By THECONVERSATION| Editorial Credit: Mark Reinstein/ shutterstock.com The legacy of slavery in America remains a divisive issue, with sharp political divides. Some argue that slavery still contributes to modern economic inequalities. Others believe its effects have largely faded. One way to measure the legacy of slavery is to determine whether the disproportionate riches of slaveholders have been passed down to their […]
By THECONVERSATION | Editorial Credit: QubixStudio/ shutterstock.com In just about any discussion of a poll about the very close presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, you’ll hear the phrase “within the poll’s margin of error.” Those words signal that it is a tight race with no clear leader, even if […]
By: Peter Schurmann, Ethnicmediaservices.org | Gorodenkoff / shutterstock.com A pair of voter surveys released this week offer some encouraging news for the Harris camp just two weeks out from the November 5 election. Both polls show strong support for the Democratic candidate among voters of color in key swing states. With Harris and Trump locked […]
Editorial credit: Maxim Elramsisy/ shutterstock.com Washington, DC — At campaign events in Arizona yesterday, JD Vance again made clear that a Trump second term would seek to make as many people as possible eligible for deportation – including those here with legal status such as TPS. As The New York Times reported in “Vance Vows an End […]
New AfroPoP Digital Short is the perfect spooky story for the season and for our times The experience portrayed in the latest AfroPoP Digital Short, Sundown Road, is chillingly familiar. You’re driving on a back road in Anytown USA. Your car breaks down. Your mobile signal is lost. The sun begins to set and there doesn’t seem […]
U.S Small Business Administration, SBA Press Office | Editorial credit: RossHelen / shutterstock.com More Than a Dozen Private Funds to Invest $2.8 Billion in Over 1,000 Critical Technology Startups and Small Businesses WASHINGTON– Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Secretary Lloyd J. Austin, head of the U.S. Department Secretary of Defense (DoD) announced 13 […]
