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Black and Farmers of Color May Finally Get a Lifeline Under the Inflation Reduction Act
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) lead the effort to repurpose funds after white farmers held them up for a year with lawsuits.
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Republicans Won’t Renew Free School Meal Program Which Could Hurt Millions of Children
Millions of children around the country will lose access to free breakfast and lunch upon the program’s expiration on June 30th
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Pandemic Universal School Meals Program Is Set To End in June If Extension Is Not Reached
With a crucial program that allowed more children to eat in schools set to expire this summer, Congress is still figuring out a game plan.
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Willie O’Ree, NHL’s 1st Black Hockey Player, Set to Receive Congressional Gold Medal
Senate passes a bill to honor the trailblazing athlete, who broke the NHL’s color barrier in 1958. The bill heads to the House, where swift passage is expected.
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Black Farmers Finally Get Plentiful Harvest as COVID-19 Bill Includes $5 Billion in Relief
It’s a miracle that Black farmers have made it this long when you consider that for over 100 years, they’ve faced discrimination from the US Department of Agriculture and were largely excluded from federal loans and farm improvement initiatives. But the enduring seeds of hard work and faith have finally come to bloom, as the…
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Senate Water Projects Bill Includes $100,000,000 for Flint, Mich.
Water worries could soon be eased for the residents of Flint, Mich., with the passage of the Water Resources Development Act in the U.S. Senate by an overwhelming majority Thursday, the Detroit Free Press reports. The $10 billion water-projects bill includes a provision that would give the city of Flint $100 million to replace and…