Mar 30 Where does the Black church fit in today’s Black Lives Matter movement? By Christina Turner Young activists today are looking to build on the work of civil rights icons, keeping a connection between social justice movements and the Black church. But the fight for Black social justice looks more intersectional now than it did years… Continue reading
Mar 30 States struggle to get rent relief to tenants amid pandemic By Michael Casey, Associated Press Many tenants were helped with more than $3 billion in federal coronavirus relief. But housing advocates said many programs fell far short of their goals. Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 8:27 Derek Chauvin’s attorneys blame drugs, witnesses in George Floyd’s death By Yamiche Alcindor, Sam Lane The murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin opened in Minneapolis with dramatic video of his fatal encounter with George Floyd. It showed Floyd pinned by Chauvin's knee on his neck - for nearly nine and a half minutes. Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 7:27 American renters hard-hit by pandemic juggle complicated assistance systems, eviction laws By John Yang, Gretchen Frazee, Lynsey Jeffery With 9.5 million Americans, or 17 percent of tenants, in the U.S. still behind on their rent according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Biden administration on Monday extended a federal moratorium on evictions through the end of June. There… Continue watching
Mar 26 Biden assails Georgia voting law as an ‘atrocity’ By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Biden commented after Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run. Biden says that amounts to "Jim Crow in the 21st Century."… Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 8:07 ‘First affected’ and ‘hit the hardest:’ Minority-owned businesses struggle for PPP funds The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to extend the application period for the Paycheck Protection Program until the end of May. Since the program began, over $700 billion have been distributed to small businesses to help cover losses during the… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch 5:26 As Evanston, Illinois approves reparations for Black residents, will the country follow? By John Yang The nation's first government-backed reparations initiative was green lit this week in Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb where about 16 percent of its 75,000 residents are Black. The city council has promised $10 million over 10 years. John Yang discusses… Continue watching
Mar 19 Judge limits evidence, refuses to move trial in George Floyd case By Steve Karnowski, Amy Forliti, Associated Press A judge has denied a defense request to delay or move the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death, and has limited evidence involving a 2019 arrest. Continue reading
Mar 19 Asian American churches call for actions beyond prayer By Luis Andres Henao, Mariam Fam, Jessie Wardarski, Associated Press Asian American Christian leaders say their congregations are saddened and outraged after a white gunman killed eight people, most of them women of Asian descent, at three Atlanta-area massage businesses. Continue reading
Mar 18 Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the ‘deep well’ of anti-Asian racism in the U.S. By Joshua Barajas, Amna Nawaz, Wyatt Mayes "The Committed" author talked about his own experience as a refugee in America, how we’ve seen anti-Asian violence through history, and some of the ways he thinks people can help their communities. Continue reading