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Lt. Aaron Salter Scholarship Honors Buffalo Shooting Hero

By Claretta Bellamy One year after a mass shooting at a Tops supermarket devastated a Black community in Buffalo, New York, one victim is being memorialized through the gift of education. Friends and former colleagues spearheaded a scholarship fund for local high school students to help pay for college expenses in honor of Aaron Salter, the security guard who worked at Tops and was one of the 10 individuals killed. Named the Lt. Aaron Salter Memorial Scholarship, the fund provides $5,000 scholarships to 10 graduating high school seniors from schools throughout Buffalo. Earl Perrin Jr., Salter’s longtime friend and colleague of 10 years

Fort Gregg-Adams Honors Black Army Heroes in Renaming Ceremony

By Emma Sánchez Fort Lee in Virginia will be officially renamed Fort Gregg-Adams on Thursday after two Black officers who made significant contributions to the U.S. Army. The post is one of nine Army bases that will be renamed as part of the process of  redesignating bases named after Confederate leaders, according to an Army statement. “We are deeply honored to have Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams as the new namesakes for our installation,” Maj. Gen. Mark Simerly, commander of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and senior commander of Fort Lee, said in the statement. At

NY, CA AGs Investigate NFL Over Workplace Discrimination

The attorneys general of New York and California announced Thursday that they are investigating allegations of workplace discrimination at the NFL, citing lawsuits filed by employees that describe sex, racial and age bias, sexual harassment, and a hostile work environment. Attorneys General Letitia James, of New York, and Rob Bonta, of California, said they have issued subpoenas to NFL executives as part of an examination into the workplace culture at the the league’s corporate offices in both states. The officials, both Democrats, said they are exercising their legal authority to seek information from the NFL regarding allegations of gender pay disparities,

California Reparations Task Force Approves Key Proposals

 California’s reparations task force voted Saturday to approve recommendations on how the state may compensate and apologize to Black residents for generations of harm caused by discriminatory policies. The nine-member committee, which first convened nearly two years ago, gave final approval at a meeting in Oakland to a hefty list of proposals that now go to state lawmakers to consider for reparations legislation. U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, who is cosponsoring a bill in Congress to study restitution proposals for African Americans, at the meeting called on states and the federal government to pass reparations legislation. “Reparations are not only morally justifiable, but

Olympic Champion Tori Bowie Found Dead at Age 32

By David K. Li Three-timeOlympic medalist Tori Bowie, a Mississippi native who sprinted to gold at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, was found dead in a Florida home, officials said Wednesday. She was 32. Her management company and USA Track & Field announced her death. No cause of death was shared. “We’ve lost a client, dear friend, daughter and sister,” Icon Management Inc. said in a statement. “Tori was a champion…a beacon of light that shined so bright! We’re truly heartbroken and our prayers are with the family, friends and everyone that loved her.” Orange County sheriff’s deputies were asked Tuesday afternoon “to conduct a well-being

States Target Student Voting With New ID Laws and Limits

By Fredreka Schouten  Republican-controlled legislatures around the country have moved to erect new barriers to voting for high school and college students in what state lawmakers describe as an effort to clamp down on potential voter fraud. Critics call it a blatant attempt to suppress the youth vote as young people increasingly bolster Democratic candidates and liberal causes at the ballot box. As turnout among young voters grows, new proposals that change photo ID requirements or impose other limits have emerged. Laws enacted in Idaho this year, for instance, prohibit the use of student IDs to register to vote or

Deadly Illinois Dust Storm Crash Kills 7, Injures 30+

By Jessica D’Onofrio and Eric Horng  A dust storm in central Illinois led to a pile-up crash of more than 70 cars Monday that Illinois State Police now say killed seven people. More than 30 people were injured. ISP said said that while they were working to identify the remains of the victims, they found that remains they previous believed to belong to one person were actually the remains of two people. The total number of people killed in the crash i snow seven. Crushed vehicles lined the expressway south of Springfield, closing a nearly 20-mile stretch of I-55. Authorities

Hollywood Writers Strike Over Streaming Pay, AI Concerns

By Daniel Arkin Hollywood writers are closing their laptops and heading to the picket line. Thousands of unionized scribes who say they are not paid fairly in the streaming era went on strike just after midnight Tuesday, bringing TV production to a halt. It comes after high-stakes negotiations between a top guild and a trade association representing Hollywood’s marquee studios failed to avert the first walkout in over 15 years. The board of directors for the Writers Guild of America, which includes West and East branches, voted unanimously to call for a walkout and said writers face an “existential crisis.” “The companies’ behavior has

Black Lawmaker Expulsions Highlight South’s Representation Gap

By Wayne Washington The outcry over the expulsions of a pair of Black Tennessee state lawmakers underscores a problem that often gets little notice – the already massive under-representation of Black Americans in the halls of state government. The majority of Black Americans – some 56 percent, according to figures from the Pew Research Center – live in the South. Most Black Americans have ancestral ties to the region, and despite its blood-soaked history of racism and racial violence, it’s where many Black folks have chosen to remain. But it’s also where Black Americans have far less political clout than they should

Don Lemon Fired by CNN After 17 Years Amid Controversy

By Joe Hernandez News anchor Don Lemon is out at CNN, the cable network announced Monday. “Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” the news outlet said in a tweet. “We wish him well and will be cheering him on in his future endeavors.” In a statement posted to his Twitter account, Lemon confirmed his ouster, saying his agent told him Monday morning that he had been terminated by CNN. “I am stunned. After 17 years at CNN, I would have thought that someone in management would

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