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FCC chair proposes $1 billion to restore networks in Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico post-hurricanes
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai is proposing $954 million for communications expansion and networks improvement in the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The islands are still reeling after hurricanes Irma and Maria last year.
Last year’s disasters have uprooted Black people from middle class status in the Virgin Islands
America sells itself as a place where hardworking people of different backgrounds thrive. America also sells middle class status as necessary for one’s recognized humanity. However, when nature wreaks havoc on middle class Black Americans, the country has an empathy gap between them and their non-Black middle class or affluent counterparts. The Washington Post recently […]
Mike Pence believes the end of abortion rights to come soon
If largely white male conservative politicians brought equity issues the same energy they reserve for policing what women do with their wombs, America might demonstrate the exceptionalism they espouse. Vice President Mike Pence brought this point home on Tuesday when he delivered a keynote speech at a luncheon in Tennessee. The Susan B. Anthony List (SBA) […]
Syria announces intent to join Paris Agreement on climate, leaving US solo dolo as the hold-out
The respect-the-American-president-because-he’s-the-American-president set is either miffed Donald Trump is internationally shunned or convincing themselves that the best parties are alone. As world leaders convened for earth-friendlier and business practicable solutions to the same global warming that affects global populations, Donald Trump is not currently invited to the Paris Climate Change Summit. This news accompanies Syria’s […]
And then there were two: U.S. and Syria are the last Paris climate agreement holdouts
The United States and war-torn Syria are the only countries outside of the Paris Agreement, an international agreement to attack climate change and its effects in a global community facing intensified natural disasters and environmental injustice. On Monday, Nicaraguan Vice President and first lady Rosario Murillo announced that the Latin nation will join the agreement. Reuters […]
Puerto Rico relief bill helps everyone but Puerto Ricans
According to The Intercept, the Puerto Rico Relief Bill includes five billion dollars in a loan, which ensures that Puerto Rico is still cash-strapped after the bill is signed by President Trump. The House Appropriations Committee approved bill includes money earmarked for wildfire suppression and management, FEMA (which splits 18.67 billion between efforts in Texas, […]
Donald Trump continues command for athletes not to kneel on Twitter
In all likelihood, readers tire of seeing President Donald Trump’s tweets. The intelligence community likely tires of explaining how Trump’s social media presence compromises national security and affects international relations. Journalists tire of covering the tweets. Still, the American president uses Twitter to reach his 39.7 million followers and millions of other users. Trump uses […]
Black Chicago police officers who took a knee will face reprimand
After Black activist Aleta Clark approached two Black Southside of Chicago police officers to discuss police brutality and racism, the officers did not swiftly state “Blue Lives Matter”, chastise Clark, or ask why she politicized a political issue. Instead, the officers took a photo with her. In the photo posted to her Instagram account, all […]
6-Year-Old, Vanae James-Bey, created a coloring book to explore black Indigenous cultures
Many contemporary Black people feel a disconnect when it comes to indigenous cultures despite coming from them. This is likely a direct result of history [read: slavery]. To help reestablish this connection, a 6-year-old girl named Vanae James-Bey and her mother have created a coloring book that highlights indigenous Black cultures, according to The Atlanta Black […]
There Wasn’t a Shooting in Charleston
By Arielle Newton There was a shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal. There was a shooting, a massacre, and a tragedy at AME. Calling it anything else — especially a #CharlestonShooting is a function of white supremacy. The erasure, the inability or unwillingness to name how a white twenty-something shooter specifically targeted this central […]
Watch: The Racial History Behind U.S. Territories’ Lack Of Voting Rights
On yesterday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver explained why the nearly 4.1 million Americans in U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas do not have voting rights. Photo: Screenshot/Youtube
2014 sees a record number of African Americans running for Congress
A record number of African Americans are running for federal office this year, and unfortunately their advances have been met with increased racial polarization in politics, especially in the Deep South. There are 82 black nominees in the two major political parties running in 2014, according to an analysis by David Bositis. The number […]