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screenshot via City Club of Chicago/YouTube By Melissa Noel· Updated October 7, 2022
A new pilot program in Illinois’ largest county–the second largest in the country–will provide some residents guaranteed income as the state works to even out the economic recovery for those disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.
Applications for Cook County’s “Promise Guaranteed Income” pilot program, which will provide monthly payments of $500 to 3,250 eligible households for
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By Bry'onna Mention· Updated October 7, 2022
You must have whiplash from all the headlines this week. From Kanye West blasting a Black woman in the name of white lives to the slew of celebrity divorce announcements–the first seven days of October were nothing short of spooky.
While you recover, here are seven news stories you need to know before heading into the weekend.
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By Melissa Noel· Updated October 7, 2022
A mother in Virginia is demanding an apology from the Fairfax County Police Department after officers rammed into her car while her children were inside and handcuffed her.
According to NBC Washington, Jamee Kimble, who is Black, was on her way to Walmart in Alexandria to get groceries last Saturday when she noticed a police car trailing them. When she reached the intersection to
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By Bry'onna Mention· Updated October 6, 2022
Since April, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has launched and executed “Operation Lone Star.” The controversial theatrical political tactic has bused migrants who crossed the nation’s borders in Texas to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. Though there was only one instance where migrants were flown to and abandoned in Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the other cities have borne the brunt
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By Melissa Noel· Updated October 6, 2022
A Michigan judge dismissed felony charges against seven former state officials in connection with the Flint water crisis on Tuesday, ruling that the indictments were invalid due to a procedural error, according to Reuters.
The cases against Eden Wells, Richard Baird, Jarrod Agen, Nancy Peeler, Gerald Ambrose, Nicolas Lyon, and Darnell Earley were dismissed.
“Simply put, there are no valid charges to remand for preliminary
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By Bry'onna Mention· Updated October 5, 2022
After three years, the trial for a Baytown, Texas police officer, who is charged with aggravated assault by a public servant in the shooting death of a 44-year-old woman began on Monday.
In 2019, Officer Juan Delacruz, gunned down Pamela Turner in an apartment complex while trying to arrest her for outstanding warrants. Bystander cell phone footage caught part of the incident
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By Melissa Noel· Updated October 5, 2022
Basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal hearing has been scheduled for October 25 by a Russian court, according to the Associated Press.
The WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury center and two-time Olympic gold medalist has been in a Russian jail for 230 days. She was convicted of drug possession on August 4 after police found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at an airport in
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Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times By Melissa Noel· Updated October 4, 2022
The Department Of Justice (DOJ) announced a new initiative to combat hate crimes in the Western District of New York. This district includes Buffalo, NY, where a white gunman shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood earlier this year. The shooter was charged with federal hate crimes and was accused of carrying out a
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By Bry'onna Mention· Updated October 4, 2022
The 2022 midterm elections are in 35 days. Between voter suppression and misinformation online, maneuvering through the voting process can be difficult. It can be especially difficult on those previously incarcerated and unaware of their rights. While few states have passed laws where the formerly incarcerated must be notified of their voting rights before leaving state custody, most states prey on that ignorance,