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AI Is Threatening Americans’ Jobs. Could Guaranteed Income Provide A Safety Net?

Global policymakers and business leaders are now increasingly warning that the rise of artificial intelligence will likely have profound impacts on the labor market and could put millions of people out of work in the years ahead (while also creating new and different jobs in the process).

When Marissa Farrow Prays, It Goes Viral On Instagram

Young Instagrammers are finding faith through the international preacher who says prayer has always been “everything” in her life.

To Help Black Teachers Thrive, Remove Outside Barriers 

In the Black community, from the time of enslaved ancestors to the founding of HBCUs, it’s a truism: Black teachers have been beacons of education, hope, and freedom. Yet Black educators as a whole make up just 7% of the nation’s teaching workforce, with Black men taking up fewer than 2% of the space.

To Bridge Racial Wealth Gap Americans Willing To Pay More

A new study identified Black-owned businesses and found Americans are willing to pay more to close the racial wealth gap.

Congress Likely To Kick The Can On Covid-Era Telehealth Policies

Federal lawmakers face a year-end deadline to solidify or scuttle an array of covid-era payment changes for telehealth services that include allowing people to stay in their homes to see a doctor or therapist.

Biden To Forgive $7.4 Billion More In Student Loan Debt For 277,000 Borrowers

The Biden administration said Friday that is using existing student loan forgiveness programs to cancel another round of student debt, totaling $7.4 billion for 277,000 borrowers.

O.J., Who Transcended Race Until He Didn’t, Dies At 76

Football hero and Hollywood star O.J. Simpson had risen above his impoverished beginnings, but he couldn’t outrun his troubled past.

Nearly 1 In 4 Adults Dumped From Medicaid Are Now Uninsured, Survey Finds

Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured, according to a survey released Friday that details how tens of millions of Americans struggled to retain coverage in the government insurance program for low-income people after pandemic-era protections began expiring last spring.

O.J. Simpson Dies Of Cancer At Age 76, His Family Says

O.J. Simpson, the former NFL star and broadcaster, has died of cancer, his family announced Thursday on X. He was 76.

6 Ex-Officers Who Pleaded Guilty In ‘Goon Squad’ Torture Of 2 Black Men Sentenced...

Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who abused two Black men for hours were sentenced in state court Wednesday to 15 to 45 years in prison.

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California Man Charged With Threatening Fulton County DA Fani Willis Over...

A California man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Atlanta on charges of threatening Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis because of her prosecution of former President Donald Trump, the Justice Department said Friday in a release.