The family of George Floyd visited Capitol Hill and the White House on May 25, the anniversary of their loved ones’ death at the hands of Minneapolis Police. U.S. Rep. Karen Bass vowed that the long-delayed George Floyd Justice in…
Retired African American Gen. Lloyd Austin is now in charge of the U.S. Department of Defense. On Jan. 22, the Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense pick, making Gen. Austin the first African American to serve in that…
As the new Congress prepares to take office and members of the U.S. House and Senate make key staff hires, it’s time for careful scrutiny of the diversity reflected within the ranks of congressional staff. This is particularly true following…
President-elect Joe Biden’s administration plans to support legislation offered by District of Columbia Democratic Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton that would ensure federal agencies advertise with minority-owned businesses, including the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA). “At the direction of the president-elect,…
Lost in the aftermath of the demonstrations stemming from the police killing of George Floyd and the pandemic is the issue of reparations for African Americans. Asheville, a North Carolina city where Black people make up just 11% of the…
With his highly problematic policies of racial profiling when he was Mayor of New York, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg already faced an uphill climb. Bloomberg’s rationale for running was that former Vice President Joe Biden was failing…
