Howard University is making some big moves and raising even bigger questions. Shortly after the university shocked hundreds of students in an untimely disenrollment debacle, it seems the HBCU is now offering incentives for hundreds of faculty and staff to make an early exit. The sudden transition […]
In news that can only be described as wild, weird, and deeply upsetting, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to provide agents with gloves that emit electric shocks to subdue individuals they’re targeting. AP reports that a notice published by the Department of Homeland Security on Monday […]
The Trump administration’s attacks on the poor and unhoused continued last week after it announced that they cut federal funds from a Los Angeles homelessness agency. The New York Times reports that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) sent a letter to the Los Angeles Homeless […]
Reparations *Ghana is preparing to bring one of the world’s most consequential unresolved debates to the United Nations General Assembly. According to The Daily Post, the country plans to submit a resolution formally recognizing the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime in the history of humankind,” and […]
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is pushing for action to address the unemployment rate for Black women following the release of the September jobs report. The report, which was delayed over the government shutdown, reveals a troubling trend: Black women are affected the most. According to the report, the unemployment rate for […]
After 60 years of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 holding strong, the Supreme Court is now leaning towards weakening it. The court has slowly but surely been revisiting the historic cases, including Roe v. Wade and Affirmative Action. Given the court’s recent track record, the potential end […]
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