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Chris Graythen / Staff / Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 8, 2024
Lawmakers in Louisiana have until the end of the month “to draw and pass new congressional boundaries to replace a current map that a federal judge said violates the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of the state’s Black voters,” the Associated Press reports.
This is the most recent development from a legal standpoint
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GoFundMe / Scott Family By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated January 8, 2024
Reginald Scott and his family started their new year off with a rude awakening after discovering their car had been vandalized. Someone painted a racial slur and swastikas on his red Ford Mustang in black spray paint.
According to the Scott family, this incident occurred at some point over the holiday, between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
“I
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 8, 2023
What is the Black Census Project? According to the website, “The Black Census Project is the largest survey of Black people in America in 157 years.” This unique survey attempts to ensure that Black communities and our priorities are not “left out of the conversation.”
Alicia Garza, founder and Principal of Black Futures Lab, started “designing the Black Census Project after the 2016 election.
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 8, 2023
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 7, 2023
Even though Colin Allred retired from his NFL linebacking days, he is still a force to be reckoned with. But now instead of on the gridiron, it’s at the polls and in the hallowed halls of the U.S. Capitol. Next year, the three-term Congressman representing the 32nd district in Texas will be going head to head against Ted Cruz in the
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BAMSI X / People By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated November 7, 2023
After being reported missing by family members, Margeret “Maggie” Mbitu’s body was discovered in the Central Parking garage of Boston Logan International Airport. Police believe the man who killed her then “boarded a flight to Kenya.”
The 31-year-old nurse was last seen after leaving work on October 31 before authorities found her body the next day. Dave
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Sarah English / Howard Community College By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated October 27, 2023
Community colleges are oftentimes a crucial point of access to postsecondary education for Black students. And the data backs this assertion—according to the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, “Community colleges award Black students certificates at higher rates than other groups.”
However a 2023 report revealed troubling statistics, “In 2020, the U.S. enrolled the
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By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated October 26, 2023
Winter is coming, and the migrant crisis in New York City is becoming even more severe “after several sites were shut down because of safety violations,” Fox 5 reports.
According to Democratic Mayor Eric Adams, “the city has run out of hotels and other indoor sites to house more than 65,000 people in its care—most of whom crossed over the Southern border illegally.”
And