By Lauren Burke On March 26, 2024, a container ship the size of three football fields named Dali struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The bridge collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore. The catastrophe shut thirteen percent of Maryland’s economy, according to officials, and six people were killed. The cost to replace the Francis […]
For the First Time in its 116 Year History, the NAACP Won’t invite the Sitting President to Their Annual Convention
By Lauren Burke Citing Trump’s “attacking our democracy,” the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will not invite President Donald Trump to its national convention this year. The decision marks the first time that America’s oldest civil rights organization will exclude a sitting president at its convention. In a statement on the […]
Congressional Black Caucus Sounds Alarm to Protect SNAP Benefits
By Lauren Burke During a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 25, members of the Congressional Black Caucus spoke out with concern about budgetary threats to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). CBC Chair Yvette Clarke spoke of “grave concerns” about the “Republican scheme to cut billions of dollars to cut SNAP […]