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New student loan limits could threaten diversity in nursing and public health programs

Shawnie Allen traces her choice to study public health to a moment inside a hospital room in 2023. At 20 years old, she was a junior at Nova Southeastern University when she found out she was six weeks pregnant.


Abortion was still legal until 15 weeks of pregnancy, and Allen asked her presiding nurse about options for termination. The nurse’s expression, Allen noted, shifted. 





“I could just tell she obviously did not like that I was going toward abortion,” she said. 


Alle...
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‘We’re asking for very basic things’: 15,000 nurses are on strike in New York City

The largest nurse walkout in New York City history has entered its fifth day, with no signs of ending quickly as negotiations continue. The nurses union began striking at three private hospital systems after months of unsuccessful talks surrounding health care benefits and staffing shortages.


The strike, which the nurses union said involved 15,000 nurses, illuminates a growing divide between health practitioners and hospitals as the industry faces major upheaval amid federal administrative ch...
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Head Start can still use words like 'race' and 'women' for federal funding, judge says

A federal judge has blocked efforts by the Trump administration to curb diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives within Head Start early child care programs, which included attempts to revoke funding from providers who use words like “women” and “race” on grant applications. 


Wednesday’s temporary injunction, which also prevented mass layoffs for the program, is the latest development in a legal battle between Head Start programs and the Trump administration, as the president continu...
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How Rosa Parks' legacy inspired a new fight over who could ride the bus

Decades after her act of defiance, Rosa Parks galvanized a cadre of activists to protest their own conditions and, though the scope of her legacy for them is still coming into focus, it remains just as powerful.


They were fighting for disability access, and, like Parks, they used public transportation as a springboard.


The disability rights movement took shape against the backdrop of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, growing in size with each passing year. By the 1980s, it had made s...
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'We'll be here': Across three cities, communities step up as SNAP runs out

The government shutdown is entering its second month and there is no sign that Republicans or Democrats in Congress will be ceding ground anytime soon to bring it to an end.


On Saturday, funding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — which helps millions of lower-income women, older and disabled Americans feed themselves and their families — will run dry.


For a single mother of four in Detroit, losing SNAP will upend the tenuous balance between caregiving and...

DALLAS MORNING NEWS

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Residents of FW apartment complex who lost their homes during 6-alarm fire file lawsuit

Several former tenants of a Forth Worth apartment complex who were forced out of their homes by a massive rooftop fire have filed a lawsuit against the property and its managers, alleging gross negligence by a contract worker whose actions allegedly sparked the blaze and accusing property managers of denying access to residents’ units, according to a news release Wednesday by the law firm representing the residents.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE

A Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Could Impact How Doctors Treat Their Patients – Howard University News Service

WASHINGTON — The ongoing United States v. Skrmetti case is expected to have deep ramifications for families of children who are transgender and their doctors in traditionally conservative states, experts say. 


Lawyers for both parties presented their arguments on gender-affirming care at the U.S. Supreme Court in December. The issue has become decidedly divisive across the country in recent months. The case will determine whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1 — a provision that would eliminate all...

Immigration Rights Groups Brace for Impact of Trump’s Recent Executive Orders – Howard University News Service

By Lauren Nutall
Howard University News Service
WASHINGTON – Since assuming office, President Donald Trump has passed sweeping legislation targeting immigration policies implemented during the Biden-Harris administration, prompting criticism from immigration rights groups.
Throughout his campaign, Trump pledged to undo many Biden-era policies, including expelling undocumented migrants from the United States and increasing border security.
During his first five days in office, he upheld several o...

Trump Restores Death Penalty, Concerning Prisoner Advocates as AG Pick Advances – Howard University News Service

By Lauren Nutall
Howard University News Service
Prisoner advocates are alarmed by President Donald Trump’s executive order to restore the death penalty. They fear that the order will be used to target individuals and worsen existing biases within the prosecutorial system.
“People who end up in prison are Black and Brown; people who are given the death penalty are Black and Brown. So it’s disproportionate,” said Pamela Bailey, executive director and co-founder of More Than Our Crimes, a nonprofit...

Four Debtors Share Their Hopes, Fears During the 2024 Presidential Election – Howard University News Service

By Lauren Nutall
Howard University News Service
In 2023, at 77 years old, Michael Haran suffered a heart attack. It was another blow for the Santa Rosa resident, who was still recovering from aggressive radiation treatment after being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2022.
Haran was forced to relocate to an assisted living facility, at his family’s insistence. “As my daughter says, ‘You gotta admit it. You gotta face up to it. You’re not a spring chicken anymore,’” Haran recalled.
“I can live t...

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Did Howard Violate Its Partisan Political Activity Guidelines?

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a campaign election night watch party on Howard’s campus last week, where thousands of people joined to watch live election coverage.


On Nov. 5, students, staff, alumni and D.C. residents celebrated what Howard President Ben Vinson III suggested could’ve been “the place to potentially make history again” for Harris as the first Black female president. But as the night progressed, the atmosphere gradually grew somber, leaving attendees disheartened. 


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