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The Homelessness Crisis – We Are Better Than This
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The Homelessness Crisis – We Are Better Than This

Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire ContributorMarch 12, 2020

There are half a million people, mostly men, mostly white, but way too many African Americans. African Americans are 13 percent of the population and 40 percent of the homeless. The homeless are primarily concentrated in California, New York, Florida, and Texas, but you can find them in almost any community. Two-thirds of the homeless are sheltered on a given night, but a third are sleeping on the streets, on park benches, in alleys, under awnings. To quote the late great Congressman Elijah Cummings, “we are better than this.”

California Governor Newsom to Withdraw Guard Troops at Border, Affront of Trumps Description of an Immigration Crisis
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California Governor Newsom to Withdraw Guard Troops at Border, Affront of Trumps Description of an Immigration Crisis

Sentinel News WireFebruary 11, 2019

California Gov. Gavin Newsom / Donald Trump SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans Monday to withdraw several hundred National Guard troops from the state’s southern border with Mexico in defiance of the Trump administration’s request for support from border states. About 100 of the 360 troops will remain deployed under California’s agreement with the federal government to focus specifically on combating transnational crime such as drug and gun smuggling, Newsom spokesman Nathan Click said. Specifically, they will be tasked with providing intelligence on transnational crime and assist with cargo dock operations and searches of commercial trucks for

The Government Shutdown: Another Storm for Black Farmers, Cooperatives, and Southern Rural Communities
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The Government Shutdown: Another Storm for Black Farmers, Cooperatives, and Southern Rural Communities

Sentinel News ServiceJanuary 18, 2019

Cornelius Key, the Federation’s Georgia State Coordinator, who is also a farmer and rancher says, “Small farmers that normally submit farm loan applications in December and January can’t submit loans at the moment. The shutdown will have a domino effect as it ultimately leads to a decreased harvest, greater farm debt, and loan defaults that could translate to land and farm losses.”

Harris on Unpaid Government Workers: ‘They don’t need a wall. They need a paycheck.’
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Harris on Unpaid Government Workers: ‘They don’t need a wall. They need a paycheck.’

LAWT News ServiceJanuary 18, 2019

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris spoke on the Senate floor this week to call on her colleagues to immediately take up bipartisan legislation to re-open the government and put federal employees in California and across the country back to work. In her remarks, she noted that before the holidays the Senate unanimously passed legislation to re-open the government and that the president has consistently stood in the way of ending the shutdown.