Tag: black people
California panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
By JANIE HAR, Associated Press
California's first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has decided to limit state compensation to the descendants of free and enslaved Black...
California’s New CARE Court Is Justice Option for People Addicted, Mentally Ill
By Aldon Thomas Stiles | California Black Media
Over the last two months, Gov. Gavin Newsom has met with some of the state's counties to...
Judge approves fix to stem race bias in NFL concussion deal
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
Black retired football players who were denied payments for dementia in the NFL's $1 billion concussion settlement can seek to...
Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
By Sharon Austin, University of Florida
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers.
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EPA Report Outlines How Climate Change Impacts Black Communities
Race, ethnicity, and income were factors in the report findings
By Vayunamu Bawa, Contributing Writer
A report by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) entitled Climate Change...
