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June 16, 2022 Thursday Edition
Volume 53 No. 9
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Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them and these will continue till they have resisted either with words or blows or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance those of whom they suppress. —Fredrick Douglass (1849)
Our Nation Has a Problem with Guns and it Needs to Be Fixed
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
By Jeffrey L. Boney NNPA Newswire contributor Darkness and despair have us trapped and we have lost our way. Good, which was once the standard, has turned into bad. We are making bad decisions and they have resulted in bad outcomes. Our once proud America is being looked at with critical eyes. Those living in other countries are wondering what is going on in the United States of America. Cities across this great land of ours are besieged by crime and punishment. Every day has become a day of death for many of our brothers and sisters, both Black and White. We leave our homes with good intentions, yet sadly we may not return to them. I am learning quickly that while we plan our days, those plans may not be good enough to keep us alive. We are in a tangled web of chaos and confusion. We are enemies to ourselves. The blame for our current situation begins with us. Do we want to get better? I think we do. The conversations going on suggest we want to get better. We want a new normal and to not experience new shootings and killings. The shootings, whether they were in Buffalo, Uvalde, Tulsa, near Ames, or Philadelphia, all have the same result. People are dead and families are broken into pieces. This
According to the Washington Post, there have been over 200 mass shootings in America this year. current path is leading us down a dead-end street. We need stricter gun laws immediately. The time to act is now. It is the “doing of the talking” which is an expression that I coined many years ago. The laws that we have on the books need to be a me nde d a nd ch a nge d . How can a newly minted 18-year-old young man go into a store and buy assault weapons with literally no questions asked? That is what happened in Uvalde, Texas, when Salvador Ramos purchased guns and ammunition. Guns now play a major role in how we live our lives. For example, we are more conscious than ever before about being in crowds. In some communities, going to get gas, or going to the grocery store, have become challenging. We go, but we are afraid.
In the not-too-distant past, we gave no thought to attending church or going to graduations. Going to our favorite store was a nobrainer. Now there are shootings and killings taking place at them. We have convened, and reconvened, to discuss gun violence, yet not much has changed. Arguably, there are more deaths taking place by guns now. Sadly, we are living this frightening and fragile reality. While discussions are good, changing laws is better. That, in my opinion, must be the steps we take in order to curb gun violence. Laws must change and we the people must be the driving force behind this movement. Some critics have said that the House and the Senate are on different pages when it comes to gun control. I agree with the critics.
For example, the House would close what is called the “Charleston loophole.” It would increase the amount of time from 3 business days to 10 business days “that a federal firearms licensee must wait to receive a completed background check prior to transferring a firearm to a licensed person.” T his st atement comes f rom the legislat ion. The legislation is HR 1446, and it is backed by Democratic representative James Clyburn of South Carolina. This bill stems from the tragedy that killed nine people at a Black church in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2015. The Senate will now take up the matter in their legislative session. We will see what happens. President Biden, on last week in an address to the nation said, “If we can’t ban assault weapons then we should raise the age to purchase them from 18 to 21.” He added, “Over the past two decades, more school-aged children have died from guns than on-duty police officers and active-duty military combined.” According to the Washington Post, there have been over 200 mass shootings in America this year. That number should scare all of us. The post Our Nation Has a Problem with Guns and it Needs to Be Fixed appeared first on Houston Forward Times.
California Commemorates Juneteenth ’22 Edward Henderson | California Black Media
Credit: Shutterstock On June 6, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a proclamation making Juneteenth an official holiday for city employees. Although President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday last year, cities and states still have the power to decide which holidays they will officially observe. Mayor Garcetti’s signing is one among many commemorations of Juneteenth nationwide as a growing number of states and municipalities officially honor the historic holiday long celebrated in African American communities across the United States. “We need every Angeleno to
learn the full story of our past, no matter the ugliness of some of its chapters, and that means recognizing the lasting legacy of slavery in our country,” Garcetti said at the signing ceremony. History of Juneteenth The holiday is recognition of June 19th, 1865, the day Union soldiers notified enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay, Texas that they were free under the Emancipation Proclamation. Two and a half years earlier, enslaved and free African Americans gathered in churches and private homes across the country to mark what was
Generation Z Sparking the ‘Great Resignation’ as Employers Realize Shortages
known as “Freedom’s Eve” on Jan. 1, 1863. They were awaiting news confirming that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation that ended slavery in Confederate States. Anticipation heightened and celebrations began as the news spread of the 13th Amendment, the constitutional modification that established the abolishment of slavery. Union soldiers began their march to spread the news throughout plantations and cities in the South. However, not everyone in Confederate territory would immediately be free. Even though the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law in 1863, it could not be implemented in places still under Confederate control. As a result, in the westernmost Confederate state of Texas, enslaved people would not be free until much later. In Galveston Bay, freedom finally came on June 19, 1865,
when some 2,000 Union troops arrived. The army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state, were free by executive decree. That momentous day came to be known as "Juneteenth," by the newly freed people in Texas. The post-emancipation period known as Reconstruction (18651877) marked an era of great hope, uncertainty, and struggle for the nation. Formerly enslaved people immediately sought to reunify families, establish schools, run for political office, push radical legislation, and even sue slaveholders for compensation. A California 2022 Juneteenth State Proposal On May 19, California State Senators Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) and Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles) introduced Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 109, which continued on page 2
A Pew Research Center survey found that low pay, a lack of opportunities for advancement, and feeling disrespected at work are the top reasons Americans quit their jobs last year. The pandemic spurred a new and continuing phenomenon: “the Great Resignation.” Armed with a new sense of values and the realization that they do not have to actually go into an office environment to perform assigned tasks, American workers have continued switch jobs — or leave the traditional workforce entirely. According to some reports, the pandemic experience has contributed to changing perceptions about what matters to employees — including what they want from their jobs – leading to a disconnect between upper management and front-line workers. Unli ke many older professionals, that may simply complain to co-workers, look for a new job and then submit their letter of resignation, GenZ and younger Millennials are speaking up about what they want their workplace to look like — and feel like. Something that no prior generations have done as directly. “Many GenZ workers got their first job during the pandemic, so they expect flexibility and remote work as the standard option. In addition, they view jobs as ‘experiences’ that they
can end if they no longer need or feel connected to them,” said Dr. Ximena Hartsock, founder of BuildWithin. This D.C.-based company identifies, trains, and manages tech-related apprentices. “And, they have always been presented with a ‘buyers’ market,’ in terms of jobs which has led to job-hopping, which is unlikely to go away and puts pressure on employers to lead with an employee-centric and valuedriven culture,” Hartsock insisted. “This new generation is putting needed pressure on employers to make the workplace more empathetic. Perhaps the Great Resignation will transition to the Great Enlightenment.” Mark Pierce, CEO of Cloud Peak Law Group, said he believes that employees aren’t feeling valued or that their working location puts them at a disadvantage. He said that’s a primary contributor to the Great Resignation. “Whether employees are working in-person, fully remote, or hybrid, it’s important to ensure that everyone feels welcome and valued in their roles,” Pierce stated. continued on page 3
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