National

By Ray’Chel Wilson, CFEI, CFT-I The Fed’s 4.5% rates aren’t just numbers on a screen, they’re changing how businesses survive. Business owners across America have grown accustomed to their projections being inaccurate. First, supply chain disruptions threw off pricing models. Then came inflation that made their cost estimates obsolete within months. Now there’s a new… Read more: Impact of Federal Interest Rate Policy on Small Businesses

By Ron Calhoun The U.S. Supreme Court’s forthcoming ruling on President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14160 could determine whether birthright citizenship remains protected under the Constitution, a decision with historic implications for African Americans, whose citizenship was secured after the Civil War. From Dred Scott to the Fourteenth Amendment The Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868,… Read more: Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Trump’s Citizenship Order, With Historic Stakes for African Americans

By Amaya Dennis According to the Associated Press, President Trump issued a proclamation that barred nationals from 19 countries from entering the United States, citing national security and terrorism reasons. Of these countries, 12 received partial entry restrictions, and the other seven were fully suspended. The proclamation went into effect on June 9, but how… Read more: Trump’s Travel Ban: What You Need To Know

By The Associated Press The White House now says more arrests are being made and homeless people are being forced to remove their tents from public spaces as federal troops and law officers deploy in Washington, D.C. to enforce President Donald Trump’s monthlong takeover of the city’s police. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meanwhile hugged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after… Read more: The Latest: Dozens arrested as White House ratchets up federal policing of DC

By Vince Robinson The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) marked its 50th anniversary with its annual convention and career fair, held Aug. 6-10 at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland. Founded in 1975, NABJ advocates for the needs of African Americans in broadcasting and print media. The four-day gathering drew journalists from across the… Read more: GCLEABJ Shines As Host of the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Cleveland