Groundbreaking $30 million budget initiative will assist homeless individuals and small businesses in California
Hot and Cool Café hosted Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles), State Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) and Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) to celebrate the groundbreaking California Homeless Hiring Tax Credit (HHTC).
After decades of relentless political indifference, reparations for slavery have finally arrived at the forefront of national American politics. Practically every 2020 Democratic presidential candidate has embraced the concept to some degree. Many of them attended Al Sharpton’s National Action Network convention in April and promised to sign H.R. 40 if elected president. However, many Black Americans remain concerned as to how substantial the candidates’ plans for reparations truly are. Are candidates making reparations a real priority, or has the term merely become the latest buzzword, guaranteed to garner applause on a debate stage?