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Congressman Al Green wants to posthumousy honor American slaves
U.S. Congressman Al Green of Texas has introduced legislation to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to American slaves and their descendants to honor those who contributed to building this country without getting paid for their hard work. The proposed legislation called “The Conscience Agenda: Our Moral Imperative†includes expanding Slavery Remembrance Day, which is…
Read MoreFinally, an honor for Vietnam War veteran
President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to retired Army Colonel Paris Davis, some sixty years after his superior officers recommended him for the nation’s highest honor. However, the Army lost the recommendations twice, and some believe racism may have played a role. President Biden draped the Metal of Honor around Davis,…
Read MoreBiden issues warning about the U.S. Supreme Court
President Joe Biden walked across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,†during which marchers were beaten, kicked and trampled by Alabama state police officers. Today the atmosphere was peaceful as more than 1,000 people joined President Biden in crossing the bridge named after a Klux Klux Klan leader.…
Read MoreThe new president of Nigeria earned an accounting degree at Chicago State University
Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared the winner of Nigeria’s presidential election. Still, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, the second-place finisher, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, the third-place finisher, said they would challenge the result. Abubakar said he will “explore all of the legal and peaceful options to reclaim our mandate.†Abubakar…
Read MoreChicago’s mayoral election is tomorrow
Voters in Chicago will go to the polls Tuesday to either re-elect Mayor Lori Lightfoot or select from eight other candidates who want to replace her. The candidates are: Jesus “Chuy†Garcia, Brandon Johnson, Paul Vallas, Willie Wilson, Ja’Mal Green, Kam Buckner, Roderick Sawyer, Sophia King, and Lightfoot.
Read MoreBlacks are audited at twice the rate of other people
Black men who are raising their children alone are more likely to be audited by the Internal Revenue Service if they use the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), compared with married couples of another race who also use EITC, according to a study conducted by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research. The EITC supports…
Read MoreThe Joint Center is angry that Blacks and People of Color are not getting many jobs in the new Congress
The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Washington D.C. think tank for Black-elected officials, is pissed off that only 5.1 percent of Blacks and 17.9 percent of people of color are hired for the nation’s top jobs in the 118th Congress, which began meeting January 3, 2023. Top staff positions include chiefs of staff,…
Read MoreNewspapers kicked the cartoon “Dibert” to the curb after calling “Blacks a hate group” and saying they are “lazy”
The comic strip “Dibert†has been dropped by 77 newspapers and counting around the country because of the racist comments by its creator, including calling Blacks a hate group. Scott Adams called Black Americans a “hate group”. He said White Americans “get the hell away from Black people” in response to a conservative organization’s poll…
Read MoreZandra Flemister, the first Black woman hired as a Secret Service Agent
Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman hired by the U.S. Secret Service, had the face of a gorilla placed on her office door, and she was called a ‘nigger’ by her colleagues. Her job was to protect the President, but White men who ran the Secret Service, didn’t see it that way. She suffered the…
Read MoreMalcolm X’s daughters sue government agencies for $100 million
Two of Malcolm X’s daughters have sued the New City Police Department, the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency, and other government agencies for $100 million, charging that they colluded with each other to kill their father, who was much more than a civil rights leader. Malcolm X pushed for more independence for Black men…
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