Senate Republicans are pushing forward with a funding package to avoid another government shutdown, while Democrats are blocking the current DHS funding bill and calling for an overhaul of ICE and CBP to protect public safety.
Stacy M. Brown
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Gains for the Rich, Leaves Black Households Behind
President Donald Trump’s new tax law has exacerbated racial and economic inequalities, increasing taxes on low-income Americans and funneling wealth upward to the top 1%, while also reducing public benefits and increasing racial disparities.
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John Forté, Creative Force Behind “The Score” and Voice of Redemption, Dies at 50
John Forté, a Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, and producer, was found dead at his home in Chilmark, Massachusetts, at the age of 50, with no signs of foul play, and had a career that included co-writing and producing two songs on the Fugees’ multi-platinum, Grammy-winning album “The Score”.
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IN MEMORIAM: Thomas H. Watkins Built What Black Media Was Told Could Not Last
In a 2008 oral history interview, Watkins described himself as a capitalist without hesitation. Ownership, he said, was not optional for Black advancement. Newspapers were economic engines as much as civic institutions, and advertising dollars spent in Black communities should remain there.
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From Washington to Bogota, protests grow as Maduro faces U.S. Judge
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was arrested by U.S. forces and brought to New York, sparking protests across the U.S. and internationally, with critics questioning the legality of the operation and the Trump administration defending it as a law enforcement action tied to narcotics charges.
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A Black Friday of Resistance as Americans Push Back
Black Friday arrives in a country grappling with economic instability and high unemployment rates for Black women, leading to a boycott movement urging shoppers to keep their money and attention away from companies that profit from silence while Black households are struggling.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized as Civil Rights community rallies around icon
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a prominent civil rights leader and protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., has been hospitalized and is under observation for progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurodegenerative disease he has battled for over a decade.
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Halfway to Chains: What’s already been enforced under Project 2025
Nearly half of the Heritage Foundation’s fascist Project 2025 agenda to dismantle American democracy has been put into motion, with civil rights being eroded, public programs being gutted, and racial hierarchy being reimposed.
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Private data tells the story Jobs are disappearing
Private firms have stepped in to fill the void left by the federal government shutdown, providing independent analyses that show the country losing jobs and faith, while the administration has refused to guarantee back pay to furloughed workers, further exacerbating the economic and moral decline.
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The Lie About Immigrants and America’s Debt to Them
Undocumented immigrants have become the unacknowledged benefactors of the US, paying billions in taxes and contributing to the economy, yet they are still being demonized and terrorized by ICE agents.
