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.
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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.
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Can voters trust Trump who doesn’t pay his bills?
Former President Donald Trump has left several cities with unpaid bills for local law enforcement and public safety services tied to his rallies, with Erie City alone owing over $40,000, and other cities waiting for over $750,000 in reimbursement.
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Critical Race Theory and the banning of Black authors in schools, libraries, and prison
According to the American Library Association, its Office for Intellectual Freedom reported that 273 books were affected by censorship attempts in 2020, many with content highlighting race, gender, and sexuality. Since September 2021, at least 230 challenges have been made against Black-authored books.
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FEMA Changing Rules That Have Historically Deprived African Americans of Crucial Aid
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As floodwaters and the after-effects of Hurricane Ida ravaged Louisiana, Mississippi, and eventually wreaked havoc in the northeast, FEMA officials announced that there will be significant changes in how they verify the ownership status of disaster relief applicants, noting that the objective in making the changes is to better assist applicants whose property was inherited without a will.
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On the Ballot in Minneapolis: A Measure to Totally Changes Policing
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison pointed to police departments like Newark and Camden, New Jersey, which achieved similar changes to great success. In his commentary, Ellison noted how the police department in Camden, where more than 90 percent of residents are Black or Hispanic, was disbanded in 2013 and rebuilt despite opposition from police unions and some residents. In 2014, the Justice Department reached an agreement with Newark, the state’s largest city, to allow a federal monitor to watch over a police force that it found had repeatedly violated the rights of its citizens, especially Black people, who account for a majority of the population.
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Federal Student Debt Forgiveness Program Receives Massive Makeover
ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — The newly revamped Public Service Loan Forgiveness program will eliminate federal loans for all applicants after borrowers make 10 years of payments. An estimated 22,000 borrowers are eligible to get their loans canceled and an additional 27,000 borrowers could be deemed eligible if they get their past payments certified. Overall, a total of 550,000 borrowers are expected to be positively impacted by these changes.
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Enrollment Increases for HBCUs
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Some observers believe the calls for racial justice after the murder of George Floyd and the global awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement have contributed mightily to the rise in enrollment at HBCUs.
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Following Census Data, Republican-Led Gerrymandering Will Commence
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Short of some hail-Mary, Democrats are sure to lose their slim House majority, and Republicans conceivably could stake claim to congressional leadership for years to come. Though interested parties won’t know the full effect of the Census data on redistricting until sometime in September, the U.S. Supreme Court’s previous gutting of the Voting Rights Act certainly provides a blueprint for how racist gerrymandering will occur.
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Black Clergy Leader, Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman, Delivers Historic Inaugural Benediction
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We need a president who is after the heart of God,” Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beaman, of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware, told NBC News. “In these terrible times, if anybody can bring healing and reconciliation to a divided country, if we give him room to work, Joe Biden can be that person,” Rev. Beaman continued.
