By Karen Stokes On Wednesday, Vice President Harris announced the recipients of new grants under the Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant competition. The goal of the program is building more housing, and lowering housing and rental costs for American families. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) created PRO […]
The Biden-Harris Administration Honors Juneteenth’s Significance
By Karen Stokes On Juneteenth, the Biden-Harris Administration was proud to celebrate and honor Black history as they remain deeply committed to always uplifting and protecting it. Although Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has only been a federal holiday since 2021. A bill to solidify Juneteenth National Independence […]
Under the Biden-Harris Administration, Business Applications Reach a Historic High
By Karen Stokes Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a statement in response to President Biden’s announcement that more than 18 million new business applications have been filed under the Biden-Harris administration. “Under President Biden, American business owners have demonstrated incredible dynamism, tenacity, and optimism,” said SBA Administrator […]
American Heart Association Celebrates 100 years of Saving Lives
By Karen Stokes The American Heart Association marks a century of saving lives. The southeast Wisconsin community is celebrating 100 years of collaboration as the organization embarks on its next century dedicated to health and hope. Since the American Heart Association was founded in 1924, deaths in the United States from cardiovascular disease have been […]
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Biden Administration’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program
By Karen Stokes A federal appeals court recently upheld the dismissal of a challenge to a key Biden administration student loan forgiveness initiative. This decision supports the Biden-Harris administration, maintaining over $51 billion in debt relief already granted and enabling further loan forgiveness. “We recognize that there’s going to be some who are going to […]
HBCUs Get Historic Funding from Biden-Harris Administration
By Karen Stokes The Biden administration recently announced that it has invested a record $16 billion in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) over the past three years. These historic funding levels, the most by any administration demonstrate President Biden and Vice President Harris’s ongoing commitment to HBCUs. Over the past three years, the money […]
Milwaukee Leaders Announce Biden’s Marijuana Reform
By Karen Stokes Milwaukee elected officials held a press conference at City Hall on Friday to celebrate President Biden’s announcement reclassifying marijuana from a Schedule I drug, to a Schedule III drug under federal law. This is the biggest federal marijuana reform the Biden-Harris administration enacted to date. The event was attended by Milwaukee Mayor […]
How ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ Changed the Life of This Incarcerated man
By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Malcolm X once wrote that, “People don’t realize how a man’s whole life can be changed by one book.” For Victor Thomas, who is about halfway through […]
Biden-Harris Administration Approves $6.1 Billion Group Student Loan Discharge
By Karen Stokes The Biden-Harris Administration announced an additional over $6 billion in student debt cancellation for 317,000 borrowers who attended the Art Institutes, on or after Jan. 1, 2004, through Oct. 16, 2017. A higher-ed entity that knowingly defrauded its enrollees over several years. Today’s action brings total approved debt cancellation under Biden Administration […]
National Park Service Awards $23.4 Million to Preserve African American Civil Rights History
By Karen Stokes The National Parks Service announced awards of over $23 million to 39 projects in 16 states and the District of Columbia as part of the Historic Preservation Fund’s African American Civil Rights grant program. The program focuses on the preservation of sites and stories directly associated with the struggle of African Americans […]
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