gregory meeks

  • Calls to #FreeHaiti Spotlights Untenable Situation in Caribbean Nation

    Calls to #FreeHaiti Spotlights Untenable Situation in Caribbean Nation

    You may have seen #FreeHaiti making the rounds on Twitter, and though the hashtag has been shared by celebrities like Cardi B and influencers like Karen Civil, it originated from people in the Caribbean republic in response to the fatal outcome of a SWAT operation last weekend to seize gang members in the Village de…

  • Minority Firms Getting Few (if Any) Federal Asset-Management Contracts 

    More than $70 trillion in federal dollars are managed by registered asset-management firms in the United States, but less than 1 percent of those dollars are handled by minority- or women-owed (MWO) firms, according to a new report released Wednesday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The report (pdf), exclusively provided to The Root, reviewed…