“For people of color, especially Black people, homeownership is wealth. It’s not only wealth to us, but it’s generational wealth,” said Fudge Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge said student debt is a key reason for the disproportionately low homeownership rates among Black Americans. “Who has student debt? Poor people, Black…
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency on Saturday Heavy rains in the Detroit metropolitan area on Friday and Saturday caused flooding on several local freeways, prompting drivers to abandon their vehicles. Garden City, Michigan received over 6.6 inches of rainfall during the storm, according to an Iowa State University storm tracker. 6.5…
The building collapse near Miami is already drawing lawsuits Nearly three years before an oceanfront building collapsed near Miami, an engineering firm estimated that major repairs the building needed would cost more than $9 million, according to newly released emails. The email from the firm of Morabito Consultants was among a series of documents released…
Health officials say an Ethiopian military airstrike on a Tigray marketplace killed at least 64 people and injured dozens more Maerg was serving customers at his cafe in Ethiopia’s Tigray village of Togoga when the military airstrike occurred, filling the room with dust and bringing down debris that struck him on the head. “Everything was covered in…
A trio of breakout stars shared a #BlackBoyJoy moment during a roundtable when “Lovecraft Country” star Jonathan Majors, 31, and “Bridgerton” heartthrob Regé-Jean Page, 31, thanked “Star Wars” actor and activist John Boyega, 29, for speaking the truth about his Black experience while working with media powerhouse Disney. The moment of solidarity took place during…
While fireworks are integral to the country’s Independence Day celebrations, they ignite thousands of fires a year Many Americans aching for normalcy as pandemic restrictions end are looking forward to traditional Fourth of July fireworks. But with a historic drought in the U.S. West and fears of another devastating wildfire season, officials are canceling displays,…
The Democratic-controlled state House included several policing provisions in its overall public safety budget bill this session Minnesota’s top Democratic and Republican lawmakers reached agreement on the highlights of a public safety bill that includes police accountability measures, a day after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison for…
Derek Chauvin’s sentencing isn’t sitting well within Tina Knowles-Lawson‘s soul, and she isn’t holding her tongue about it. On Friday, June 25, Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years, 7.5 years less than the 30 years prosecutors were pushing for, and granted time served for the 199 days he has already spent behind bars. While…
The greater Louisville community has been on high alert the past week after the disappearance of writer and organizer Quintez Brown. Missing for over a week, the Courier-Journal reported Brown had a terse interaction with a security guard at the Algonquin Park pool before he went missing. Two reports indicate Brown may have been spotted…
Sometimes reporting on the historic nature of an election can overlook important issues for the surrounding community. But Joel Caston’s history-making victory is a part of a powerful narrative for community engagement and self-governance. Elected earlier this month to the Ward 7 Advisory Neighborhood Commission, Caston is the first incarcerated elected official in Washington, D.C….
