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NEW YORK (AP) - After moving to the United States from South Korea at age 6, Jenny Jang found it challenging to navigate through school and her first jobs. "In all of the environments I was in, I was always a minority," Jang said. "Coming to the States, I didn't have a road map for me. And I couldn't ask these questions to my parents, so I had to seek

Section 8 is a federal housing Program that provides rental assistance for participating low-income families. However, it is also possible to use Section 8 to buy a home under some circumstances. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program allows families to use a portion of their rent to buy a home if they meet program requirements. Families can get help with down payments, closing costs, and lower interest rates.

By: Ms Jheri Worldwide | Staff Writer [caption id="attachment_11434" align="alignleft" width="184"] Photo: Roland Martin[/caption] Are you following Roland Martin's Black Star Network on YouTube? Roland Martin's Black Star Network  YouTube channel is a must-follow for anyone seeking insightful and culturally relevant content. The network's flagship show, Roland Martin Unfiltered, delivers daily news and commentary from Washington, DC, covering a broad spectrum of topics including politics, culture, entertainment, social justice, sports,

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1536"] North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein, seen here speaking to reporters as he unveiled his two-year budget proposal on March 19, 2025, says North Carolina will appeal a recent Trump administration decision to reduce federal funding to areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline - North Carolina will appeal FEMA's decision to end their 100% cost-share for Hurricane Helene debris cleanup and emergency services,

Nationwide - Choates Family of Companies, a Black-owned international, multi-generational US-based construction firm that spans more than five decades, has opened its first international office in Nairobi, Kenya. The opening of this new office has cemented its position as a global leader in infrastructure, real estate, investments, digital currency and blockchain, energy, commodity trading, and advisory services. Under the dynamic leadership of its founder and CEO Darrell Choates Sr. and

By Molly Grace | Business Insider Last year, mortgage rates were supposed to go down a lot. But in spite of some big drops in the fall of 2024, rates ended the year close to where they started. What will happen in 2025? Most forecasts expect mortgage rates to go down slightly this year. But there's a lot of uncertainty in the economic outlook right now, especially regarding tariffs, which

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1200"] "Your average person is really taking on a lot of the cost of litter," said Nancy Lauer, a staff scientist at Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic. "Nonprofits, who could be focusing on other things, are instead spending time on litter cleanups." Durham's Third Fork Creek, pictured here, is a site of ongoing volunteer efforts. Credit: Will Atwater/NC Health News[/caption] NC Health News - On Saturday,

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today announced students across North Carolina will soon have access to high-quality, virtual mental health care through Hazel Health. This initiative, supported through an investment by UnitedHealthcare, is part of a broader effort announced last year to provide virtual school-centered mental health care for up to one million students across select states nationwide. Through this initiative, nearly 400,000 students -

By Nikole Hannah-Jones | ProPublica The authors of the 1968 Fair Housing Act wanted to reverse decades of government-fostered segregation. But presidents from both parties declined to enforce a law that stirred vehement opposition. A few months after Congress passed a landmark law directing the federal government to dismantle segregation in the nation's housing, President Nixon's housing chief began plotting a stealth campaign. The plan, George Romney wrote in a

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1052"] New teachers in North Carolina kindergarten classrooms like this one could get more support under bill proposed by Democratic state lawmakers. (Photo: Greg Childress/NC Newsline)[/caption] NC Newsline -Christina Butler, a first grade teacher in Wilkes County, nearly quit her job just weeks into her first year. But thanks to the North Carolina New Teacher Support Program, Butler is still a teacher today. "If you go into teaching,