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The city of Detroit is moving forward with plans to reopen Michigan’s only historically black college. The PENSOLE Lewis College of Business is preparing to open in March 2022.

The fashion and the plot on Our Kind of People continue to keep us on the edge of our seat and this week's episode did not disappoint. 

Not waiting for the Biden administration to defend the case or find another remedy, the group filed a motion to intervene. According to a statement released Tuesday afternoon, the group sees Section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan as a viable step toward addressing “ decades of well-documented discrimination at the hands of the USDA.”

Paradise Square will run Pre-Broadway in Chicago, November 2 – December 5, 2021. Broadway previews will begin February 22, 2022, and tickets will be on sale through November 27, 2022, at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City.

Gruden was in the midst of a 10-year, $100 million contract with the Raiders at the time of his resignation.

Holding elected officials accountable is a part of the Democratic system. But part of the accountability process is getting the facts straight.  The current issue involving HBCU funding has to do with implementing Biden's Build Back Better Plan and the reconciliation budget process making its way through Congress.

The Mississippi State Medical Association and the Mississippi Hospital Association both support expanding Medicaid. Tim Moore, the hospital association's president, told the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting that the refusal to expand Medicaid has hit rural communities hard.

The accomplished gospel singer was also an actor, starring in numerous stage plays and the 1988 film 'Colors.'

The system Is not broken; it is working as Intended. Internal guidance for the Department of Justice explained that action against law enforcement is governed by a federal criminal statute 18 U.S.C. § 242, which states in part: "Whoever, under color of any law, …willfully subjects any person…to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States [shall be guilty of a crime]." 

Jill Scott is considering moving from the U.S. because she is concerned for the safety of her 12-year-old son. Read about her ideal overseas home inside.

A recent study by Dr. Paula Braveman has found that disparities in preterm birth rates between Black and white women in the U.S. are directly or indirectly attributed to racism