Durham budget for 2021-22 fiscal year includes $6 million for reparations through green infrastructure projects

The Durham City Council approved its budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, which includes $6 million for reparations for slavery. This money will be used to fund green and equitable infrastructure in historically Black neighborhoods.  The total city budget of $529.7 million for the fiscal year was approved on Monday. The budget, which will be available on the City...

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Senate Confirms Kristen Clarke as First Woman — and First Black Woman — to Lead the Civil Rights Division

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Stephen Peters, WASHINGTON — Wade Henderson, interim president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement after the Senate’s bipartisan vote confirming Kristen Clarke as assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice:  “This is an historic, important moment for our nation...