U.S.
How Heirs’ Property fueled 90 percent decline in Black-owned farmland
March 24, 2022Black farmland ownership, which peaked in 1910 at 16 to 19 million acres, has decreased to less than 3 million acres today, and Black farmers represent just over 1% of all U.S. farmers.
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Detroit police power: An internal disharmony
March 23, 2022The city takes money intended for human needs and put it into police funding that raises concerns with activists.
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New Haven Board member Hamilton: Housing, homelessness, top topics at conference
March 23, 2022National League of Cities grapples with housing and homelessness
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Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson backed by NEA, nation’s largest union
March 23, 2022The influential teachers’ organization calls her nomination “a long overdue milestone in the history of our country.”
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Even before Judge Jackson spoke, GOP attacked her—and she rebutted them
March 22, 2022The highly qualified nominee beat down cheap GOP shots on the second day of the Senate’s confirmation hearings.
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