A bus driving students from Shaw University, a historically Black college to an economic conference was likely targeted when it was pulled over and searched, Dr. Paulette Dillard the university's president alleges
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Senators Booker, Warnock, Schumer Urge USDA to Quickly Provide Assistance to Black & Distressed Farmers
U.S. Senators Cory A. Booker (D-N.J.), Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA), and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to rapidly implement the funding authorized under Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which was signed into law by President Biden last month. This provision authorizes payments to distressed farm loan borrowers whose agricultural operations are at financial risk.
The Senators also urged the USDA to quickly carry out another provision of the IRA which provides financial assistance for farmers who have suffered discrimination in USDA farm lending programs.
“Thousands of USDA borrowers are struggling to make ends meet and are barely holding on to their farms, and it is critical that USDA provide assistance to these farmers prior to the expiration of the current USDA foreclosure moratorium,” wrote the Senators in a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. “Now that Congress has provided USDA these critical resources, it is our expectation that distressed farmers with USDA direct and guaranteed loans will be able to remain on their land.”
The Senators also urged the USDA “to quickly begin the selection process for non-governmental entities to administer Section 22007 of the IRA, which will provide much needed financial assistance to Black farmers and others who have suffered discrimination through USDA’s farm lending programs.”
The full text of the letter can be found here. The full text of the Inflation Reduction Act can be found here.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
California & Los Angeles NAACP Call for the Resignation of All Involved in Racist LA City Council Conversation
The local and state branches of the NAACP have released the following statement calling for the resignation of not just Nury Martinez, but all who were heard in the leaked audio:
The CA/HI State Conference of the NAACP and the Los Angeles Branch of the NAACP called for the immediate resignation of President Nury Martinez, Councilmembers Gil Cedillo, Kevin de León, and Los Angeles County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera after a recording came to light where the three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a top county labor official held a conversation last fall that included racist remarks, derisive statements about their colleagues and council President Nury Martinez saying a white councilman handled his young Black son as though he were an “accessory.”
“The President of the LA City Council, and all of the involved Councilmembers should immediately resign. This kind of overt racism has no place in political discourse. We clearly know where your heart and mind are, and both of them are corroded with the rust of racism and hate.”, said Rick L. Callender, President of the CA/HI State Conference of the NAACP. Callender further pointed out that all were complicit in the conversation in the recording which was published by the LA Times.
We will not sit idly by and allow our elected representatives to engage in these kinds of disgusting and racist behaviors, said Latricia Mitchell, President of the Los Angeles Branch of the NAACP.
Both the State Conference and the LA Branch of the NAACP are calling into question, and ask for the City of Los Angeles to investigate, how far the racial animus has impacted hiring and other decisions of the City Council.
12 year old girl Ariyah Garcia-Smith is missing!
The NYPD is searching for a missing 12-year-old girl who was last seen leaving her Staten Island home this week.
Ariyah Garcia-Smith disappeared Wednesday, September 23 around 7 p.m. after she left her Wright Avenue home.
She is described as being 5'6" tall, around 140 pounds, with dark-colored eyes and black hair.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
Marvel Studios Temporarily Shuts Down Production of Blade
Marvel Studios has temporarily shut down production on Mahershala Ali’s “Blade” movie, according to an individual with knowledge of the production.
The production is delayed as the search for a new director continues and development on the script is ongoing.
Crew members on the ground were notified Tuesday. The studio’s hope is to restart the production in early 2023.
On Tuesday, Disney also pushed the release date for “Blade” from Nov. 23, 2023, to Sept. 6, 2024. The shift was among a wide slate of adjustments to the studio’s release schedule.
Two-time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali will star, taking over from Wesley Snipes, who portrayed the half-human vampire hunter in the original “Blade” trilogy.
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