By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Senior National Correspondent Target CEO Brian Cornell acknowledged in an email to employees this week that a months-long lapse in communication has created … [Read more...]
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DEI’s Toll on HBCU’s
Say Something Real Balancing the Impact of Trump’s DEI Policies on Black Colleges Campuses By Michelle Bryant Recently, I had the privilege of chaperoning a group of Milwaukee County high … [Read more...]
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A Time to Recognize and Advocate for Americans with Developmental Disabilities
By LaKeshia N. Myers As we welcome the month of March, we acknowledge National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month—a time to recognize the contributions, struggles, and rights of the … [Read more...]
Apple Shareholders Reject Effort to Dismantle DEI Initiatives, Approve $500 Billion U.S. Investment Plan
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Apple has vowed to stick to its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives despite pressure from a … [Read more...]
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Where Do We Go From Here: A Reckoning with King’s Vision and Trump’s America
By LaKeshia N. Myers Fifty-five years after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his seminal “Where Do We Go From Here” speech to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, his prophetic … [Read more...]
Rollbacks, Rallies, and Resilience: Black America’s Battle for Equity in 2024
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In 2024, Black Americans encountered a series of political events that tested their resilience and commitment to … [Read more...]
Walmart Ends Diversity Commitments as Trump Policies Stoke Division
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In 2020, following the global Black Lives Matter protests, Walmart pledged to foster a culture of inclusion and … [Read more...]
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Beware: The Browning of America is Upon Us
By LaKeshia N. Myers White America is afraid. As is customary in observed white culture, when white fear is stoked, the response is often violent and fueled by demonstrations of political … [Read more...]
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Is Anyone Paying Attention?
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor “For those who seek to tell us ‘Don’t believe your lying eyes,” while professing that we have moved beyond racism, here is yet another example … [Read more...]
UW Credit Union Hires Rolando De León for Milwaukee-area Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Role
The lifelong Milwaukeean brings nearly two decades of experience to the credit union Madison, WI– UW Credit Union (UWCU) has hired Rolando De León as its Milwaukee Director of Diversity, Equity … [Read more...]