Story by Sara Ashley O’Brien, When Amazon opened a sprawling warehouse in her community in March 2020, Jennifer Bates never guessed she’d find herself testifyingĀ before members of Congress one year later about the “grueling” conditions she experienced working inside it. Bates, grandmother
Written By the Howard University Newsroom, Dear Howard University Students and Community, Howard UniversityĀ representsĀ a long-standing tradition of using our voices to drive change.Ā The student voice is ā and always will be ā an essentialĀ componentĀ of the Howard University community. Simply put, we hear
By Chris Isidore, Southwest Airlines says that its recent service problems, which prompted it toĀ cancel more than 2,000Ā flights over a four-day period, cost the airline $75 million. That’s just one of the headwinds facing the discount airline. Southwest warned Thursday that it
By Jacqueline Howard, A booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine was found to have a high efficacy — 95.6% — against Covid-19 in a Phase 3 trial,Ā the companies announcedĀ on Thursday. They noted that “efficacy was consistent irrespective of age, sex, race,
By Kate Sullivan, PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ said Thursday a lot of Americans are feeling “down” because of the pandemic and anxious about the future — particularly heading into the holiday season — and urged those struggling with mental health issues to seek help if
By Jenn Selva, Joe Sutton and Nicole Chavez, TheĀ American Civil Liberties Union of HawaiiĀ is demanding policy changes after a 10-year-old Black girl was arrested at school over a drawing linked to a “run of the mill” dispute among children. In response to
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
By Prairie View A&M University Newsroom, Prairie View A&M University celebrated this yearās World Food Day by hosting a hybrid interactive program with esteemed guests and PVAMU students highlighting the global nutrition crisis. Hosted by theĀ College of Agriculture and Human SciencesĀ (CAHS), the
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 aĀ new reportĀ released Wednesday
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
