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Voices, Votes & Vision: The Latest in Politics & Public Policy NOTE: INVOKING CLOTURE REQUIRES A 3/5 MAJORITY OF THE SENATE. IT IS NOT A VOTE ON THE PASSAGE OF THE PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT LIMITS FURTHER DEBATE TO 30 HOURS. CLOTURE IS TYPICALLY USED TO END A FILIBUSTER. A FAILED CLOTURE VOTE OFTEN PREVENTS THE LEGISLATION FROM EVER COMING TO A VOTE. Read the full article on the original site
From Hollywood to Home: Black Voices in Entertainment The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is removing equitable support for the “socially disadvantaged” in all agency programs—a label that was created in the 1990 Farm Bill to identify farmers impacted by racial, ethnic, or gender discrimination. This decision effectively guts race-conscious outreach and technical assistance once provided to Black, Hispanic, Indigenous, and Asian farmers. Source: Jacob Wackerhausen / Getty Capital B reports that the rollback stems from President Trump’s executive orders targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. In place of the decades-old designation, USDA officials say they’re aiming for a…
Black Athletes in the Spotlight: HBCU Sports & Local Highlights Tennessee State University alumnus Shannon Harris made history this summer. As interim head coach, he led the DC Defenders to a dominant 58–34 victory over the Michigan Panthers in the UFL Championship Game on June 14, 2025, securing the franchise’s first UFL title. It was the first time an HBCU graduate coached a professional football team to a championship. Now Harris is listed on the Tennessee State University athletics website as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach. A former quarterback for TSU in the early 2000s, Harris stepped into the…
Wellness That Matters: Black Health News & Community Care July 17, 2025 We’ve taken time to sit with this verdict. We’ve listened, mourned, raged, and reflected. Now, we are ready to speak from the heart. Earlier this month, Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution. He was acquitted on the more serious charges of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy. We’ve spoken to survivors in our community who’ve told us how triggering and retraumatizing this moment has been. The pain is real and deep. We feel it — not only as advocates for…
Tomorrow’s Tech, Today: Innovation That Moves Us Forward Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer. Byron, who is married, was captured on a Coldplay concert “kiss cam” with his arms around the company’s chief people officer Kristin Cabot. After Byron and Cabot quickly tried to hide from the camera, Coldplay singer Chris Martin joked, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.” Video of the awkward incident soon went spectacularly viral — Axios, citing Muck Rack data, reported on Friday that over…
From Campus to Classroom: Stories That Shape Education New Birth hosted what it called its inaugural “Scholarship Sunday,” announcing a partnership with 16 HBCUs to award more than $2 million in scholarships. STONECREST, Ga. — A metro Atlanta family said they were blindsided after traveling more than an hour to attend a church service they believed would offer their daughter a college scholarship, only to leave without financial support. The confusion stems from how the scholarship opportunity was promoted by New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest. On June 29, New Birth hosted what it called its inaugural “Scholarship Sunday,”…
Stay Informed: Latest News from Across Georgia NEWTON COUNTY – A domestic dispute between three family members left two dead and one facing murder charges.Deputies with the Newton County Sheriff’s Office (NCSO) responded to a report on Thursday morning at 12:20 a.m. indicating that two individuals had been shot inside a residence on Oak Meadows in Covington. When police arrived, they encountered 53-year-old Willie Glenn, who said that his 50-year-old wife Kowanda Glenn and 20-year-old son Mikhail Glenn had been “fatally shot” inside their residence, according to an NCSO news release. Upon an investigation from the Newton County Criminal Investigations Division,…
Black Travelers: Explore Culture, Adventure & Connection Born 100 years ago today as Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska and known primarily as Malcolm X, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was an African-American minister for the Nation of Islam and a human rights activist who rose to national and international prominence in the 1960s. He was a courageous advocate for the rights of Black Americans and Black people around the world, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against Black Americans, and was one of the greatest and most influential African American activists and intelletuals in U.S. history. The…
Global Black Voices: News from around the World Christine Kangaloo, president of Trinidad and Tobago makes a speech during the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Youth Commonwealth Games at Hasely Crawford Stadium on Aug. 04, 2023 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images for Commonwealth Sport For the second time in almost eight months, two different governments have placed Trinidad under a state of emergency to beat back what authorities say is a troubling spike in gruesome killings and an increase in gangland activities, including plots to assassinate top officials. President Christine Kangaloo signed the…