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...
by Madison Muller | Apr 14, 2021 | Featured, Social Justice
When Rev. William Barber II, the pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., was invited to be a speaker at the 2016 #FightFor15 National Convention, a movement to raise the federal minimum wage, the organizers told him to refrain from preaching because...
by Cheyanne M. Daniels and Madison Muller | Mar 9, 2021 | Coronavirus, Featured, Social Justice
Robert Cloutier, fifty-seven, has spent more than half of his life at Stateville Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. Incarcerated for nearly forty years, Cloutier has one of the more dangerous prison jobs during the pandemic: disposing of the prison’s biohazard...
by Hangyun Kim | Mar 2, 2021 | Featured, Social Justice
SEOUL — South Korean LGBTQ rights groups have condemned broadcaster SBS for censoring gay kiss scenes from the 2018 film Bohemian Rhapsody, which focused on the life of rock band Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury. One of South Korea’s three major TV...
by Madison Muller | Feb 12, 2021 | Featured, Social Justice
Senior citizens braved the winter weather on Thursday morning for their COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Pennsylvania Baptist Church in Southeast Washington, D.C. By the end of the day, 100 Washingtonians would be vaccinated at the church. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D)...
by Madison Muller | Feb 5, 2021 | Featured, Social Justice
WASHINGTON — When Washington, D.C.’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout began in December, Bread for the City, a nonprofit that provides health services to vulnerable and low-income communities, was one of the fortunate community health centers to receive a supply of the...
