October 21, 2021

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Netflix employees are staging a walkout amid Dave Chappelle controversy

By Chloe Melas and Josh Campbell, Approximately 65 demonstrators, including Netflix employees and supporters of the transgender community, protested outside of the company’s offices in Los Angeles on Wednesday. Employees began streaming out of the building at 10:30a PT in protest of Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” comedy special, which has been criticized as transphobic by

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PVAMU World Food Day program stresses importance of solving issue of global food insecurity

By Prairie View A&M University Newsroom, Prairie View A&M University celebrated this year’s World Food Day by hosting a hybrid interactive program with esteemed guests and PVAMU students highlighting the global nutrition crisis. Hosted by the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences (CAHS), the event featured representatives from the United States Department of Agriculture, United Nations Food

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Black borrowers liken student loan debt to ‘Jim Crow’ saying it deepens racial inequality, new study finds

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, Black borrowers say policymakers have ignored the racial and economic evidence of inequality in student loan debt with the majority insisting that canceling all student debt is the best solution to the crisis, according to a new report released Wednesday by The Education Trust. The report, which focuses on the perspectives and life experiences

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DETROIT, MICHIGAN - OCTOBER 17: The NFL logo is pictured before the game between the Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals at Ford Field on October 17, 2021 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

Agreement reached to scrap race as a factor in NFL concussion settlements

By Dave Alsup and Joe Sutton, The National Football League and lawyers for Black players who accused the league of discrimination have filed a joint proposal to “scrap the use of a race-based method to evaluate dementia claims made by former players in the league’s concussion settlement,” according to a New York Times report. The Times reviewed a copy

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AUSTIN, TX - JULY 08: The Texas State Capitol is seen on the first day of the 87th Legislative Special Session on July 8, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott called the legislature into a special session, asking lawmakers to prioritize his agenda items that include overhauling the state's voting laws, bail reform, border security, social media censorship, and critical race theory. (Photo by Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images)

Texas GOP consolidates power in new congressional maps as Senate again fails to act on voting rights

By Eric Bradner, With Texas Republicans bolstering their congressional majorities in new maps they approved this week, Senate Republicans in Washington, DC, on Wednesday blocked yet another voting rights bill that would crack down on those kinds of gerrymanders. The maps that Texas state legislators approved this week under the once-a-decade redistricting process would consolidate the power of

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A healthcare worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. A recent recommendation by the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is advising people who are 65 and older, and workers whose jobs put them at high risk of exposure – including those in healthcare – to receive a booster shot six months after their second shot. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

White House details plan to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11

By Jeremy Diamond, Kaitlan Collins and Kate Sullivan, The White House on Wednesday unveiled its plans to roll out Covid-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, pending US Food and Drug Administration authorization. The Biden administration has secured enough vaccine supply to vaccinate the 28 million children ages 5 to 11 who would become eligible for

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Morehouse College Students Win Zillow’s HBCU Hackathon With App That Flags Looming Affordability Challenges for Renters

By Morehouse College, Zillow’s HBCU Housing Hackathon, which drew more than 150 students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), awarded top prizes to teams that innovated to help at-risk renters and struggling first-time home buyers. The top three finishers in the hackathon, created in collaboration with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) , Black Tech Ventures (BTV) and Amplify 4

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Kentucky State University mass communications and journalism department earned two national awards

By the Kentucky State University Newsroom, The Kentucky State University mass communications and journalism department recently earned two national awards from the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). Lyric Hill, a senior, won the award of excellence for podcasting in the student audio competition. Dr. David Shabazz, acting dean of the College of Humanities, Business and Society,

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How Biden’s infrastructure bill could help prevent the next supply chain crisis

By Katie Lobosco, There’s no quick fix for the current pandemic-induced supply chain crisis, but the bipartisan infrastructure bill currently held up in Congress would help prepare the complicated system to handle the next disruption. The legislation calls for major federal investments in each step of the US freight network: Inland waterways and rail used for transporting goods

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