Six months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico pleads for assistance
Puerto Rico remains consumed by devastation. PHOTO COURTESY OF BIG THINK By DANICA COTO Associated Press COROZAL, Puerto Rico Hurricane Maria shredded the electric poles …
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PHOTO COURTESY OF MEDIA MATTERS FOR AMERICA SURVIVOR OF SCHOOL SHOOTING TO USE ‘WHITE PRIVILEGE’ MIAMI – One of the students who survived last month’s …
Plight of Haitians, Salvadorans lost in DACA debate
More than 250,000 immigrants – many of them Haitians – are in jeopardy of deportation after losing Temporary Protected Status. PHOTO COURTESY OF HOWARD U …
Brown University cancels Rosa Parks house display
Brown University announced the cancellation of a planned display. PHOTO COURTESY OF BROWN UNIVERSITY By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown University …
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CLEVELAND.COM LEGISLATION CLEARS PROVISION FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA LICENSE TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Legislation to change how a black farmer can receive a …
Senate bill would diminish mortgage disclosures by banks
Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERICAN PROGRAM BUREAU By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON – Buried within new …
Niger mission that killed Sgt. La David Johnson and others lacked proper approval
Soldiers carry the casket of U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson, killed in Niger. PHOTO COURTESY OF FOREIGN POLICY By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press …
Marion Barry statue to pay tribute to a flawed DC icon
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON – For many Americans, Marion Barry was something of a punchline. The late Washington mayor …
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PHOTO COURTESY OF CLEVELAND.COM FROM POVERTY TO TRUMP SUPPORTER TO CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS EASLEY, S.C. – After four arrests, three attempts to get through college, …
Actors Danny Glover and Delroy Lindo join From the Fire Summer Leadership Academy for Men of Color
Above: Danny Glover Left: Delroy Lindo PHOTOS COURTESY OF FIRE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Black PR Wire New York, New York— Leadership development, mentoring, and Rites of …