"Intuitive Dare & Tactical Drive To Forge Ahead"
The voted today (July 21) to schedule a workshop for Sept. 1 to proactively establish guidelines for potential data center developments. The procedural move, however, drew intense scrutiny from residents worried about the region’s natural resources and quality of life. The meeting featured extensive public comment, heavily tilting against the prospect of data centers entering Read More…
Reverend Isaac Simmons did not lose his land because he failed to work it. He lost it because white men learned it might be valuable, and in 1944 Mississippi, Black ownership could become a death sentence. For years, the Simmons family had worked that Amite County soil with their own hands. They planted crops, cut Read More…
Native News · endrpSootss5amari M cm7t0mt0t1f9tee:md3100aY 0lt4ih1yhhta04A · WHAT WOULD TRUE RECONCILIATION LOOK LIKE? Around the world, governments have apologized for historical injustices committed against Indigenous peoples. But many people ask an important follow-up question: Is an apology enough? For some Native communities, the answer is no. They argue that lands rich in oil, minerals, timber, and other Read More…
Meet Kiko Davis, the owner of the only Black woman-owned bank in the U.S. She leads First Independence Bank, the tenth-largest Black-owned bank, and follows in the footsteps of Maggie Lena Walker, who made history in 1903. Davis also heads the Don Davis Legacy Foundation and is known for her passion and empathy in Read More…
Last week, the US Department of Agriculture proposed a strikingly cruel policy, even for this administration: speeding up the kill lines at America’s chicken, turkey, and pig slaughterhouses. The plan will make one of the country’s most dangerous jobs — working in a meat processing plant — even more unsafe, labor advocates argue. Under the Read More…
As every sentient diplomat knows, diplomacy uses the reputation of power to achieve what power itself often cannot achieve, or can achieve only at greater and sometimes excessive cost.—Colin L. Powell U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett broke her silence on Monday over past controversial comments about Latino and Hispanic immigrants. In early April, while speaking at Grace Baptist Church’s Read More…
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