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Palm Springs officials approve $5.9M to pay Black and Latino families displaced from neighborhood

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — A Southern California city will pay $5.9 million to compensate Black and Latino families who were displaced from a neighborhood in the 1960s and decades later led a fight for restitution. The council also approved $10 million for a first-time homebuyer assistance program, $10 million for a community land trust and the creation of a monument …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Palm Springs to pay $5.9 million to Black and Latino families over razed homes

LA Times

Alvin Taylor sits on the foundation of a home in Palm Springs’ Section 14, where his home was seized. The Palm Springs City Council has unanimously approved a $5.9-million settlement with the Black and Latino families whose homes were razed and burned in a brutal urban renewal project in the 1950s and 1960s. “This is just the beginning.” The settlement …

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3 months ago

Jill Biden and Al Sharpton pay tribute to civil rights activist Sybil Morial

Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — First lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during funeral services Monday for New Orleans civil rights activist Sybil Morial. Morial, who was also the widow of New Orleans’ first Black mayor, Ernest N. “Dutch” Morial, and mother to former Mayor Marc H. Morial, died earlier …

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2 years ago

Amazon workers across world urged to strike on Black Friday

The Hindu

Gig Workers Association in association with Amazon Warehouse workers and Hawkers Joint Action Committee held protests here on Friday, demanding the global giant to pay at least ₹25,000 per month to every employee and reduce working hours from 10 hours to eight hours. The campaign, titled “Make Amazon Pay”, was part of the global action call given by the Make …

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2 years, 10 months ago

India vs West Indies, 1st ODI: Indian team wears black armbands to pay respect to late Lata Mangeshkar

India TV News

The members of the Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team wore black armbands in the first ODI against the West Indies here, to pay respect to the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who died on Sunday morning in a Mumbai hospital. "The Indian Cricket Team is wearing black armbands today to pay their respects to Bharat Ratna Smt Lata Mangeshkar ji, who …

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3 years ago

Arsenal to pay tribute to Ray Kennedy before Wednesday's game against West Ham after fans' backlash

Daily Mail

Arsenal plan a tribute to Ray Kennedy before Wednesday's game against West Ham after a backlash from disgruntled fans demanding to know why there was nothing in his honour at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. Arsenal wore black armbands to mark his passing during a game at Manchester United two days later but supporters were shocked to find no commemoration …

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4 years ago

Remembering Phil Hughes: India, Australia players pay tribute to late opener on 6th death anniversary

India Today

Australia and India players observed a minute's silence before the start of the 1st ODI in Sydney on Friday to pay tributes to Dean Jones who passed away earlier this year. India players also wore black armbands and the two teams paused the game when the clock showed 4:08 pm at the Sydney Cricket Ground, remembering Phil Hughes who died …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a Black housing crisis gets worse

LA Times

Veronica Sance, 60, lives in the Crenshaw district and is worried about paying her rent after she was fired for what she said were discriminatory reasons. “This is a daily fear that I go to bed with every night.” Black Americans have long been more likely to pay unaffordable rent and mortgages compared with white people, according to census data. …

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4 years, 5 months ago

What the oligarchy fears the most

Raw Story

Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, took the knee last month before cameras at a branch of his bank. Starbucks vowed to “stand in solidarity with our black partners, customers and communities.” Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO David Solomon said he grieved “for the lives of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and countless other victims of racism.” And …

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