Kamala Harris once again visited Atlanta to tout investments made by the Biden administration in minority and underserved communities, highlighting $158m in infrastructure spending on a project to build a cap over Atlanta’s most traveled highway, the Downtown Connector. The vice-president’s appearance is the continuation of a full court press in Georgia to solidify support […]
Gerrymandering has more than the most obvious impacts. (North Carolina Newsline file photo) Gerrymandering is more than math. I have had this conversation many times over the years with a variety of people, and I have been surprised by their surprise almost every time. Whichever party is drawing the maps of legislative districts, of any […]
Web Summit must disclose various documents sought by two minority shareholders in support of their separate claims that the firm has been damaged by social media posts chief executive Paddy Cosgrave made in the wake of Hamas’s October 7th attack on Israel, the High Court has ruled. Web Summit co-founders Daire Hickey and David Kelly […]
If you take a walk through the corridors of Capitol Hill, you’re likely to bump into a few millionaires along the way. More than half of the members of Congress have net worths over $1 million. As you might expect, many representatives and senators are active investors. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is one of […]
A federal judge in Texas ruled on Tuesday that the Minority Business Development Agency, which provides support to businesses owned by people of color, is now barred from providing exclusive assistance to these entities. The agency must now provide assistance to all businesses and owners, regardless of race, as a result of a lawsuit brought […]
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the U.S. Minority Business Development Agency, founded during the Nixon administration, must avail itself to disadvantaged entrepreneurs of all races and ethnicities, including whites. The summary judgment rendered on Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman, appointed in 2019 by then-President Donald […]
Despite improvements, the achievement gap between white and minority students in Fayette public schools is “still horrific,“ Fayette County Superintendent Demetrus Liggins said at the school board’s recent planning meeting. Liggins made the comments February 12 after FCPS Director of Assessment Brooke Stinson provided the latest numbers and trends from the Measures of Academic Progress […]
(Bloomberg) — Dutch election winner Geert Wilders is considering rare forms of government in a bid to overcome coalition deadlock after two months of negotiations brought him nowhere. Most Read from Bloomberg “A majority cabinet has my preference but a minority cabinet under preconditions, and other options such as an extra-parliamentary cabinet are also a […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are critical of diversity and inclusion programs within the federal government and elsewhere, but they see recruiting women and minority candidates, along with veterans, as key to expanding their slim majority in November. Rep. Richard Hudson, the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, recently listed for reporters a slew […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Lighting fires that brightened the night sky, followers of Iran’s minority Zoroastrian religion marked the Sadeh festival in several cities, celebrating the end of the coldest winter days. Every year on Jan. 30, Zoroastrians gather after sunset to celebrate the 50 days and 50 nights remaining to Spring. Sadah, which means […]
BEREHOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Under the watchful eye of their teacher, a group of students in western Ukraine used a scalpel and forceps to dissect a pig’s heart during a weekend biology class. The lesson was taking place in Hungarian: the students, members of a sizable ethnic Hungarian minority, have become a focal point of […]
Hungary is asking Ukraine to return the rights of its national minority in Zakarpattia that were in place until 2015. Source: Ukrinform, quoting Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó at a joint briefing with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and Andrii Yermak, head of the Office of the President, following the talks in Uzhhorod Quote: “Since […]