Tag: equal opportunity
Keeping it Real: San Bernardino and its Sheriff’s Department Again Called Out for Discrimination
By S.E. Williams, Black Voice News
Just over three years ago on December 10, 2019, the VOICE reported the U.S. Department of Justice Department had filed suit...
Raiders’ Morgan is NFL’s first Black female team president
By W.G. RAMIREZ, Associated Press
The Las Vegas Raiders introduced a former Nevada gambling regulator Thursday as the franchise's new president, the first Black woman...
“Ashamed”: Newspapers Apologize for Decades of Negative Coverage on Black Communities
In at least three instances, an analysis of historical behavior by the newspapers themselves has been followed by an apology. The papers in the...
Justice Department Announces New Initiative to Combat Redlining
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
The Justice Department announced the launch of the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative today. Redlining is an illegal practice...
Disenfranchised and Marginalized Communities See Hope with Biden, Harris
On his first day, just hours after taking the oath of office, President Biden signed a host of executive orders – one of them aimed at ensuring racial equity. “It is, therefore, the policy of my administration that the federal government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality” President Biden proclaimed.