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USCIS Potomac Service Center Will No Longer Accept Paper Responses
On November 6, 2023 As of Aug. 21, 2023, the Potomac Service Center (PSC) has begun to move to a new facility in Camp Springs, MD, and can no longer receive paper responses to correspondence such as Notices of Intent to Deny (NOID), Notices of Intent to Revoke (NOIR), Intents to Deny (ITD), Requests for…
Read MoreUSCIS Updates Guidance on EB-5 Regional Center Program
On October 25, 2023 We are updating the USCIS Policy Manual with new guidance on the EB-5 Regional Center Program and new content on regional center designation and obligations, project applications, and direct and third-party promoters. This update incorporates changes from the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 into the Policy Manual, building…
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EPA promised to address environmental racism. Flint is still waiting
By Yvette Cabrera, Jamie Smith, and Grey Moran On November 2, 2023 This story is published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. FLINT — Civil rights law offers a tool for communities of color trying to stop unequal exposure to pollution. Over and over, Flint residents have tried to make…
Read MoreAttorney General James Highlights Deep Racial Gaps in Homeownership Across New York
AG Report Finds New Yorkers of Color Are Far Less Likely to Own a Home, More Likely to Be Denied Mortgages, and Face Higher Borrowing CostsDisparities Cost Black and Latino Borrowers More Than $200 Million over the Course of Their Mortgages On October 31, 2023 NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James released a…
Read MoreScholastic will drop policy that makes it easier for school fairs to exclude diverse books
By Associated Press On October 25, 2023 New York — Scholastic Inc. will end a widely criticized policy that made it easier for school book fairs not to sell works with racial, disability and LGBTQ+ themes. The children’s publisher angered many authors and educators this fall when it created a separate package of dozens of…
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A Black Texas student suspended for his hairstyle is shifted to an alternative school
By Jonathan Franklin On October 15, 2023 A Black high school student in Texas who was suspended for more than a month for wearing a natural hairstyle was removed from his school on Wednesday and transferred to an alternative school. Darryl George, a junior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu (a town roughly 30 miles…
Read MoreOhio Issue 1: How similar protections changed abortion in a neighboring state
By Sarah Szilagy On October 17, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – With Ohio three weeks away from deciding whether to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution, it follows in the footsteps of other states who asked voters the very same question. Last November, voters in Michigan, California and Vermont approved constitutional measures…
Read MoreOhio is about to vote on abortion rights. Misinformation about the proposal is rampant
By The Associated Press On November 2, 2023 As Ohio residents prepare to conclude voting on a constitutional amendment that would guarantee access to abortion in the state, they’re encountering an array of misleading claims over how it could influence abortion care, gender-related health care, parental consent and more. The proposed amendment would give Ohio residents the right to…
Read MoreTask force created to combat strangulation and rising domestic violence
By Anna Hoffman On October 18, 2023 COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Domestic violence-related homicides in Columbus have more than tripled this year compared to last year. On Wednesday, city, county and law enforcement leaders came together to announce a new initiative to combat the crisis. They are creating a strangulation task force using a $800,000…
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