OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Washington state home loan program promises to counter racial discrimination by limiting the ethnicities of those eligible for its services.
The Covenant Homeownership Program is a product of the state’s 2023 Covenant Homeownership Act, which received bipartisan support in the state legislature. That law directed the Washington State Housing Finance Commission to conduct a study on ways to reverse “racial disparities in home ownership.”
“The Covenant Homeownership Act acknowledges the State government’s role as both an active and passive participant in generations of discriminatory policies and practices that created barriers to credit and homeownership for historically marginalized communities in Washington and that these discriminatory actions continue to impact these communities today,” the study reads. Click here to read more.
DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - The hits keep coming for one of the most infamous global organizations of our time.
The World Economic Forum (WEF), once the most prestigious international networking (and progressive political advocacy) group in the world, is facing a crisis that threatens to take down the whole organizational entity.
Klaus Schwab, the founder and 50-plus-year uncontested head honcho of the WEF, resigned from the organization without warning on Sunday. This caught onlookers by surprise and led to a plethora of intrigue about what exactly is happening at the outfit that hosts the annual high-profile confab in Davos, Switzerland.
Well, now we know what’s been causing a ruckus behind the scenes.
The World Economic Forum launched an investigation against Schwab after whistleblowers came forward with a plethora of serious allegations against both Mr Schwab and his wife, Hilda, who had long been intimately involved with the organization. Click here to read more.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Senate Democratic Minority Leader Jason Pizzo announced his abrupt departure from the Democratic Party Thursday in a scorching and emotional speech during session.
“The Democratic Party in Florida is dead,” Pizzo said. “It craves and screams anarchy, and then demands amnesty. That’s not OK.”
izzo told senators that he “FedEx’d” his voter registration change in Broward County. His new affiliation will be “No Party Affiliation.”
“Partisanship holds us back rather than propels us forward,” he said. “Less gets done, not more more so than most […] Have I been blessed? I’ve been blessed with an incredible family and friendships who parade love, loyalty and sacrifice more than any one person deserves.”
“The party that my dad volunteered for with JFK, when he was 18 years old in 1960, is not the party today,” he said.
“I hope the members of the Democratic Caucus will elect a new leader, for, today, I have FedEx’d my voter registration form to change my party affiliation to No Party Affiliation,” the senator said. “Our constituents are craving practical leaders, not political hacks.” Click here to read more.
PHOENIX, AZ - Our communities are the building blocks of society. Whether neighbors, churches, family, or the family we create from our friends, our communities shape who we are. They also serve as core support systems. It is through these connections that we know what it means to be human.
For 25-year-old Austin Davis, his love for his community is the driving force behind everything he does. Austin has spent the past five years running Arizona Hugs, a group that provides meals and support for Tempe’s homeless population. He didn’t wake up one morning and decide on a whim to get into charity work; his call to serve arose organically as he built personal relationships with the homeless community. While attending Arizona State University, Austin would skate to class and around town, which is how he got to know the folks he lovingly refers to as his “homies.” Click here to read more.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – A former Indiana elementary school teacher received her sentence for an incident involving a special needs student being forced to eat his own vomit.
Sara Seymour pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent, which led to prosecutors dropping the charge of failure to make a report.
Seymour was sentenced to a year in jail, but she will not spend any additional time behind bars because she is getting credit for time served and the rest of the sentence was suspended to probation.
This sentence stems from an incident in 2023 where a 7-year-old special needs student threw up in the cafeteria.
A fellow school employee said Seymour instructed the child would have to eat the vomit.
All five of the staff members present during the incident were either fired or resigned from the school.
