September 2010
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Funding for black farmers and Indians stalls again
A conservative Republican is holding up a broadly supported bill in the Senate aimed at paying off settlements with black farmers and American Indians. The legislation would remedy discrimination by the Agriculture Department against black farmers and settle claims that the Interior Department mismanaged Indian trust funds. It would allocate more than $4 billion. Republican [...]
Veteran’s family denied WH tour because of shorts
The White House apologized Thursday for turning the family of a Medal of Honor recipient away from an exclusive tour last week because the late veteran’s 10-year-old grandson was wearing shorts. Vernon Baker, the last surviving black Medal of Honor winner from World War II, was buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery after dying in [...]
Left Out of the Gulf’s Recovery, Black and Brown Workers Seek Unity
Colorlines – Keilen Williams had to leave his home in Pointe a la Hache, population of about 300, after Hurricane Katrina’s winds and storms devoured it. At the time, Williams, 34, was a shrimper in the small community of African-American fisher-folk who’ve worked and lived in this historically black region along the east bank of [...]
Emanuel leaving White House on Friday
Two people close to Rahm Emanuel said Thursday he will resign as White House chief of staff on Friday, and will begin his campaign for Chicago mayor by meeting with voters in the city on Monday. The two people familiar with his plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they did not want to [...]
Groups plan march for jobs, justice in DC
Groups pushing for progressive policies will gather in the nation’s capital this weekend for a march aimed at recapturing momentum for their agenda and mobilizing supporters before next month’s midterm elections. The “One Nation Working Together” rally at the Lincoln Memorial on Saturday comes one month before the Nov. 2 elections and one month after [...]
