Week In Review

ABOVE PHOTO: Jasmine Harris, director of public policy at RISE Academy – Nebraska Reentry Program, testifies in favor of LB20, a bill to provide restoration of voting rights upon completion of a felony sentence or probation for a felony, during a hearing before the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A member of the Mexican security forces stands next to a white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes, at the crime scene where gunmen kidnapped four U.S. citizens who crossed into Mexico from Texas, Friday, March 3, 2023. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the four Americans were going…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Reggie Roman, of Los Angeles, speaks during the public comment portion of the Reparations Task Force meeting in Sacramento, Calif., on Friday, March 3, 2023. California’s statewide task force on Black American reparations continues to delve into key questions on eligibility and what form reparations may take. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) takes part in a rally outside the Supreme Court as justices heard arguments on President Biden’s student debt relief plan Feb. 28, 2023. (Francis Chung/POLITICO via AP Images) By Collin Binkley ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — Niara Thompson couldn’t shake her frustration as the Supreme Court debated President Joe Biden’s…

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By Amanda Seitz ASSOCIATED PRESS  WASHINGTON — If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program, which has grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. But…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Eli Lilly & Co. corporate headquarters in Indianapolis. Eli Lilly announced on Wednesday, March 1, 2023, will cut prices for some older insulins later this year, and immediately expand a cap on costs insured patients pay when they fill prescriptions. The moves promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Rihanna attends an event for her lingerie line Savage X Fenty at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles on on Aug. 28, 2021. The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of philanthropy’s most influential organizations – including Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures,…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Eric Holder Jr. sits in the courtroom at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Sept. 15, 2022, in Los Angeles. Holder Jr., who was convicted last year of fatally shooting rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019, is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, in a Los Angeles courtroom (Apu Gomes/Pool Photo…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Former President Jimmy Carter speaks during a forum at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, Nov. 20, 2014. Carter, at age 98 the longest-lived American president, had a recent series of short hospital stays. The Carter Center said in a statement Saturday, Feb. 19, 2023, that the 39th president…

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ABOVE PHOTO: This undated photo provided by Baisha Carter shows Arielle Anderson, a Michigan State University student who was killed during a shooting at the university in East Lansing, Mich., on Feb. 13, 2023. (Courtesy of Baisha Carter via AP) By John Flesher And Joey Cappelletti ASSOCIATED PRESS  EAST LANSING, Mich. — One student was…

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