Today’s Headlines – May 12, 2023
How Recent Banking Collapses Might Affect Black Financial Institutions
Many are concerned about the future of banking for African Americans.
Mayor’s Public Safety Summit Focuses on Illegal Guns
During D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s public safety summit, members of the local public safety and justice ecosystem assessed local crime and various means of addressing it — albeit without much input from District residents, public defenders and social justice advocates.
Roberts Beats Odds to Raise Six Children
Many mothers will say that raising one child is a handful, but taking care of six that are close in age can be downright overwhelming. But no one told that to Michelle Roberts.
Norton Wants Weed Displayed at U.S. Botanic Garden
D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton wrote to Dr. Susan K. Pell, the executive director of the U.S. Botanic Garden on the Capitol grounds, requesting her agency display marijuana after hemp’s recent debut.
D.C. AG Schwalb Joins Letter Calling for Fully Funding Legal Services Corporation
D.C. Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb co-sponsored a letter appeal by the National Association of Attorneys General urging leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees to allocate robust funding for the nonprofit Legal Service Corporation in the fiscal year 2024 budget.
