Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 09, 2021 In celebration of Caribbean-American Heritage month, the Government of Barbados in association with the Caribbean
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Caption Sen. Raphael Warnock, right, takes his seat next to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack at an event held at Fort Valley State University to explain new USDA debt aid to Black farmers. Credit: Grant Blankenship
Next month, some Black farmers will be able to access part of $4 billion set aside for debt cancellation. It’s a historic amount of money, courtesy of the American Rescue Plan, aimed at redressing generations of inequity in farm lending by the federal government. But for some, this aid does not go far enough.
Details about the plan were shared with about 100 present and former farmers at a press event at Fort Valley State University last weekend. In short, up to 120% of debt held by the USDA will be canceled for “socially disadvantaged farmers.” Mainly this means Black farmers, but Hispanic and Native American farmers are included, too.
Insight: âAny one of the strange laws we suffer is a compromise between a fad and a vested interest.â âGilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936)
Inquisitive minds want to know: âWhy is the Associated Press sharing a building with Hamas? Surely, these intrepid reporters knew who their neighbors were. Did they knowingly allow themselves to be used as human shields by a U.S.-designated terrorist organization? Did the AP pull its punches and decline to report for years on Hamasâs misdeeds? I submit that the AP has some uncomfortable questions to answer.â âSenator Tom Cotton
Observations: âThe socialist Squad is attacking Biden for not being sufficiently critical of Israel, when in fact he is engaged in the one thing that could literally result in the destruction of Israel. While thousands of rockets rain down on the Jewish state, our negotiators are still sitting at a table in Vienna desperately trying to negotiate a deal that will provide Iranâs
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