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Jan 23, 20242 min read
Honda Launches Fresh Initiative to Extend Financial Support to HBCUs
Honda announced on Jan. 25, 2024 its launch of a new, multi-faceted initiative called "Drive the Legacy." According to the company, the...
Jan 21, 20242 min read
USDA’s Permanent Summer EBT Program Focusing on Youth Set to Start in 2024
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that 35 states, all five U.S. territories, and four Indigenous Tribes plan to be the first...
Jan 20, 20243 min read
Persistent Lending Disparities Perpetuate Nation’s Racial Wealth Gap: Black neighborhoods and shopping districts stripped of $406 billion
For America, Black History Month brings opportunities to revisit our nation’s lessons, achievements, and unfulfilled promises, capturing...
Jan 17, 20243 min read
Sad Circumstances of Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's Death - Far too Typical
Once in a private moment after I had finished producing her weekly cable show for her Dallas district as her communications director, ...
Jan 11, 20243 min read
Honoring MLK: The unfinished journey towards economic freedom
This January 15, our nation again will observe the only national holiday designated as a day of service. The Martin Luther King, Jr....
Jan 11, 20242 min read
Claudine Gay is Out as Harvard's President
Claudine Gay, the first Black president of Harvard, has resigned. Gay resigned Tuesday after being accused of plagiarizing others’ work...
Jan 5, 20243 min read
Reviewing Our Past
The “Teaching Our Own History (TOOH) Task Force” tasked my organization, Five and Two Solutions Group Inc. (FTSG) to write this article...
Jan 2, 20241 min read
South Africa Wants Israel to End the War in the Middle East
South Africa has filed charges with the United Nations’ top court, accusing Israel of pursuing genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and...
Jan 2, 20241 min read
Three Black Soldiers Killed During Drone Attack in Jordan
The soldiers killed in Jordan are Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Georgia; Spc. Kennedy Ladon Sanders of Waycross, Georgia; and...
Dec 23, 20234 min read
As Millions Prepare for the Joys of Christmas, Some Recall the Pain of Jonestown 45 Years Later “The pain never goes away,” said woman who lost her mother.
It's been more than 45 years since Jim Jones forced more than 900 people to poison themselves in a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guinea. For...
Dec 20, 20232 min read
YWCA Rochester & Monroe County CEO, Dr. Myra Henry Joins YWCAs of NYS to Contribute to Biden-Harris Initiative
YWCA Rochester & Monroe County CEO Dr. Myra Henry has been invited to the White House alongside other members of YWCAs of New York State...
Dec 20, 20235 min read
Rep. Harold M. Love, Jr., President-Elect of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators, Tells How His Rise Could Affect the Nation
Tennessee Representative Harold M. Love, Jr., the next president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), served as...
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