Tag: minorities
Project Labor Agreements Left Behind!
By Wanda Rogers, Founder, SoCal Pre Apprenticeship Program
When government agencies initiate construction projects and use taxpayer monies to fund them or to lease public...
New conservative target: Race as factor in COVID treatment
By Todd Richmond, Associated Press
Some conservatives are taking aim at policies that allow doctors to consider race as a risk factor when allocating scarce...
Black Men Die of Prostate Cancer at Double the Rate of All Other Races:...
By Hazel Trice Edney, Trice Edney Newswire
Benjamin J. Lambert IV, a member of one of the most prominent Black families in Virginia’s public...
Treasury Department Names First Counselor for Racial Equity
By Ken Sweet, AP Business Writer
The Treasury Department has hired a former JPMorgan Chase executive to head a new government program aimed at combatting...
Senate Democrats Reportedly Near Deal on Voting Rights Legislation
The For The People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act were introduced in Congress in 2019 and 2021, respectively, but Republicans...
