by Daniel Johnson January 13, 2025 According to a December report from the Prison Policy Initiative, jails and prisons across the United States are experiencing staff shortages and no amount of pay raises, benefits, or new facilities have been able to turn the tide. According to a December report from the Prison Policy Initiative, jails…
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman January 13, 2025 The contest hopes to provide an escape for Black people worried about the potential chaos of another Donald Trump inauguration. BLK has launched its #BLKFreedomWeekend so that Black D.C. residents can avoid Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. According to BLK,…
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton January 13, 2025 While playing for the Atlanta Hawks, he alleges the Celtics made sure the Hawks players did not get food service at the hotel they stayed at Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers recalled the difficulties he encountered as an Atlanta Hawks player facing the Boston Celtics in 1988,…
by Daniel Johnson January 13, 2025 Typically, cities bid to host the Super Bowl in hopes that the projected revenue will trickle down to their local economies, but according to Michael Edwards, a professor at North Carolina State University, this is often not the case As the Super Bowl gets closer and closer, information about…
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman January 13, 2025 They plan to evacuate over 5,000 street children from the streets of Nigeria’s largest city, Kano. An Islamic-based police force in Nigeria plans to evacuate more than 5,000 children living on the streets over concerns that they pose a “security threat.” Known as The Hisbah and based in northern…
by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton January 13, 2025 When he’s not on stage or in the studio, he’s at the hospital helping those in need We all hear about recording artists and celebrities not being in the spotlight and being regulated to try to stay relevant, but then some understand that as long as there…
by Nahlah Abdur-Rahman January 13, 2025 Williams, a Black woman, assured her team that employee-resource groups will still continue at Meta. Amid Meta’s latest announcement to cut back on its DEI programs, its now-former chief diversity officer has addressed the company’s next steps as employees grow concerned. Maxine Williams, a Black woman, and Meta’s former…
by Daniel Johnson January 13, 2025 Employee Connect’s analysis of the current workplace sets forth that Gen Z and Millennials, who now comprise the bulk of the American workforce, prefer a workplace that prioritizes work-life balance As the pandemic changed how workers see their relationships between their personal and professional lives, many started to feel…
by Daniel Johnson January 13, 2025 ‘It is so immoral, it’s unreal.’ Retail assistants at a Manchester, England, area store are alleging that YoungOnes, a gig economy platform, changed its charging structure from not having a fee for getting paid in three days to charging those workers an increasing percentage based on how quickly they…
by Jeroslyn JoVonn January 13, 2025 Inside former President Jimmy Carter’s shared ancestry with Motown Founder Berry Gordy. The recent passing of former President Jimmy Carter has brought renewed attention to his shared ancestry with Motown Founder Berry Gordy. Carter, the 39th president of the United States, died on Dec. 29 at 100. Before his…
