from the economic benefits such ownership can generate, while other investors amass control over profits and the trajectory of neighborhood development. “There is an assumption that [small business owners] can pay rent in South LA but cannot […]