June 20, 2025 - Page 2

AKA Sorority Pop-Up Boosts Black-Owned Businesses

The event will highlight the sorority’s “Black Dollar Days,” an annual initiative to promote minority- and Black-owned businesses and support economic growth. Each June, the sorority encourages consumers to buy goods and services from entrepreneurs in the areas of health and beauty, food and beverages, financial and professional services, fashion, accessories, and home decor. The

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No Kings Protest Among Largest in U.S. History

By Alaina Demopoulos The scale of last weekend’s “No Kings” protests is now becoming clearer, with one estimate suggesting that Saturday was among the biggest ever single-day protests in US history. Working out exactly where the protest ranks compared with similar recent events has been a project of G Elliott Morris, a data journalist who runs the Substack Strength

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Judge Blocks DOT Rule Tying Grants to Immigration Policy

By Vanessa Romo The Trump Administration cannot withhold billions of dollars in transportation grant funding from Democrat-led states refusing to cooperate with immigration enforcement, according to a ruling on Thursday. Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, R.I., granted a preliminary injunction in the case filed by 20 states, saying “large-scale irreparable harm would occur without

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