by Charlene Crowell, Special to The Informer As consumers complain about the real-life challenges of keeping pace with the rising
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WHEN WILL WE RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE?
By Dr. Julianne Malveaux The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009. Several states have
‘If You’re Looking for a Job, Scammers are Looking for You!’
By Mark Hedin It’s a sad fact of life: If it seems too good to be true, beware! In this
Alabama Unbowed in Battling Black Voting
By Mark Hedin For more than 60 years, from Selma in 1965 to Shelby County in 2013, the state of Alabama has led
Tennessee Republicans Unmoved by Growing Calls for Gun Reform
By Peter White NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee voters want gun reform but the Republicans who control things here aren’t listening.
America’s Demographic Shifts and the Racial Generation Gap
by Stacy M. Brown It’s been a poorly kept secret that the underlying reason for much of America’s hate seen
Six Decades after MLK’s Historic Speech, Report Shows Black Economic Equality is ‘Still a Dream’
by Stacy M. Brown Sixty years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic “I Have a
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Natalie Hudson Becomes First Person of Color to Lead State Judiciary
by Stacy M. Brown Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) announced that Justice Natalie Hudson is the new chief justice of
White Gunman Targets Historically Black Jacksonville Community, Killing Three
by Stacy M. Brown A white man, described as being in his early 20s, went on a shooting spree Saturday
Sharpton Reminds Howard Students to Continue to Fight for Equity
by Hamil R. Harris One day after the 60th-anniversary demonstration commemorating the March on Washington on Aug. 26, the Rev.
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