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In U.S., reckoning over church-run indigenous boarding schools begins

In U.S., reckoning over church-run indigenous boarding schools begins

by Jordan Anderson | Mar 16, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — As a child, Cathy Chavers, a member of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, never knew her family suffered in U.S. boarding schools. She only learned after her grandmother’s death that she was sent to Minnesota’s Vermilion Lake Indian...
Preventing future ‘wrongs’: new USDA equity panel looks to expand agriculture resources to minority communities

Preventing future ‘wrongs’: new USDA equity panel looks to expand agriculture resources to minority communities

by Andrew Marquardt and Hannah Schoenbaum | Mar 1, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON – Members of a new equity commission advising the U.S. Department of Agriculture said they want to make sure the USDA does a better job providing resources to Black farmers and other minority communities following decades of racial discrimination....
HOW BLACK SPIRITUALITY HAS SHAPED THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION

HOW BLACK SPIRITUALITY HAS SHAPED THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION

by Dhivya Sridar | Feb 18, 2022 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — In January, Black Lives Matter restarted its #BlackWomenAreDivine project, asking people to nominate Black women or femme-identified people, 20 of whom will be honored by Black Lives Matter in March. “We are the sacred mamas, builders, teachers, and...
Justices Appear Supportive of Mississippi Abortion Limits

Justices Appear Supportive of Mississippi Abortion Limits

by Allison Novelo | Dec 2, 2021 | Featured, Health, Living, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — The long-held precedent of upholding abortion rights, as established in Roe v. Wade, appeared more vulnerable following oral arguments on Wednesday over the legality of Mississippi’s near total ban on the procedure. State Solicitor General Scott Stewart...
Video: Justices’ Questions Suggest Court Could Uphold Mississippi Abortion Ban, Overturning 50 Years of Precedent

Video: Justices’ Questions Suggest Court Could Uphold Mississippi Abortion Ban, Overturning 50 Years of Precedent

by Annie Klingenberg | Dec 1, 2021 | Featured, Health, Politics, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in a case that could overturn Roe v. Wade. The justices heard from lawyers arguing in favor of a Mississippi law that bans almost all abortions after 15 weeks. If upheld, the law would overturn 50 years...
USDA vows to address “historical discrimination” as Black farmers accuse agency of racism

USDA vows to address “historical discrimination” as Black farmers accuse agency of racism

by Mark Dovich, Jeff Chamer and Hazel Tang | Sep 28, 2021 | Featured, Social Justice

WASHINGTON — The Department of Agriculture launched on Friday a commission aimed at addressing “historical discrimination” in agriculture, a sign the USDA is looking to overcome a decades-long history of systemic racism that Black farmers say has shrunk their numbers...
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