Could #Florida go blue? That's what #Democrats are hoping in the 2024 #election with abortion rights at the forefront after Florida's highest court opened a pathway to a near-total #abortion ban taking effect on May 1. https://www.axios.com/2024/04/02/florida-abortion-referendum-democrats

If "The American Dream" feels further away than ever before, you're not alone -- and it's not just due to #realestate prices. According to a new #study, Americans need to earn a minimum of $110,871 per year to afford a median-priced home in nearly half of the U.S., which costs an average of $402,343. That's a 50% increase in income compared with the 2020 estimate. https://www.bankrate.com/real-estate/home-affordability-in-current-housing-market-study/

Three years after introducing historic legislation, #Oregon has officially walked back its controversial decriminalization of small amounts of illegal drugs after Gov. Tina Kotek signed HB 4002. Where did #progressive #Democrats go wrong in Oregon? https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/02/oregon-recriminalizing-drugs-bill/73175561007/

A #Trump supporter in #NewYork has been charged with making terroristic threats to state AG Letitia James and Justice Arthur Engoron over money the former president has been ordered to pay stemming from his #fraud case. The man is accused of sending multiple threatening text messages at night to James and Engoron, including statements such as "I will k*ll you" https://www.rawstory.com/engoron-threats/

A former #Colorado #cop who beat a Black man with a gun and strangled him, according to body camera video and #court docs, goes on #trial today. Note: The other #police officer who was at the scene at the time of violent arrest and didn't intervene was sentenced last year to six months of house arrest, if that's any prognostic.
https://blknewsnow.com/former-colorado-cop-who-beat-black-man-with-gun-goes-on-trial/

Hope is not the same as optimism, a psychologist explains − just look at MLK's example https://blknewsnow.com/hope-is-not-the-same-as-optimism-a-psychologist-explains-%e2%88%92-just-look-at-mlks-example/

Former #Miami #Dolphins and #Indianapolis #Colts cornerback Vontae Davis found dead in his #Florida home at age 35 https://blknewsnow.com/former-nfl-player-vontae-davis-found-dead-in-his-home-at-age-35/

TRUTH HURTS: It looks like Donald's mounting #legal bills are still going to go unpaid. #Trump's #socialmedia company debut failed to garner traction on the #stockmarket today https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-truth-social-revenue-2023

#Louisiana State University guard Hailey Van Lith calls out #racism aimed at her fellow #basketball players after controversial LA Times column released https://blknewsnow.com/lsu-guard-hailey-van-lith-calls-out-racism-aimed-at-teammates/

A new report reveals #Trump and his influential #MAGA allies want to reverse #civilrights by implementing initiatives that combat "anti-white racism." While this is certainly not a #joke today, only a fool would believe the timing of this news is a coincidence. It reinforces how America's political apparatus, especially the #GOP, have nothing but a platform of #racism and #hate to run on any longer and think anti-Black racism is a joke. This strategy won't work out well. https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-reverse-racism-civil-rights

#RIP Actor Chance Perdomo, who was most notably known for his roles in the “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and #Amazon original series “Gen V,” a spin-off of "The Boys." Perdomo died at the age of 27 after a motorcycle crash https://blknewsnow.com/chance-perdomo-known-for-chilling-adventures-of-sabrina-and-gen-v-dies-in-motorcycle-crash-at-27/

A ruptured oil pipeline in South #Sudan #Africa has stoked fears the ongoing war could escalate as the country's #economy plunges

https://blknewsnow.com/ruptured-oil-pipeline-triggers-fears-war-could-worsen-in-south-sudan/

#RIP legendary actor Louis Gossett Jr. who died today at the age of 87. If you aren't familiar with his extraordinarily long career, here are some #movies to catch up on: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/29/movies/louis-gossett-jr-streaming-guide.html

An appellate #court in #Texas has acquitted a Black grandmother who was accused of illegally voting in the 2016 election https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/1241615870/crystal-mason-texas-voting-acquitted

It has to be called out this ignorant and pervasive racial #stereotype about Black women being hypersexual. It's amazing how quickly the Uncle's hop out of the red closet for #Trump. #MAGA has decided because they can reverse the clock on women's #abortion rights, apparently Black women are fair game. #Maryland can do better. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-mark-robinson-beyonce-hyper/

The three white men who killed Ahmaud Arbery are appealing their federal #hate #crime convictions; Arbery's family plans to hold a rally https://www.clickorlando.com/gallery/news/2024/03/27/ahmaud-arberys-killers-ask-a-us-appeals-court-to-overturn-their-hate-crime-convictions/

#Trump acolyte Ronna McDaniel, the former #Republican National Committee chair, has swiftly been dropped as NBC's newest contributor following internal backlash and public outrage https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/ronna-mcdaniel-nbc-rnc

A federal judge schooled #Twitter owner and self-described "free speech absolutist" #ElonMusk on the First Amendment, dismissing his lawsuit over research which accurately documented the rise in #hate speech and #racism on the once-beloved social media platform https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/25/elon-musk-hate-speech-lawsuit

#Alaska 's U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, who has often spoken against #Trump, is considering leaving the #Republican Party over its unwavering support for the embattled former President. Last year, Murkowski admitted the #GOP was "becoming known as a group of kind of extremist, populist over-the-top" people. https://uinterview.com/news/gop-sen-lisa-murkowski-says-she-may-leave-republican-party-wont-vote-for-trump/

Just one day before she was canned by #conservative network the Daily Wire, #CandaceOwens visited the Breakfast Club where she was asked frivolous questions about Black American culture. It was a reminder there are people in Black media who fuel "the problem." https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/candace-owens-defends-not-knowing-god-is-good-1234863848/