April - 2021

This week's stories...

2021 Fair Housing: Restoring HUD Rules and Revenues

April 15, 2021 -- Although the month of April is annually observed as Fair Housing Month, the reality for Black America and other people...

Caregivers Who Love to Read Invited to Join Virtual Book Club

Book lovers caring for a loved one with dementia are invited to take part in a special virtual book club/support group. Offered by the...

We Urgently Need Kristen Clarke at the Justice Department

Kristen Clarke is a brilliant lawyer and Americans would be lucky to have her working for us. President Joe Biden has nominated Clarke to...

Black Business Leaders Are Energizing Corporate America On Voting Rights

In the long arc of the nation’s history of racially-motivated voter suppression, 2021 will stand as a clear and distinct moment that...

Attorney General James Calls on Congress to Increase Funding for Public Housing

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 14 attorneys general in strongly urging Congress to invest in...

Black Males and Police Encounters

While many of us are reliving the murder of George Floyd through the trial of Derek Chauvin for his murder, we are getting constant...

A Woman on a Mission to Help Restore Her City

Our Continued Conversation with Lauren Carter Ernest Agyemang Yeboah penned the phrase, “The great works we see are just ideas until they...

Man is more a concept than a gender

How has something so seemingly simple become so confusing and complex? When I was growing up there was no confusion about a man, who one...