Written By Lexx Thornton Governor Josh Shapiro has officially signed the CROWN Act into law, making Pennsylvania the 28th state in the nation to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on natural hair texture and protective hairstyles associated with racial and cultural identity. The landmark legislation, which stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural
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Written By Lexx Thornton A burgeoning local reparations initiative in Detroit, Michigan, is making tangible strides in building Black generational wealth by providing direct funding for homeownership and crucial support for ancestral research. The organization, Reparation Generation, recently expanded its impact after appointing its first executive director, Christian Harris, last year. The group is dedicated
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Written By Lexx Thornton The California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) today announced a historic victory with the signing of Senate Bill 518 (Weber Pierson), which creates the nation’s first permanent state agency dedicated to advancing reparations: the Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery. With Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature, California moves beyond simply acknowledging historic injustices
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Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade, and Carmelo Anthony have teamed up to award several HBCU students with scholarships. The trio is behind the Social Change United Fund, which was created in response to racial injustice, pooling their collective resources to support communities of color, its website mentions. It aims to create equity in entrepreneurship, leadership, and
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Written By Lexx Thornton Rolling back DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)refers to companies and organizationsreducing or ending their DEI programs and initiatives. President Trump’s executive order inJanuary 2025 initiated DEI rollbacks in the federal government, leading tochanges in policiesand programs at agencies like NASA. As time has progressed other big companies have rolled back DEI
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Efforts to improve economic equity have come under fire by the current presidential administration. The leader of a local HBCU gives her take. The Mayor’s Racial Equity Initiative emerged as a community effort in Charlotte after national outrage and protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd, a Black man, died after a police
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By Michela Moscufo Rep. Ayanna Pressley will reintroduce H.R. 40, federal legislation to study reparations for slavery, on Wednesday as the Trump administration leads a wide-scale rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the federal government. The bill, which had 130 co-sponsors in the last session, is not likely to advance under the Republican-controlled Congress,
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By Jhaelynn Elam Across the country, we are witnessing a troubling trend: the rollback of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the gutting of affirmative action and a growing push to erase discussions of race from education and corporate spaces. Black professionals are being told — implicitly and explicitly — that their presence, experiences and
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By Char Adams When an incoming White House official announced Donald Trump’s executive order dismantling federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, the official invoked a familiar line: “This order is meant to return to the promise and the hope that was captured by civil rights champions, that one day all Americans can be treated on the
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This year marks a significant milestone for the Millie M. Charles School of Social Work at Southern University at New Orleans. The school proudly celebrates 50 years of accreditation for its Bachelor of Social Work program from the Council on Social Work Education. Since its inception in 1974, the program has committed to fostering social
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