October - 2020 4/5

Wealth gap costs over last two decades: $2.7 trillion in Black income, $16 trillion to U.S. Economy

America’s persistent racial income and wealth gaps are the result of four intertwined factors: housing, education, business ownership and...

BROKEN FAITH

Black people occupy a place between hope and despair. We hope our nation will keep its promises – that all people are created equal, that...

Campaign’s “Deterrence” Strategy Should Motivate Every Black American To Vote In Defiance

“Yet the harsh fact is that in many places in this country men and women are kept from voting simply because they are Negroes. Every...

2020 Census Update: Keep Calm and Response Rates

For the people in the back, the 2020 Census deadline is Oct. 31; not Sept. 30. On Oct. 1, U.S. District Court Judge Lucy H. Koh issued...

What’s at Stake with Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee: Health Care and Civil Rights

Republicans’ rush to fill the vacant U.S. Supreme Court seat before the election is a terrible threat to Black people’s civil rights and...

Donald Trump Refuses to Condemn White Supremacy During Presidential Debate

On the night of September 29, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden debated in Ohio at Case-Western University. The...

Black Diamonds Hold Male Unity Rally

PEEKSKILL, NY -- On Saturday October 3, 2020, The Black Diamonds Academic Success members held a Black and Brown Male Unity Rally in...

2020 Census Update: Say Her Name and Response Rates

Breonna Taylor died on March 13, 2020. While sleeping, the 26 old unarmed Black woman who wanted to be a nurse, was shot and killed in...

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