(CNN)America is struggling with a complicated set of challenges, raised up and laid bare during the Trump years. Tackling them requires a new generation of leadership that is morally grounded and invested in the plight of the communities that are incessantly ignored. Fortunately, an incoming cadre of leaders, educated and shaped by historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), are positioned as the change agents our nation needs. … [Read more...] about HBCU graduates continue to write the story of America
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Biden’s test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide
Biden can count on backing from Wall Street investors this time to borrow. Helped by supportive Federal Reserve policies, low interest rates make it easier to keep financing a stimulus and repay added debt. The interest rate on a 10-year U.S. Treasury note is about 1.15%, compared with 11.67% in 1984 when growth prospects last looked this good and the size of the federal debt was significantly smaller. … [Read more...] about Biden’s test: Engineering economic boom in a partisan divide
State Dept. OKs 100,000 Extra Green Cards for Foreign Visa-Workers in 2021
The H-1B, J-1, F-1, and L-1 visa workers who will get the cards are already working in the jobs needed by U.S. graduates, so there will be no immediate increase the population of foreign workers in the U.S. But the extra green cards will immediately raise the incentive for more foreigners to sign indentured-service contracts that offer green cards in exchange for many years of underpaid work in U.S. jobs. … [Read more...] about State Dept. OKs 100,000 Extra Green Cards for Foreign Visa-Workers in 2021
S.F. BART cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts. But navigating services is daunting
The city’s Behavioral Health Access Center, designed as an entry point to the system, is open only during business hours, though the city wants to expand to nights and weekends, said Angelica Almeida, the director of justice-involved behavioral health services. A city street crisis response team that started in November, comprising paramedics, mental health professionals and peer counselors, plans to run daily with 18 staff by March, but now only has three people working weekday shifts. … [Read more...] about S.F. BART cop tries to help homeless, mentally ill and drug addicts. But navigating services is daunting
Here’s what’s in Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue package
It would also fund the hiring of 100,000 public health workers, nearly tripling the community health workforce. It would address health disparities by expanding community health centers and health services on tribal lands. And it would provide support to long-term care facilities experiencing outbreaks and to prisons for mitigation strategies. … [Read more...] about Here’s what’s in Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic rescue package
