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An article marking the U.S.'s 250th anniversary highlights ongoing attacks on civil rights for Black Americans, citing Supreme Court decisions like Shelby County v. Holder and Louisiana v. Callais that weakened the Voting Rights Act, leading to voter suppression laws and gerrymandering. The 2026 'State of Black America' report questions the viability of the American dream amid these challenges, noting a widened Black-white voter turnout gap since 2013.

The article highlights the launch of America’s Workforce Academy, a $115 million program led by Meta, the National Urban League, and others to train skilled workers for AI infrastructure jobs. It emphasizes a labor shortage in construction and the strategic need for plumbers, electricians, and similar workers to build data centers and power facilities, contrasting China’s infrastructure progress.

Meta is investing $115 million in its America's Workforce Academy to train people for skilled trade jobs in AI data center construction. The program covers tuition, travel, lodging, and offers job placement for graduates, focusing on roles like fiber technicians, electricians, and welders. Partners include the National Urban League and Associated Builders and Contractors.

Meta has launched a free five-week training course named America's Workforce Academy to address shortages in skilled trades like fiber technicians, welders, plumbers, and electricians. The program aims to train workers for data center construction and guarantee them jobs in skilled trades, with the National Urban League partnering on the initiative.

Meta is investing $115 million in a free five-week training program for data center technicians through a partnership with CBRE, the National Urban League, and others. The initiative aims to address the skilled-trades shortage impacting Meta's AI infrastructure, offering guaranteed jobs and industry-recognized credentials to participants with no prior experience required.

An obituary and tribute to Bob Woodson, a civil rights activist and founder of the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise (later renamed the Woodson Center), who died at age 89. The article examines his journey from poverty in Philadelphia through the civil rights movement and his later work combating what he viewed as harmful dependency-creating welfare policies.

A wave of voting rights battles and GOP redistricting fights is triggering a coordinated response across the South, with organizers preparing a Summer of Action campaign starting this weekend. The fight over congressional maps, voting access, and political representation is accelerating ahead of November's midterms and the 2028 general election. Organizers say the Supreme Court's narrowing of the Voting Rights Act has made it harder to challenge maps on the basis of racial discrimination.

The Supreme Court cleared Alabama's path to redraw its congressional map, a major blow for majority-Black districts. Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, reacted to the decision on CBS News. The decision affects Alabama's congressional representation.

National Urban League President Marc Morial criticized the Department of Justice's (DOJ) indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a politically motivated attack on civil rights progress. The DOJ accused SPLC of allegedly funding extremist hate groups, with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announcing the charges.