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05/29/2025

https://ognsc.com/affordable-childcare-remains-a-barrier-solutions-in-new-report/

While America’s childcare supply grew nationally, the price of that care continues to rise—placing affordable, high-quality care out of reach for many families. A new report released by Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA), Child Care in America: 2024 Price & Supply, shows that despite promisin...

05/29/2025

https://ognsc.com/tariffs-boycotts-slam-targets-bottom-line/

Target Corporation is projecting a decline in annual sales and profits for 2025 as the retail giant struggles with fallout from its decision to end its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, pressure from new tariffs, and organized boycotts by Black consumers and media.

05/29/2025

https://ognsc.com/3-things-to-watch-on-mental-health-in-trumps-early-budget-proposals/

Since President Donald Trump released his 2026 budget blueprint in early May, calling for $163 billion in federal spending cuts, much of the attention has focused on his slashing of foreign aid and boosting of border security. But the proposal also holds important clues — amid some mixed messages ...

05/29/2025

https://ognsc.com/black-orgs-converge-on-california-state-capitol-for-legislative-day/

Several influential, Black-focused organizations from across California convened in Sacramento to engage with elected officials and lobby for specific policies that would affect Black communities around the state.

05/16/2025

https://ognsc.com/three-former-officers-acquitted-in-tyre-nichols-death-prompting-outrage-and-renewed-calls-for-reform/

Nearly a year and a half after the violent beating that led to Tyre Nichols’s death shocked the nation, a Tennessee jury has acquitted three former Memphis police officers of all state charges related to the 29-year-old’s killing.

05/14/2025

https://ognsc.com/the-dei-deception-white-women-benefit-black-americans-blamed/

While President Donald Trump and his allies at the Heritage Foundation work to gut diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs across America, a dangerous narrative continues to spread—that DEI is some handout to Black Americans.

05/14/2025

https://ognsc.com/student-loan-collections-have-resumed-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced that its Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) resumed collection of its defaulted federal student loan portfolio on May 5.

05/14/2025

https://ognsc.com/five-years-after-george-floyd-racial-justice-hopes-fade/

As the nation approaches the fifth anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, a new Pew Research Center study reveals a sobering assessment from Americans: the heightened focus on race and racial inequality following the 2020 protests has largely failed to improve the lives of Black people.

05/08/2025

https://ognsc.com/voices-for-health-justice-community-rally-to-save-medicaid/

At the Bakersfield American Indian Health Project on 501 40th Street, an impassioned gathering unfolded Wednesday as community members, advocates, and media converged to voice their concerns over proposed Medicaid cuts that threaten the health and livelihood of vulnerable populations. As Congress de...

05/08/2025

https://ognsc.com/how-proposed-federal-medicaid-cuts-could-impact-california/

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are fighting over whether they should slash Medicaid funding (known as Medi-Cal in California) -- and by how much. The cuts are critical to achieving a $1.5 trillion federal budget reduction the GOP-led House already approved in a February resolution.

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