by #JessicaWashington in #TheRoot:

"On Friday, the USA began accepting applications for financial relief for farmers who’ve faced discrimination... The program is offering farmers up to $500,000, although it’s worth noting that the USDA told CNN that applicants are unlikely to receive that full amount.

"Applications for relief funding will be open until October 31st. According to the USDA, the applications will be reviewed in November and December, and payment will be sent out 'soon thereafter.' The department says that the payments will not be sent or considered on a first-come-first basis. In order to qualify, the discrimination has to have taken place before January 1st, 2023."

https://www.theroot.com/black-farmers-have-faced-decades-of-discrimination-now-1850615112

#farmers #farm #farming #agriculture #discrimination #USDA

by #JessicaWashington in #TheRoot:

"In 2020, Jones won his race to represent the 17th district. But when redistricting happened, it placed him in direct competition with Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who chaired the House Democrats campaign arm. Rather than run against Maloney, Jones opted to run in the 10th district instead, where he lost to Congressman Dan Goldman. Maloney also lost the general election race to Lawler."

https://www.theroot.com/former-new-york-congressman-mondaire-jones-fights-to-re-1850606510

#MondaireJones #NY17 #NY10 #SeanPatrickMaloney #USPolitics #USPol #politics #elections #Democrats

by #JessicaWashington # in #TheRoot:

"The Supreme Court has been pumping out a steady stream of life-altering decisions on everything from LGBTQ+ rights to affirmative action. But there’s one case that didn’t make it onto their docket that’s worth a deeper look. On Friday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s Jim Crow-era felony voting provision, meaning the provision will be allowed to continue."

https://www.theroot.com/supreme-court-allows-mississippi-jim-crow-era-voting-la-1850601233

#Mississippi #JimCrow #VotingRights #voting #elections #racism #discrimination #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS

by #JessicaWashington in #TheRoot:

"[O]n Thursday, Thomas got his ultimate wish. In a decision split entirely on conservative and liberal lines, the Supreme Court declared the use of race in admissions policies (with narrow exceptions) unconstitutional. The ruling landed a mortal blow to efforts to integrate schools in the United States after years of attacks on integration policies in K-12 education.

“'This is the culmination of a dream that has been held by Justice Roberts and especially Clarence Thomas for decades,' says Howard Law School Professor and Executive Director of the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center, Justin Hansford."

https://www.theroot.com/affirmative-action-decision-is-clarence-thomas-dream-co-1850596915

#AffirmativeAction #HigherEducation #education #college #universities #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS