Baton Rouge’s 1st Black Female Mayor Hopes to Unify a City Torn Apart by Racial Strife

By: Kiersten Willis Article Reprint Residents of Louisiana’s state capital of Baton Rouge elected their first Black female mayor over the weekend. Sharon Weston Broome, a former state senator, will succeed Baton Rouge’s first Black mayor Kip Holden, whose

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Senate Finally Approves $170M in Funding to Help Clean Up the Mess State of Michigan Created In Flint

By: Tanasia Kenney Article Reprint After much anticipation, the U.S. Senate on Saturday passed a critical piece of legislation providing $170 million in much-needed federal aid to Flint, Michigan, and other cities in the country affected

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