Trump signs largest cut to Medicaid after a marathon protest speech by Leader Hakeem Jeffries
By Lauren Burke, NNPA Congressional Correspondent
Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives meets with press after 8 hour speech against Trump’s Budget Bill
By a vote of 218 to 214 the GOP-controlled U S House passed President Trump s massive budget and spending bill that will add $3 5 trillion to the national debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) The bill also represents the biggest cut in Medicare in history and is a threat to the health care coverage of over 15 million people
Medicaid Cuts, p 9
Attorney Ben Crump demands video of Homewood, Alabama police shooting: ‘You won’t sweep Jabari Peoples under the rug’
By Carol Robinson, AL com
Attorney Benjamin Crump addresses press conference in Homewood, Alabama church
National civil rights attorney Ben Crump has joined to fight for any footage to be released in the killing of a beloved Alabama teen who was shot to death by police in a Homewood city soccer park Crump, known for his work on cases such as the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, was joined by Birmingham attorneys Leroy Maxwell and Rodney Barganier Black Lives Matter and other community activists at a Tuesday press conference
See Jabari Peoples, p 6
Pell Grants facing $9 Billion program cut
By Charlene Crowell
(TriceEdneyWire com)Each year approximately 7 million college students benefit from Pell Grants a 50-year old needs-based program that can be used to cover costs for tuition fees living costs and room and board Additionally, these funds have been available at both 4-year and two-year institutions
See Pell Grants, p 6
Leaders of five African countries head to Washington to meet Trump
By Africanews
Map of African countries
Five West African leaders are travelling to Washington this week for a somewhat surprise meeting: US president Donald Trump announced in late June that he would host the heads of state of Liberia, Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau for a three-day meeting African Leaders, p 6
Ala bama schools to lose $68 million in feder al g r ants under Tr ump fr eeze
By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector
President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze nearly $7 billion in congressional-approved grants for personnel and afterschool programs means Alabama schools will lose $68 million
“These are programs already approved and funded by Congress ” Alabama State Superintendent Eric Mackey said in a statement “They include programs integral to successful and supportive schools across Alabama, and districts have planned for the 2025-26 school year with an expectation that these formula-based funds
Dr Corey Jones, Greene County Superintendent of Education, told the Democrat, that Greene County was informed by the state that our school system would loose $130,000 funding for programs of professional development, teacher recruitment and class size reduction in Title II. Greene County was not receiving funding under the other program titles affected
would be flowing as nor-
mal Since Congress had appropriated the money in the recent continuing resolution, we had no reason to believe otherwise
The U S Department of Education informed states on Monday that it would withhold the $6 8 billion in grants, one day before they were due to be sent out
The notice did not provide any timeline or reason for the move saying “decisions have not yet been made concerning submissions and awards for this upcoming academic year ” Richard Franklin president of the Birmingham chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, said in an interview Thurs-
day that the withholding of congressionally-approved funds should have never happened in the first place “They’re using our kids as political pawns to prove a point politically, when we should all be providing our kids with an education ” he said That s the one thing we should be doing, the one thing we’ve always done in this country ” Michael Sibley the director of communications at ALSDE, did not have an available list of programs affected or a copy of the email sent to superintendents
See Federal Grants, p. 2
Shar on Washington is r unning for Mayor of For kland
I'm Running for Mayor of Forkland Alabama Forkland is my home; it's where I was raised, where my roots run deep, and where my heart lives I’m proud to announce that I am officially running for Mayor of Forkland
As a Black woman born and raised in this community, I carry with me the strength of our shared history and the dreams we all hold for a brighter stronger
future My vision is simple: to build a Forkland that works for all of us, where every voice is valued, our youth are supported our elders respected and our future shaped by unity, not division
This campaign is about coming together It’s about engagement, transparency, and putting the needs of our people first not politics I believe in the power of listening learning and leading with love I m not running against anyone I’m running for something for progress, for hope and for a community that
Car rie Logan seeks Eutaw Council seat District 5
Hello! My name is Car-
rie Logan and I would be honored to serve as your City Council Representative My husband, Tony, and I have been married for 30 years and we have raised our two sons in Eutaw I am an active member of my community, church and the city of Eutaw I serve on the vestry at St Stephen's Episcopal Church I regularly volunteer for church functions community
clean-up days and support community events I have served as President of the Chamber of Commerce for 4 years, member of the Greene County Historical Society member of the Eutaw Garden Club and organizer of the City of Eutaw's Annual Christmas Parade I believe all citizens are important to the growth, success and future of our city I will strive to serve with integrity as your voice and advocate for the needs and concerns of District 5 citizens With your help, it is my goal to work with our mayor and council to continue to move our city forward Let your voice be heard Elect Carrie Logan for District 5 City Council Thank you in advance for your consideration and VOTE
as your next Eutaw City Councilman for District 2 For over 28 years, I’ve worked in trucking traveling to cities and towns across America I ve seen small communities rise, grow and thrive while ours has remained stuck That s not the future I want for Eutaw I believe our city can grow too, and with the right leadership it will I m a member of Zion
Brush Creek Church here in Eutaw, and I deeply believe in service unity and progress I’m not running to choose sides, I m running to choose what’s right for the people of Eutaw I will work with anyone no matter who they are if it means moving our city forward As your councilman I will fight to: •Create job opportunities that keep our people here and bring others in; Support real growth in our neighborhoods and infrastructure; •Build a
positive impact between citizens and city leaders for better communication and stronger decisions District 2 deserves a voice that cares, a leader who listens, and someone with the experience and heart to make a lasting difference I am ready to be that leader Let’s move Eutaw forward together On Election Day vote Charles Naylon, Jr for City Council, District 2 Not for a side, for what’s right
Carol’s Notes
Privileged Independence
The 4th of July marks an independent claim of privilege for some in the United States of America
It was the 4th of July when the privileged claimed independence to push First Nation Peoples off their homelands and bury their culture
It was the 4th of July when the privileged claimed independence as the only group who could own land and own people and vote and manage a government
It was the 4th of July when the privileged claimed independence forbidding anyone else to come into this country and take charge over others as the privileged still does today
It was the 4th of July when the privileged claimed independence to bear arms on any country for any purpose for as long as they desire
The 4th of July is still Independence Day for the privileged
Carol Prejean Zippert
--Community Calendar--
July 27- St Paul United Methodist Church will host Friends and Family Day at 2:00 p m Rev Samuel Ezell Pastor of Zion Brush Creek, Eutaw, AL and Friendship Baptist Church Akron AL along with his choirs and congregation is the special guest Rev LaTonya M Brown is church pastor The public is invited
July 27 - Join us at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church as we celebrate our 159th church anniversary
We are thrilled to welcome Rev Moses Finch, Pastor of Christian Light Cumberland Presbyterian Church as our guest speaker for this special occasion
The anniversary program will start at 1:30 p m We invite all members friends and the community to join us as we reflect on our rich history, celebrate our present blessings, and look forward to a bright future
Come and be a part of this joyous celebration! We look forward to seeing you there
August 4 thru 6- Zion Hill M B C of Pleasant Ridge, AL cordially invites you and your church family to our annual revival service starting at 7:00 p m nightly Monday: Rev Brian Croom (New Light Clinton) Tuesday: Rev Michael Lavender (St John, Clinton) Wednesday: Rev Kenneth Kirkland (New Bethay Aliceville)
Rev Kenneth Gilmore is church pastor All are welcome to come fellowship
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Feder al Gr ants
The affected programs according to the Democrats on the Senate Appropriations Committee, include:
• Title I-C, on migrant education
Title II-A, on improving the effectiveness of teachers and school leaders
• Title III-A on English language acquisition
• Title IV-A, on STEM education, college and career counseling and other activities
• Title IV-B on before- and after-school programs and summer school programs
• Grants geared toward adult education and literacy programs
Franklin said with school starting in just over a month, it was one of the worst times to change funding Because of the short notice if local school districts cannot afford to pay the impacted teachers salaries, they would likely be let go “It’s just so dangerous what they’re doing, and we’re so close to school ” Franklin said “They don’t have a lot of guidelines to what they re doing, just to say we re investigating
He said that rural and inner-city school systems would be the most impacted by the lack of funds like Montgomery Public Schools and Gadsden City Schools A message seeking comment with both systems superintendents was left Thursday
“We are hopeful that the review period will be expedited and funds will be released quickly ” Mackey wrote However we look forward to working expeditiously with our colleagues in Washington as we are only weeks away from the beginning of a new school year and wish to avoid any disruption in services for our students and their families ”
Crime
On July 8 the Greene County Sheriff Department arrested Marvin Webb 45 of Eutaw for domestic violence 3rd degree The Eutaw Police Department reported the following incidents
7/1 - April Young reported an incident
7/2 - Faris Little of Eutaw reported harassment
7/3 - City of Eutaw (employee) reported burglary 2nd degree and theft of property 3rd degree
7/4 - Chemyria Rice reported shooting in an occupied vehicle and domestic violence assault 3rd degree
7/4 - Antania Powell reported shooting in an occupied vehicle and domestic violence assault 3rd degree
7/4 - Kayla Paster reported shooting in an occupied vehicle and domestic violence assault 3rd degree
7/5 - Joseph Marsh reported an incident
The Greene County Sheriff Department reported the following incidents
7/6 - Shelly Means reported assault 3rd degree
7/6 - Elvin Means, Jr , reported an assault 3rd degree
7/8 - Diana Bullock reported criminal mischief 2nd degree Items damaged are back & front doors plus rearview mirror, value unknown
7/8 - Mary Samuel reported domestic violence 3rd degree
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June was marked by multiple hands-on learning opportunities, including Reading Workshop, Enrichment Learning with the campers at New Generation Church of Eutaw, AL, and Customer Service Class with students from UCP at Shelton State Community College Workforce Development, and work with Bridge Students at Stillman College Upward Bound, along with continued tutoring We are grateful for your support and opportunities.
Pickup of Charity Applications
Charity applications will be available for pickup beginning July 1, 2025, at the security guard stations located at the Palace, 106 Old Patton Road, Knoxville, AL 35469
All completed application must be returned to the security guard station no later than 2:00 p.m. on July 18, 2025, or received by mail at P O Box 542, Eutaw, AL 35462,
T he Big Ug l y Boondog le cripples our futur e
T he ouster of UVA’s Pr esident attacks Academic Fr eedom
By David W Marshall (TriceEdneyWire com) -
The forced resignation of James E Ryan as president of the University of Virginia at the hands of the Trump administration marks a dangerous precedent for American higher education The federal government’s ultimatum that Ryan step down as a condition for resolving a civil rights investigation into UVA’s diversity equity and inclusion (DEI) programs is not just a governmental overreach it is a direct threat to the independence of public universities and the principles of academic freedom The Trump administration, aided by a governing Board of Visitors appointed entirely by Republican Gov Glenn Youngkin forced Ryan’s ouster The move undermines the principle of state control over public universities While it sparked outrage on campus and across the state of Virginia it contradicts the political philosophy held by conservatives, who advocate for limited government” while fighting against the encroaching power of the federal government In June 2025 the Justice Department informed the University of Virginia that Ryan’s resignation was a prerequisite for resolving its civil rights investigation The Justice Department had threatened to block all federal funds to the second-oldest public university in the country if Ryan remained in office The New York Times first reported Ryan’s resignation, citing DOJ claims that the institution had merely rebranded its DEI efforts instead of eliminating them If Ryan chose to fight and challenge the firing, he could have easily tapped into a UVA-trained legal community that would have backed him He would also have the support of the network of alumni and students from the state’s flagship institution who share a passionate commitment to academic freedom
Ultimately, Ryan chose the selfless route In a letter to the university community, Ryan wrote, To make a long story short I am inclined to fight for what I believe in and I believe
By Julianne Malveaux
(TriceEdneyWire com) -
deeply in the University But I cannot make a unilateral decision to fight the federal government in order to save my own job To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld ” Armand Alacbay, senior vice president of strategy at the American Council of Trustees and Alumni a nonprofit group focused on higher education governance, said an institution’s leadership is the domain of its governing board The resignation is a product, he said of unprecedented governmental intrusion “I think there’s grave danger to the quality and future of higher education if these types of decisions become a function of the federal government, “Alacbay said This becomes a major problem because the federal government’s actions in this case are unprecedented Legal experts struggle to recall a time when the federal government demanded a university board fire its president over policy disagreements Academic freedom is the cornerstone of American higher education It allows faculty students and administrators to pursue knowledge debate ideas and challenge prevailing norms without fear of political retribution
The message from the Trump administration is loud and clear: conform to a political agenda that has redefined the true meaning and spirit of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or face the severe consequences
The administration is willing to use federal funding and direct interventions in university leadership as weapons to enforce ideological conformity The forced resignation of James Ryan serves as a warning and wake-up call to all university presidents: your job security depends not on your performance, but on your willingness to comply with the political demands of the federal government
We recognize that the strategic decline in diversity, equity, and inclusion at universities will have a lasting impact on students of color Eliminating initiatives designed to foster inclusion will ultimately result in a campus environment and college experience that is less welcoming, as it allows outward forms of discrimination to exist unchecked, with fewer support networks for students from diverse backgrounds
The big ugly boondoggle, which our President calls The Big Beautiful Bill, is a disgusting transfer of resources from the poor to the wealthy, preserving 2017 tax cuts cutting Medicaid and SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance program, or food stamps) imposing new work requirements for benefits, and increasing defense spending by at least thirteen percent Kasey Kosgarian Director of the National Priorities Project of the Institute for Policy Studies posed our choices as “weapons and war or food and health care” We have apparently chosen weapons and war, and apparently the rest of us exist in peril
Treatises can be written about the odious bill, and the many aspects that leave millions without health care and food assistance existing with a safety net that has been maliciously shredded We shouldn’t be surprised since this is what
was promised in Project 2025 We will pay in the long run as our future our students, will encounter great obstacles as they attempt to prepare themselves to be economically competitive in the future I am especially concerned about cuts to higher education and to Pell Grants as part of the Big Ugly Grants for higher education attendance were part of the Higher Education Act passed in 1965 as part of President Lyndon Johnson s Great Society Program The Pell grant, named after Senator Claiborne Pell (D-RI) was authorized in 1972 as a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG), and was designed to provide grants to low income families as opposed to (or in addition to) the loans that formerly funded higher education In 1972 Pell grants covered about 75 percent of college costs, between $8000 and $9000 in today’s dollars The value of the Pell has steadily eroded In 2013, the maximum Pell was $5645, again in today’s dollars President Biden increased the Pell to a maximum of $7395 for academic year 2024 In contrast, the tuition and fees at Howard University that year was $35 810 The total cost of attendance was $58052
Some families can pay some of the cost but most low income students cob-
ble together Pell, loans, outside scholarships and parental contributions The Pell covered only a fifth of Howard University s tuition, and just an eighth of the total cost of attendance The Big Ugly will make college access even more challenging It would cut the Pell to $5710 a 23 percent cut It would only provide the maximum Pell for students who enroll for a full load of 15 credit hours a semester Often first-year students are advised to take a lighter load, four classes instead of five, especially if they may need time to adjust to college I d rather a student take a lighter load and achieve solidly, than to have a student struggle with five classes
About 40 percent of undergraduate students rely on Pell grants to get through college The lowest among them will likely drop out This imperils our future How are we to compete internationally if millions of our students can t afford higher education?
The legislation that cuts Pell grants part of the Big Ugly also limits or eliminates benefits to part-time and community college students A student who is enrolled less than half time (7 5 credits) would receive no Pell money at all Yet millions of students who work full time (or part time) and attend school
part time will lose benefits These include working moms and dads differently abled students, and others who can t manage a full time load At a time when employment needs demand flexibility legislation is insisting on punitive rigidity The Department of Education has been so crippled by this President s slash and burn approach to education that there is little input from the department around the harmful effects of these Pell changes Who in Congress will speak up for our nation’s students? Our young people are our future yet we treat them like debris In divesting from college access and attendance we are divesting from our futures Our international rivals are investing in education, while we are divesting In the long run this will give them the competitive advantage that will leave us falling even further behind than we are now Who gains? Oligarchs! Predatory capitalists! And a President who hawks Bibles and Alligator Alcatraz instead of our robust American future
Dr Julianne Malveaux is an economist author and educator She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina
Fighting back is America's g r eat tr adition
By Ben Jealous
I told my son recently that we re descendants of the youngest combatant in the battle of Lexington and Concord Our ancestor ’s teenage ears were among the first to hear “the shot heard ‘round the world ”
Then I reminded him of something he already knew that on the other side of his family tree are men and women who were enslaved who risked everything to get free and to free others who fought for their own rights and those of their communities after emancipation
You see, I told him, we come from freedom fighters On both sides
Black and white We fought back against monarchy We fought back against slavery And now we are being called to fight back against oligarchy And just like before, we will win
This is our story It is also America s There is nothing as definitively American as fighting back against injustice, the denial of fundamental rights and the exclusion of vast swaths of people from the American promise
This country has never
been perfect But it has always been capable of profound change It has risen time and again to advance the cause of freedom and human dignity because people stood up and demanded it That is what we celebrate on the Fourth of July not just our independence from a king, but our ongoing willingness to push this nation toward liberty and justice for all It is not a straight line Progress has always been followed by backlash Reconstruction gave way to Jim Crow The civil rights era gave way to mass incarceration Each new expansion of democracy has been met by those determined to hoard power for themselves
Today the threat is oligarchy a government run for the rich and powerful by the rich and powerful, at the expense of everyone else
You do not need a Ph D in political science to see what is happening The same politicians trying to gut voting rights are pushing laws that make billionaires richer and the rest of us poorer
The same leaders who talk about “freedom” are taking away basic rights from workers, women and families The fossil fuel industry is being handed billions in subsidies and incentives to pollute the air our children breathe Public lands are under threat
So are public schools, public libraries, and even public information and history
When the Trump administration took down the government website hosting congressionally mandated research and data
about climate change and its impact on the U S could it really be seen as anything other than a gift to fossil fuel oligarchs?
Climate scientist Peter Gleick who co-authored the first national climate assessment in 2000 called it “scientific censorship at its worst” and “the modern version of book burning ”
And what about Senate Republicans attempts to give massive handouts to fossil fuel interests including the forced sale of millions of acres of our cherished public lands while trying to deal a death blow to the clean energy transition with new taxes on wind and solar projects?
All of that hurts everyday Americans in so many ways: the health impact of all the added pollution; the cost of that health impact on working families; the higher energy bills; the end of the good green economy manufacturing jobs boom; and the ceding of global economic leadership for the next century to the Chinese government just to name a few
That was a gift to fossil fuel oligarchs so egregious it even helped reignite the public tiff between Donald Trump and Elon Musk, who lamented the utterly insane and destructive handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future ”
And now, they are trying to rewrite the very idea of America
This Orwellian-named America First agenda is not patriotic It is predatory It is not about preserving American greatness It is about protecting corpo-
rate greed It is about shielding the few from accountability It is about persuading us to turn on each other while they loot the country But the good news is Americans are fighting back As we always have
The public backlash to attempts to sell off our public lands was swift and fierce, from Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike And we got it pulled from the Senate s massive budget bill
The resistance to smashand-grab policies that enrich oligarchs and harm the rest of us will only continue to grow That is because and it is crucial that we remember this on Independence Day we are a country built not on fear but on hope Not on exclusion but on inclusion Not on silence but on speech We are the America of Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth and Susan B Anthony and Cesar Chavez Of Harriet Tubman, who led people to freedom through forests and fields that are now public lands And of my
that 250 years later is also now a national park We are the America that keeps fighting even when the odds seem long As I told my son we are part of that tradition And this Fourth of July, we recommit to it That is what it means to be American Ben Jealous is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club and a Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania
As a result, decades of progress toward educational equity will be reversed With the decline of DEI initiatives and the loss of affirmative action in admissions, colleges have already reported drops in applications and enrollments from Black and Hispanic students For example Harvard Law School and the University of North Carolina have seen notable decreases in Black and Hispanic student populations after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action
The federal government s role should be to support, not control, institutions of higher learning Universities play a critical role in preparing future leaders in a diverse society and employees for diverse workplaces, but the trend caused by this renewed federal pressure is leaning toward a more politically polarized, restrictive, and less inclusive environment in American higher learning If this type of overreach continues the price will be paid not just by university presidents but by students faculty and society as a whole
David W Marshall is the founder of the faith-based organization, TRB: The Reconciled Body, and author of the book God Bless Our Divided America
Four th of Jul y
lass
By Marian Wright Edelman
On a Fourth of July
when many Americans are expressing profound concerns about whether the government’s orders, decisions, and votes are representing their voices and asking questions about what we the people means today, it is an opportune time to return to the keynote speech Frederick Douglass gave in Rochester, New York, at an Independence Day celebration on July 5 1852 By then he was already well-known as an orator and author of the 1845 autobiography Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave and he was focused on the nation’s intentional and brutal refusal to include enslaved men women and children in its lofty declarations promises and self-evident truths for all people The speech is often remembered for the question Douglass asked at its heart: What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July?
He responded in no uncertain terms: I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings with all your religious parade and solemnity are to him mere bombast fraud deception impiety and hypocrisy a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages [F]or revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy America reigns without a rival ”
As Douglass enumerated his personal experiences with the nation s failures to live up to the creeds enunciated in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution in that historic speech, his language was brutally clear Some of the questions Douglass raised that
day about our “national inconsistencies” remain unanswered But it is important to recognize that Douglass also included specific praise for the expansive vision of the nation s founders and what the nation s ideals are actually meant to represent, and began and ended the speech with hope that high lessons of wisdom, of justice and of truth, will yet give direction to her destiny He said as he was closing: While drawing encouragement from the Declaration of Independence,’ the great principles it contains, and the genius of American Institutions, my spirit is also cheered by the obvious tendencies of the age Nations do not now stand in the same relation to each other that they did ages ago No nation can now shut itself up, from the surrounding world, and trot round in the same old path of its fathers without interference The time was when such could be done Long established customs of hurtful character could formerly fence themselves in and do their evil work with social impunity Knowledge was then confined and enjoyed by the privileged few and the multitude walked on in mental darkness But a change has now come over the affairs of mankind Walled cities and empires have become unfashionable The arm of commerce has borne away the gates of the strong city Intelligence is penetrating the darkest corners of the globe It makes its pathway over and under the sea, as well as on the earth The fiat of the Almighty, Let there be Light, has not yet spent its force No abuse, no outrage whether in taste, sport or avarice, can now hide itself from the all-pervading light ” Douglass saw his fierce hope for the end to the legal barbarity of slavery in America come to pass As America begins preparations for our next Independence Day and the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, Douglass’s words and hopes for our ultimate destiny still resonate today
Marian Wright Edelman is Founder and President Emerita of the Children's Defense Fund whose Leave No Child Behind® mission is to ensure every child a Healthy Start a Head Start a Fair Start a Safe Start and a Moral Start in life and successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families and communities For more information go to childrensdefense org
USDA Temporary Employment
FSA is looking for temporary office assistance to help deliver The American Relief Act of 2025, which was signed into law on Dec 21 2024 and provided the U S Department of Agriculture with more than $30 billion to deliver disaster recovery assistance for farmers and livestock producers This position will help support the implementation of the Emergency Livestock Relief Program and the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program which will provide assistance to producers for necessary expenses due losses due to weather related events in 2023 and 2024 Resumes can be submitted to Greene/Sumter County Office at 218 Main Street, Eutaw, AL 35462 or by email to alex crawford@usda gov
We will be accepting applications for 5 business day (July 7-11)
Senate Sketches #1985.....by Hank Sander s Medgar Edgars at 100
“Hank we are participating in the 100 Year Celebration of The Life of Medgar Evers and The Life of Patrice Lumumba The program is From Mississippi to the Congo: 100 Years of Lumumba and Medgar I want you and Faya to be on the program on July 2 2025 ” I immediately agreed because of the person asking I did say that I would ask Faya and get back with him which I did She was equally glad to participate because of the person asking Medgar Evers at 100
The person asking is our friend His name is Anthony Browder We call him Tony When we called on him to come to 21st Century Youth Leadership Camp years ago he dropped everything and came When we called on him for the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, he came When we called on him to serve with the Ancient Africa and Enslavement Museum, he came and served It was Tony Browder who helped us to understand that the museum must not be named the Slavery and Civil War Museum Our history started way before Slavery Therefore, the museum became the Ancient Africa and Enslavement Museum We even traveled to China with Tony and others a few years ago Medgar Evers at 100
Let me tell you something about Anthony Browder He is a writer and author who has written and published many articles and seven or eight books including “Africa On My Mind”, “The Browder Files”, and “Nile Valley Contributions” He is a historian who has researched Ancient Egyptian history science philosophy and culture for nearly four decades He discovered and was exploring an Egyptian tomb until he was prohibited by the Egyptian Government when it became clear that the Pharaoh was Black Tony is also a teacher always educating Most of all he is a good man a good brother who is always lifting Medgar Evers at 100
The program was held on July 2, 2025, because both Medgar Evers and Patrice Lumumba were born on July 2, 1925 – a century ago They both fought for freedom They both were courageous leaders They both were assassinated cutting short their lives and their leadership However, both live on through their examples and their legacies Both would have been 100 years old this July 2 Medgar Evers at 100
Neither Faya nor I ever met Patrice Lumumba or Medgar Evers Both were assassinated in the early 1960s We wondered why Tony Browder was asking us to do an hour segment of the 12-hour program on their birth date We are not scholars on either However, we agreed without an explanation When Tony Browder asks we trust that he knows what he is doing Medgar Evers at 100
Patrice Lumumba was a leader in securing Congo s independence from Belgium and served as the first Congolese Prime Minister He was tortured and murdered on January 17, 1961, with the help of the United States Government The day after he was assassinated his corpse was dug up dismembered and dissolved in sulfuric acid with his bones ground and scattered He was 35 Medgar Evers at 100
The program opened up with Tony introducing each of us The introductions
were much too glowing We both were embarrassed I just said Thank God for the good rumors We both were glad to say good things about Tony, with every word being true The introductions set a tone that continued throughout our one-hour segment of the program Medgar Evers at 100 Faya and I soon discovered that our segment of the program was only about Medgar Evers We were relieved because we both had learned about Medgar ’s life down through the years In fact, earlier this year the Bridge Crossing Jubilee had invited Medgar ’s widow Myrlie Evers to receive the Couple of the Struggle Award at the Freedom Flames Gala Myrlie, who is still going at 92, was unable to make it She fought alongside Medgar while he lived, and she has continued fighting for justice to this day Medgar Evers at 100
Tony explained that he had invited us because there were certain parallels in Medgar s life and our lives Please allow me to share a little about Medgar Evers Medgar entered the military service before he graduated from high school He fought at Normandy which was the most decisive battle during World War II After WWII he returned to Mississippi finished high school attended and graduated from Alcorn College (now Alcorn University) and began to serve and sell insurance He joined the NAACP and, as a volunteer, organized in and around the town of Mound Bayou Mississippi He was so effective that he eventually became the first NAACP Field Secretary in Mississippi commencing in 1954 Medgar Evers at 100
From the beginning, death was an ever-present reality for Medgar and his family However, he continued to stay in Mississippi and work He received many threats to his life Their home was bombed He was actively involved in organizing demonstrations against segregation, sit-ins, voter registration initiatives, investigations of violent acts against Blacks in Mississippi etc Myrlie helped in the NAACP office so her life was also in danger Medgar Evers at 100
On June 12 1963
Medgar Evers was shot in the back by white supremacist Bryon De La Beckwith in his driveway as he got out of his car that night at his home after a long day’s work He died within the hour He was 37 They caught De La Beckwith right away along with the rifle with his fingerprints on it Medgar s murderer was tried twice before allwhite male juries Each trial resulted in a hung jury His widow Myrlie worked continually to get justice in Medgar ’s assassination
Thirty years later in 1994
De La Beckwith was finally convicted Myrlie Evers eventually became the first woman to serve as National President of the NAACP Nearly four decades after he assassinated Medgar Evers, De La Beckwith died in a Mississippi prison at the age of 80 in 2001 Medgar Evers at 100
Tony Browder wanted to know why we had come to a small place such as Selma, Alabama and stayed all these years He said that with our Harvard Law degrees, we could have gone to big cities, made big money and lived much easier lives He be-
lieved the same spirit that moved Medgar had moved us We shared with him about the spirit that caused us to move to Selma and continue to work into our 80s Medgar Evers at 100 Tony also asked us why we had chosen the practice of law as a tool to resist injustice Faya pointed out that the practice of law was always just one of the tools we utilized to resist oppression and injustice We certainly fought by utilizing the law However, we also organized, protested, wrote, spoke out, and used all the tools in the toolbox I shared how I was inspired to become a lawyer after reading about the great Black lawyer Thurgood Marshall Faya had a very different story I did not share how we were supposed to be in Selma just for five years but ended up struggling against injustice in Selma and surrounding areas for 54+ years Medgar Evers at 100 We did not discuss it on the program but Tony already knew that we had both been arrested both been assaulted both had our lives threatened Faya has been arrested and her life threatened even more than I In Selma and Washington, D C , Faya has been arrested several times In Selma I was stabbed in my side and kidney and was arrested even though I was the one assaulted We both were arrested twice in Montgomery for protesting We both were arrested in Detroit at the church of Reverend C L Franklin, Aretha Franklin’s father We were at a meeting in the church when a policeman was shot a block away so they decided it had to be folks in the church The police came there and shot up the church and arrested 152 people, including children and babies Medgar Evers at 100
We do not pretend to compare our trials and tribulations to Medgar Evers or Patrice Lumumba After all they gave their all including their lives by assassination We are just glad that someone is still lifting their living, their legacies, their works, their examples, their sacrifice Medgar Evers at 100 Now on to the Daily Diary.
SATURDAY, June 28, 2025 – I made a presentation at the North Star 21st Century Youth Leadership Camp and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Faya Rose Toure of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee; Former Alabama State Senate President Pro Tem Lowell Barron; Selma Foot Soldier and Author Lynda Lowery; Elouise Sanders Robinson of Baldwin County; Josiah Jackson of Morehouse College; and K C Bailey of Selma
SUNDAY – I hosted the Sunday School Lesson on Facebook Live and Z105 3 FM Radio station with Dr Margaret Hardy made remarks at the Youth Leadership Camp, returned to my office and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Ted Quant of New Orleans; Sharon Wheeler of Montgomery; Asa Fortier Asha Fortier and Josephine Curtis of Selma; and Askhari Little of Washington, D C
MONDAY – I handled many matters and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following; Greene
County School Superintendent Dr Corey Jones; Marilyn Cosby and Ayira Fortier of Selma; Azali Fortier of Spelman College; Dr Carol Prejean Zippert of the Black Belt Folk Roots Festival; Lowndes County School Superintendent Samita Jeter; International Historian and Author Anthony Browder; and Charles Sanders of Baldwin County
TUESDAY – I walked handled many matters participated in meetings and worked into the night Among others, I communicated with the following: Dallas County Probate Judge Jimmy Nunn; Karen Jackson and Lydia Chatmon of Selma; Ainka Sanders Jackson of the Selma Center for Non Violence and the Bridge Crossing Jubilee; Television Reporter George McDonald; Olimata Taal of Gambia, West Africa; and Richad Graham of Jefferson County
WEDNESDAY – I handled many matters participated in meetings and did an interview on Zoom and radio on the 100-year celebration of Medgar Evers and Patrice Lumumba Among others, I communicated with the following: Latia Parker of the Bridge Crossing Jubilee; Reed Wainwright of the Alabama Association of School Boards; and Elizzabeth Rutledge and Geraldine Wofford of Selma
THURSDAY – I walked, handled many matters, chaired an SOS Conference call and worked into the night Among others I communicated with the following: Law Professor Emerita Martha Morgan; Reverend Jarmal Sanders of Selma; Montgomery businessman Frank Jenkins; Alabama New South Coalition State Coordinator Shelley Fearson; Greene County Democrat Co-Publisher John Zippert; and Queen Tate of Montgomery
FRIDAY – I drove from Selma to New Orleans to the Essence Festival and then back to Selma, nearly 500 miles roundtrip Among other, I communicated with the following: Willie Cook of Washington D C ; Roger Watts and Dr Roberta Watts of Gadsden; Gus Townes and Gail Townes of Baton Rouge Louisiana; Leilia Sanders Gordon of Watertown, Massachusetts; Amadi Sanders of Washington, D C ; Jeremy Bryant of Birmingham; and Former Alabama State Senator Malika Sanders Fortier
EPILOGUE – We never know the full extent of how others perceive us We rarely know the extent of how others perceive us I am just thankful when some people have an inkling of the struggles and sacrifices other people make to serve the oppress We do know that both Medgar Evers and Patrice Lumumba gave their lives and so much more Medgar Evers at 100
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Dear EarthTalk: Is the prevalence of processed foods an environmental threat? – Lori P , via email
Warm supermarket bread Mouth-watering hot dogs
Fizzy sweet soda
Processed and ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are pervasive in American diets In fact the U S leads the world in UPF consumption with over 60 percent of our daily caloric intake coming from these manufactured products Despite their popularity, many people remain unaware of the environmental conse-
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quences of these convenient foods
What exactly sets these processed variants apart from wholesome foods?
According to the U S Department of Agriculture (USDA) processed foods are altered from their natural state through processes like canning, dehydrating and heating Ultraprocessed foods are more extreme consisting mostly of substances and additives extracted from foods, such as fats, starches and preser-
vatives These products usually bear little resemblance to their original ingredients and are what most people imagine when they think of "processed foods ”
Marco Springmann Senior researcher at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute explains "If you processed some food at home the chances are you expend more energy doing that, as the process isn't as streamlined as a big fac-
For students of color and others who are the first in their family to attend college Pell Grants have been an important part of financial aid packages for an estimated 80 million low-income families with little or no wealth
But the federal Education budget for FY 2026 recently passed by the U S House of Representatives, would cut Pell Grant funding by $9 billion to $22 5 billion, compared to 2024 s $31 5 billion If approved, this significant cut will mean that next year a vital program will serve fewer students with smaller grants, changed student eligibility, and fewer institutions that would be allowed to administer the program
Currently the maximum Pell Grant award for the 2025–26 academic year is $7 395 and can be used by both full and part-time students
If the Senate agrees to the House-passed budget a maximum Pell award would drop to $5,710 for the 2026-27 academic year and be limited to only students completing 30 academic credit hours or 12 to 15 credits per semester Students completing at least 12 academic hours but fewer than full-time, would receive smaller, pro-rated grants
Students enrolled in fewer than 12 credit hours would no longer be eligible for Pell Grants Both community colleges and the adult students they serve would be affected by this specific change Adult students are often employed and have dependent children with responsibilities that do not allow for heavy class loads Even so, these students choose to return to academic studies to enhance their skills, credentials, and earnings
At a recent hearing by the Senate’s Health Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee a prominent HBCU president called against enacting these steep cuts
“Today PELL Grants provide up to $7 395 annually to more than seven million lowand moderate- income students, testified Tuskegee University President Mark A Brown
“For context a single parent with two children earning up to $51 818 adjusted gross income (225 percent of the federal poverty guideline) can qualify for the maximum award
“However this maximum amount covers only 31 percent of tuition fees room and meals at the average public four-year college, compared to 79 percent in 1975,” he continued Cuts to the program would put college out of reach for many more low-income students, while increased would represent a true federal investment in education, reduce dependence on loans and help address workforce skill deficits
Nor is Tuskegee alone in attacking proposed cuts Other education stakeholders have also weighed in
“To reduce the maximum Pell Grant when we should be doubling it reduce the number of students eligible for Pell Grants, increase the number of credit hours necessary for Pell without consideration for students who work their way through college and to impose risk sharing on colleges who cannot force students to make student loan payments in an increasingly uneasy economy just seems as if those who wrote this bill are out of touch with reality,” said Lodriguez V Murray, the United Negro College Fund’s senior vice president for public policy and government affairs
For Katherine Meyer, a fellow in the Brown Center on Education Policy at Brookings, the proposed Pell cuts are a part of a broader retreat from a federal role in higher education
Between the ongoing budget reconciliation process and President Trump s FY 2026 budget request, federal financial aid is at risk,” wrote Meyer in a recent post “Provisions in the reconciliation bill would eliminate Pell grant eligibility for millions of students, and the budget proposes eliminating or dramatically reducing Pell and other federal grant aid Without robust federal funding for financial aid, states and students will scramble to fill in the gaps with the end result being fewer opportunities to pursue higher education for the lowest income students
On May 21 Education Secretary Linda McMahon testified before the subcommittee of House Appropriations to defend the agency’s FY 2026 budget request
“President Trump’s vision is to make American education freer fairer and more competitive globally by eliminating Federal bureaucracy and empowering states, parents, and educators testified McMahon Our FY 2026 budget request delivers on this promise by reducing spending for ineffective programs and prioritizing effective ones, while fully enforcing Federal law and giving power back to states, parents, and educators
The nation’s broad disagreement on these and other changes to the Education Department were perhaps best summarized in another testimony at the HELP committee hearing According to Mark Pierce Executive Director of the Student Borrower Protection Center:
“Americans deserve more than a higher education system that acts as a finishing school for the children of millionaires and billionaires while systematically denying economic and educational opportunities to the rest of us Our government should be relentlessly focused on making markers of middle-class American life including education cheaper for working families not more expensive
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tory " In other words, preparing minimally processed foods at home may require more energy than industrial production, which relies on highly efficient systems However, the long-term environmental impact of UPFs expands beyond just energy consumption
The abrupt rise in UPFs threatens agrobiodiversity, or the variety in animals and plants used in the farming and food sectors UPF production increases the demand for a narrow selection of high-yield crops mainly rice, wheat, and corn despite the existence of over 7,000 edible plants This issue is further exacerbated by the widespread use of these limited crop species to feed livestock raised for processed meat production Reducing agrobiodiversity diminishes the variety of consumable foods; during periods of underproduction or climate unpredictability this could lead to issues in food security UPFs also contribute to
environmental degradation through waste production: These products are often packaged in single-use plastics such as wrappers, bottles and containers Each year, about nine million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans, where they can persist for centuries breaking down into harmful microplastics that contaminate ecosystems
In addition, UPFs carry a large water footprint especially soft drinks, which require hundreds of liters of water for production, processing and packaging They also require vast amounts of land release greenhouse gases, and lead to eutrophication (the overflow of nutrients in marine settings)
Our eating habits do make a difference: the food supply chain leads to 26 percent of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions globally But together, whether researching planethealthy food alternatives or reducing reliance on singleuse plastics, being environ-
Jabari Peoples, 18, was shot to death June 23, 2025, by a Homewood police officer in a city soccer park (Facebook)
Crump said he is getting involved because 18-yearold Jabari Peoples was doing everything right in life when he was shot to death June 23 Peoples was a 2024 graduate of Aliceville High School where he was standout track athlete and football player Peoples had just finished his freshman year at Alabama A & M where he was studying computer information and criminal justice with hopes of becoming a law enforcement officer, specifically a detective He had no prior arrests Crump said There s nothing in his history that would suggest that he’s going to try to shoot a police officer, Crump said This is a tragedy of unimaginable circumstances ” Crump said “His mother and father should be given a gold medal for the child that they were raising ”
who was pronounced dead a short time later at UAB
Hospital
Peoples family and attorney Maxwell disagreed with that narrative saying that Peoples wasn’t armed and didn t resist
The Homewood Police Department turned the investigation over to ALEA which is standard policy for many officer-involved shootings
ALEA denied the family’s request to see the footage saying release of the video footage would jeopardize the ongoing investigation
There have been several protests following the fatal shooting, including at the Homewood Police Department ALEA’s office in west Homewood Homewood City Hall and during the World Police and Fire Games last week in the Birmingham area Though Alabama state provides a way for families to view body camera and dash cam videos the same law also allows law enforcement to withhold the footage for investigative purposes
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mean you got a video you got an autopsy and you got an eyewitness It shouldn’t take you a year to finish this investigation ” Show the video You can shut all of us up, shut me up, shut Black Lives Matter up shut up attorney Maxwell shut up (community activist) Frank Matthews, shut up everybody ” Crump said “Show us the officer did nothing wrong Show us that it was justified
“If the officer did nothing wrong we ll be quiet Crump said We won t say a word But if he did something inappropriate, then we want justice for Jabari ” Crump said the family is seeking to have a private autopsy done before Peoples’ funeral which is set for Saturday at Aliceville City Hall
Because we don’t have the autopsy from the medical examiner the family has to go through extraordinary lengths to have an independent autopsy performed before the funeral and that’s exactly what they are going to do because we need to know, he said
Washington has cited "commercial opportunities" as the reason for the mini-summit lasting from 9 to 11 July
It's seen as the first major diplomatic outreach to Africa from Washington since Donald Trump returned to office, following a tense one-on-one meeting between South African president Cyril Ramaphosa and Trump in the White House in May
The five countries invited to Washington have valuable natural resources including oil gas, gold and rare earth minerals But all of them also face considerable challenges such as corruption, authoritarianism and political instability
What agreements and results will come from their meeting with the American president remain to be seen African Leader s
)Maxwell said he’s thankful Crump is joining the legal team In all this tragedy, today is actually a good day ” Maxwell said “I’m glad we brought in a big gun We needed it here One of the things he brings is that coalition,” Maxwell said (The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency) typically acts in a certain way and oftentimes they won’t release these videos under pressure but they haven t felt pressure like this in what attorney Crump brings to the table ”
Homewood police say a veteran officer, who has not been publicly identified, approached the vehicle to investigate because of a recent increase in criminal activity in and around the city’s athletic complexes
The officer police say smelled marijuana and ordered Peoples and his female friend out of the vehicle
Police say the encounter ended with Peoples resisting, breaking away from the officer as he tried to handcuff him, and grabbing a gun from the driver ’s side door pocket
The officer shot Peoples,
Crump said he is grateful for all lawyers who take up the mantle to fight against injustice, to fight against the system for people who others think can be swept under the rug
You won t sweep Jabari Peoples under the rug,” Crump said His family is just asking for answers Is that so much to ask for?” he said
“Your 18-year-old son who’s never convicted of any crime he s never even been arrested, was doing everything right that you would want for a child and he’s killed by the police the people who are supposed to protect and serve him Wouldn’t you want answers?”
The attorneys said trust and transparency are on the line
“This is very straightforward ” Maxwell said If we re about trust and transparency, honoring Jabari and his family, honoring the community and honoring the relationship that we want so deeply with law enforcement, it is necessary to release the footage
This is not a hard investigation, Crump said I
“We know the cause of death was a gunshot we want to know the trajectory, the point of entry, the point of exit ” Maxwell has said previously that an investigator who conducted a detailed charting of Peoples’ body found he was shot once in the back Peoples’ parents siblings and other family members joined Crump at the press conference at Friendship Baptist Church in Homewood and spoke of their slain son
“He had a lot of dreams, and he was willing to work for those dreams ” his mother, Vivian Sterling, said
“Sometimes I thought he wanted to do too many things He d pass the airport and say, Mama, I m going to get my pilot’s license, but I don’t know if I’m going to do it before or after I go into the military
He wanted three different degrees, computer engineering electrical engineering criminal justice, Sterling said He wanted to do all sorts of things, and he knew he could do it ” Jabari was one of the brightest kids, one of the loveliest kids,” his father William Peoples said “We don’t know how we’re going to go on without Jabari but we re going to fight for Jabari until our last breath ” Crump said the fight is far from over
“We refuse to be well-behaved victims,” he said “Jabari is going to continue to be a priority for us
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A Sacred Thing
We can’t contain the past Like fireflies in a jar
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For that a sacred thing! Man, with all His treasures That only a few can
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•The spending in Trump’s signature legislation also opens the door to a second era of over-incarceration in the U S With $175 billion allocated in spending for immigration enforcement, the money for more police officers eclipsed the 2026 budget for the U S Marines which is $57 billion Almost all the policy focus from the Trump Administration has focused on deporting immigrants of color from Mexico and Haiti
The vote occurred as members were pressed to complete their work before the arbitrary deadline of the July 4 holiday set by President Trump It also occurred after Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries took the House floor for over 8 hours in protest Leader Jeffries broke the record in the U S House for the longest floor speech in history on the House floor The Senate passed the bill days before and was tied at 50-50 when Vice=President J D Vance broke the tie in favor of the bill
Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska who was last minute supporter, after winning some concessions for her state, said, my hope is that the House is gonna look at this and recognize that we’re not there yet ” There were no changes made to the Senate bill by the House A series of overnight phone calls to Republicans voting against, not changes, was what won over enough Republicans to pass the legislation even though it adds trillions to the debt The Trump spending bill also cuts money to Pell grants
“The Big Ugly Bill steals food out of the hands of starving children steals medicine from the cabinets of cancer patients, and equips ICE with more funding and more weapons of war than the United States Marine Corps Is there any question of who those agents will be going to war for, or who they will be going to war against? Beyond these sadistic provisions Republicans just voted nearly unanimously to close urban and rural hospitals, cripple the child tax credit and to top it all off add $3 3 trillion to the ticking time bomb that is the federal deficit – all from a party that embarrassingly pretends to stand for fiscal responsibility and lowering costs,” wrote Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Yvette Clarke (D-NY) in a statement on July 3
The Congressional Budget Office predicts that 17 million people will lose their health insurance, including over 322,000 Virginians It will make college less affordable Three million people will lose access to food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) And up to 16 million students could lose access to free school meals As many as 300 mostly rural hospitals may be forced to close by the Medicaid cuts Health research groups predict that 51,000 people a year may die from not receiving needed medical attention due the health and nutrition cuts
The Republican bill does all of this to fund tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires, and corporations,” wrote Education and Workforce Committee ranking member Rep Bobby Scott (D-VA) in a statement The bill’s passage has prompted Democrats to start thinking about 2026 and the next election cycle With the margins of victory in the U S House and U S Senate being so narrow, many are convinced that the balance of power and the question of millions being able to enjoy health care come down to only several thousand votes in congressional elections But currently, Republicans controlled by the MAGA movement control all three branches of government That reality was never made more stark and clearer than the last seven days of activity in the U S House and U S Senate
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Sealed bids will be received by the Greene County Board of Education at its Central Office, 220 Mains Street, Eutaw, AL for Kitchen Equipment Bids shall be sealed and marked “BID on School Kitchen Equipment” (Serving line counters) and delivered or mailed to reach said office by 11:00 a m on July 30, 2025
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