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Source: Mitchell Layton / Getty Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and City Council President Zeke Cohen announced a proposal Monday to create an agency aimed at improving emergency response and reducing pressure on the city’s 911 system. The proposed Department of Neighborhood Safety, or DNS, would serve as a branch of Baltimore’s public safety system alongside police, fire and emergency medical services. The agency would also absorb the Mayor’s Office of […]

✕ Sybil Wilkes is back with What We Need To Know, from AI policy battles in Washington to a historic moment on the tennis court, breaking down the stories that matter most, and what they mean for our communities. Trump Defends AI Industry, Dismisses Federal Safety Rules President Trump is standing firmly behind the artificial intelligence industry, brushing off growing calls for federal safety regulation. In a social media post […]

Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty There’s something about journalist Rachel Scott that makes angry white men think that “freedom of the press” means aggressively invading her space. Five years ago, Scott, then an ABC News congressional correspondent, was standing outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, surrounded by a sea of white Trump supporters as they stormed the building. The crowd cursed at journalists, called them “fake news” and […]

Washington, D.C. is gearing up for one of the biggest weeks of the year for Black politics, culture, business and community. The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference brings lawmakers, advocates, business leaders, professionals and visitors from across the country to the nation’s capital for several days of conversations focused on issues affecting Black communities. But CBC Week goes well beyond the conference. Throughout D.C., organizations, HBCU alumni groups, […]

Source: Ray Tan / Getty Residents in Jackson, Mississippi, a city that is roughly 82% Black, have been grappling with an ongoing water crisis — a public health crisis caused by infrastructure neglect, severe weather, and a deteriorating water system — since the near-collapse of its water treatment plant in 2022. This month, the U.S. court system responded to the issue the same way America has always responded to Black people in crisis: by telling them they […]