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  Tents are setup on a sidewalk, Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday to direct state agencies on how to remove homeless encampments, a month after a Supreme Court ruling allowing cities to enforce bans on sleeping outside in public spaces. (APK Photo/JSon Fong) The United States is grappling with an alarming surge in homelessness, particularly within Black communities. While homelessness is a nationwide crisis, Black people in America are disproportionately affected, with Black individuals making up nearly 40 percent of the homeless population despite comprising only 13 percent of the U.S. population, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.  To make matters worse, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of  Johnson v. Grants Pass  on June 28 that people experiencing homelessness can be arrested and fined for sleeping outside when there are no safe alternatives.  The original lo...

Rep. Charlie Rangel. Photo: APK Photo ALBI YA NEW YORK— An elder statesman, a Civil Rights ambassador, a trailblazing legislator, and a visionary for social and economic justice for his beloved Harlem community were just some of the accolades that many have shared on the mention of his name. Congressman Charles “Charlie” Rangel, who passed away on May 26 at the age of 94, was admired and remembered by his colleagues, constituents, friends, and admirers as a great nobleman who served 46 years in Congress. Born June 11, 1930, he was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus in 1971 and a decorated soldier from the Korean War. Congressman Rangel epitomized leadership with pomp, personality, style, and purpose. He was a champion for justice who introduced legislation in 1987 that helped to dismantle Apartheid in South Africa, Called the Rangel Amendment, which denied foreign tax credits to American companies investing in that country. Congressman Rangel was the first Black person...

The problem with focusing on White folks in post-apartheid South Africa Anti-apartheid activist Stephen Biko Photo: AP Photo/Argus, File It was recently announced that South Africa is reopening the inquest into the death of South Africa’s anti-apartheid freedom fighter and Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) founder, Steve Biko. His son, Nkosinathi, who was just 6 years old at the time of his father’s death, while incarcerated, said his family welcomed the decision but was also mindful of past disappointments. “We are cautious. … We’ve been around the block a couple of times,” he told South Africa’s Daily Maverick. According to National Public Radio (NPR), on the 48th anniversary of Biko’s death, the South African government reopened the inquest into the September 12, 1977 case was an effort to address the atrocities of the past and assist in providing closure to the Biko family and society at large. --- Biko was a medical student. In the mid-1960s, he attended the University of...

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