By Fatima Hussein and Megan Janetsky
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel Vail’s entire life in the small western Guatemalan town of Cajolá is built off the money that his three children send home from the United States.
The money from their construction jobs paid for the two-story white home where Vail now lives — and where his children, who are in the...
Black-owned businesses have experienced historic growth in recent years, but that progress is now under threat. A sharp decline in small business optimism, coupled with sweeping anti-DEI executive orders from the Trump administration, is creating new hurdles—particularly for African American entrepreneurs who remain vastly underrepresented in the U.S. economy.
According to Pew Research Center, the number of U.S. firms with...
Rwanda drew international attention, and some outrage, by agreeing to take in Britain’s rejected asylum-seekers in a plan that collapsed last year. Now Rwanda says it is talking with the Trump administration about a similar idea – and it might find more success.
The negotiations mark an expansion in U.S. efforts to deport people to countries other than their own....
While President Donald Trump and his allies at the Heritage Foundation work to gut diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across America, a dangerous narrative continues to spread—that DEI is some handout to Black Americans. But the truth, backed by decades of data and recent studies, reveals a different picture entirely: the primary beneficiaries of DEI have not been...
Results for the 2026 Diversity Visa Program (DV-2026), popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be available online starting tomorrow (May 3, 2025) at 12 p.m. EST.
The U.S. government program that is run by the State Department makes 55,000 immigrant visas available each year. The visas are awarded randomly to people from countries with historically low immigration rates...
Tuesday evening, April 29th, nearly 200 people gathered at The Cedar Cultural Center in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis to taste not only an assortment of cheeses, olives, and other hors d’oeuvres, but also the sampling of music slated for this summer on the Cedar’s outdoor plaza.
The Cedar’s board president, Maryam Yusefzadeh, opened the first ever Summer Plaza Preview...
By Moriah Balingit
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has begun shedding new light on a crackdown on international students, spelling out how it targeted thousands of people and laying out the grounds for terminating their legal status.
The new details emerged in lawsuits filed by some of the students who suddenly had their status canceled in recent weeks with little...
Rev. Jamal Bryant is urging Black Americans to keep the pressure on Target by continuing the national boycott that began as a 40-day economic “fast.” The move, sparked by the retail giant’s decision to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, has already cost the company an estimated $12 billion, Bryant said. “Because of your fast, Target has...
By Jimmy Golen
BOSTON (AP) — A rider dressed as Paul Revere eased his horse up to the Boston Marathon finish line and proclaimed, “The runners are coming.”
And down Boylston Street they came.
In record time. With a historic family first. And even “The Star-Spangled Banner” got some air time as the race and the region commemorated the 250th anniversary...
Target is spiraling as consumer boycotts intensify, workers push to unionize, and the company faces mounting financial losses following its rollback of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. With foot traffic plummeting, stock prices at a five-year low, and employee discontent boiling over, national civil rights leaders and grassroots organizers are vowing to escalate pressure in the weeks ahead.
Led...
International students in at least 29 U.S. states have seen their student visas revoked by the Trump administration with no explanation.
As of 9:00 a.m. CST on April 11, Inside Higher Ed, a news site that covers the higher education community, reported that 140 colleges and universities have identified 700-plus international students and recent graduates who have had their legal...