Month: June 2021

WUNC 91.5: “Durham is showing what providing reparations for slavery could look like by actually trying to do it. The city’s budget for the next fiscal year includes $6 million that will go toward green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods. Durham intends to allocate money every year going forward. Mayor Steve Schewel says…

Politico: “In the span of a week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed bills restricting the teaching of critical race theory and allowing Texans to carry handguns without a license. He’s preparing to order state lawmakers back into a special session to pass legislation restricting voting access, a GOP priority. And in the most pugilistic…

NPR: “Over the weekend, there was a celebration of sorts on the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso. Some 200 families separated by their legal status reunited in the middle of the Rio Grande. It’s an annual event called Hugs Not Walls. Organizers coordinate with immigration officials to create a space where families can briefly reconnect…

Political Wire: “In the pushback to the For the People Act, the National Senatorial Campaign Committee released a series of ads hitting Democratic senators for voting for the bill,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “But it was the ad against Sen. Raphael Warnock that raised some eyebrows, since it framed Warnock’s support for the elections bill as ‘welfare…

North State Journal: “The White House announced on Sunday that President Joe Biden would come to Raleigh on Thursday, June 24. An email sent from the White House press office said that President Biden would travel to Raleigh to highlight the ongoing COVID-19 vaccination effort. The statement said that the president would “highlight the ease…

Slate: “This summer’s spate of state-level bills aimed at censoring the content of history teaching in public school classrooms—bills that have made much of the supposed double threat of “critical race theory” and the New York Times’ 1619 Project—might seem somewhat random. But in fact, conservative attacks like these on humanities curricula that discuss race and racism…

AL Political Reporter: “The Randall Woodfin for mayor campaign held an open house event on Friday with supporters and volunteers to kick off summer campaign activities and introduce key staff members. Over 230 supporters joined Woodfin and his campaign staff and volunteers for their first office open house event to kick off summer campaign activities….

The Week: “Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reportedly initially dismissed the idea that George Floyd’s killing would dominate the news and generate nationwide outrage in May 2020, instead thinking “nobody” would care.  That’s according to a new excerpt published in Politico Friday from reporter Michael C. Bender’s book Frankly, We Did Win this Election, which details a West Wing meeting the morning after…

WAPT: “The First Lady of the United States will travel to Jackson next week. First Lady Jill Biden is set to arrive in Jackson on June 22 where she will visit vaccine sites and encourage the community to get vaccinated. She will also be visiting Nashville on the same day. According to the Biden administration,…

Today: “Opal Lee’s dream has become reality. The 94-year-old activist known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth” has pushed for years for June 19 to become a national holiday, which included walking 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., at 90 years old in 2016 to bring awareness of America’s other independence day. On Thursday, President…