Tag: Illinois
Black Therapists Speak on Burnout
By Anissa Durham, Word in Black
With millions of Americans seeking mental health care, we often forget therapists are humans, too.
They are used to hearing...
At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt
By Pat Eaton-Robb, Associated Press
Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished.
When her mother died two years...
Grand Jury Declines to Indict Woman in Emmett Till Killing
A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman whose accusation set off the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till nearly 70...
Study Finds Nearly 90 Percent of Black Homicide Victims Were Killed with Guns
By Stacy M. Brown, Senior National Correspondent, NNPA Newswire
According to a new and comprehensive study on gun violence, Black men, women, boys, and girls...
California First to Cover Health Care for All Immigrants
By Adam Beam and Don Thompson, Associated Press
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $307.9 billion operating budget that pledges to make all low-income adults eligible...