Year: 2025

• America Under Attack

THE GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE PEOPLE

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

I can’t remember when I met Dr. Olivia Hooker, a Tulsa Massacre survivor, the first African American...

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• America Under Attack
• Regular Column

ARE WE FUNDING OUR OPPRESSION?

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

African Americans have about $1.6 trillion in buying power. And we are the ultimate consumers, disproportionately spending...

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• America Under Attack

Some Experts Say Trump’s South African Land Stance Exposes a Deep Hypocrisy

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by Stacy M. Brown President Donald Trump has issued an executive order to cut U.S. aid to South...

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• Black History

Senators Seek Federal Recognition of African Diaspora Heritage Month

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by WI Web Staff U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is a co-sponsor of legislation to formally designate September...

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• America Under Attack

What Can Prospective Homebuyers, Current Homeowners Expect from the Trump Administration

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by Zerline Hughes Spruill Now that the pomp and circumstance of inauguration has passed and Donald Trump is...

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• Civil Rights

Watching and Waiting Leads to a Larger Homeownership Gap for Single Black Women

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by Zerline Hughes Spruill It was a hard no when Nicki Mayo’s mother tried to sell her the...

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• America Under Attack

Banks Cash In as Republicans Move to Kill Consumer Protections

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by Stacy M. Brown The Biden administration’s effort to rein in excessive overdraft fees is now under direct...

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• America Fights Back

Corporate America Abandons DEI, But Black-Owned Brands Are the Future

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by Stacy M. Brown While corporations retreat, Black entrepreneurs continue to build, innovate and thrive. According to NBC Select,...

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• Social Justice

D.C. Attorney General Sues Talea Ristorante for Wage Theft and Worker Exploitation

AAV Staff February 22, 2025

by Stacy M. Brown District of Columbia Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb has filed a lawsuit against Talea...

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• Civil Rights
• Social Justice

Lawsuit Lending Disclosure is Key to Racial Justice in New York and Across America

AAV Staff January 5, 2025

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis My first brush with the law took place when I was just 12...

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