White House launches Climate Corps to train thousands for clean energy jobs
The American Climate Corps will prioritize disadvantaged communities affected by climate change.
By Oliver Willis - September 22, 2023The American Climate Corps will prioritize disadvantaged communities affected by climate change.
By Oliver Willis - September 22, 2023'We can’t get free unless we control our own bodies, our lives, and our futures,' said Alexis McGill Johnson, president of Planned Parenthood.
By Rebekah Sager - August 28, 2023Republican-led states are banning diversity programs that increase participation and engagement among historically marginalized populations.
By Oliver Willis - July 31, 2023President Joe Biden's designation of the monument takes place as the GOP moves to stifle Black history.
By Oliver Willis - July 24, 2023Ted Cruz and John Barrasso are among those charging President Joe Biden with using rule-making to enact a 'woke agenda.'
By Oliver Willis - June 23, 2023Michelle Browder's work challenges the American health care narrative and highlights the brutality enacted on Black bodies.
By Rebekah Sager - May 11, 2023With some of the highest maternal death rates in the nation, Black pregnant people face extreme impacts on their health, particularly those in states with restrictive abortion bans.
By Rebekah Sager - April 17, 2023The funding is part of a Biden administration effort to address racial injustices in urban planning.
By Oliver Willis - September 16, 2022Racism has played a key role in the planning and implementing of public infrastructure projects across the country.
By Oliver Willis - June 30, 2022Black children and families are more likely than white families to suffer from the effects of lead poisoning.
By Oliver Willis - June 17, 2022Under former President Donald Trump, several attempts were made to cut funding to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program.
By Oliver Willis - April 07, 2022Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she would sign the bill, which allocates $1.7 billion toward clean water projects in the state.
By Oliver Willis - March 25, 2022Studies show that racial disparities in home value estimates are ‘pervasive’ and have led to hundreds of billions of dollars in lost value in Black and Latino communities.
By Oliver Willis - March 23, 2022Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) referred to Asian Americans as ‘yellow people’ at a recent event.
By Josh Axelrod - December 21, 2021New analysis shows non-Hispanic Black people will be disproportionately impacted if activists and legislators succeed at banning abortion entirely.
By Lisa Needham - November 03, 2021Those with criminal records can be limited in their access to employment, business and educational loans, housing, child custody rights, voting rights and gun rights.
By Associated Press - July 24, 2021States and cities have worked for years to replace pipes and service lines, but efforts have lagged in many places in part because of the steep price tag.
By Associated Press - June 28, 2021The comment was one of a number of offensive remarks Republican official Mark Robinson made at his state party convention.
By Emily Singer - June 09, 2021The Senate minority leader previously called it an ‘exotic notion’ to consider the year slavery began in America as a key historical moment.
By Oliver Willis - June 02, 2021The Arkansas Republican senator previously claimed it was ‘anti-American’ to address systemic racism.
By Oliver Willis - May 26, 2021Republicans deny the existence of systemic racism in the United States.
By Oliver Willis - May 19, 2021The pandemic ‘has further exposed and exacerbated inequities in our justice system’ as legal services were curtailed, President Joe Biden wrote.
By Associated Press - May 18, 2021‘No more kneeling and social media posts — we’ve had enough of the performative acts. Real police reform is needed now,’ said state Sen. Steven Bradford of California.
By Associated Press - April 25, 2021When Ollie Gordon saw the footage of the murder of George Floyd, she thought of her cousin Emmett Till.
By Associated Press - April 24, 2021‘If we’re going to force this on anybody, it ought to be the one party that has done so much damage,’ said Louie Gohmert.
By Oliver Willis - April 15, 2021The American Rescue Program provides federal funds for rental and housing assistance.
By Donna Provencher - March 22, 2021The bill would ban chokeholds and qualified immunity for law enforcement and create national standards for policing.
By Associated Press - March 04, 2021‘Exposing children to anything that falsely promotes the idea of white superiority and Black inferiority is dehumanizing,’ said a spokesperson from the SPLC.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2021The Arkansas Republican also says liberals want to throw out the Declaration of Independence.
By Oliver Willis - February 26, 2021Black Americans and Latinos suffered the biggest impact.
By Associated Press - February 18, 2021