Claretta Bellamy

1 week ago | thestoryexchange.org | Claretta Bellamy

For Black people, Juneteenth is a big deal. The event commemorates when roughly 250,000 Black individuals enslaved in Galveston, Texas, were told life-changing news on June 19, 1865: They were finally free. While former President Abraham Lincoln had officially emancipated slaves two years prior, those in Galveston were kept in the dark — until Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived, at long last, to share the good news.

2 weeks ago | telemundoutah.com | Claretta Bellamy

Líderes de una organización de ayuda que ha enviado a más de 100 niños haitianos con afecciones cardíacas graves a Estados Unidos para someterse a cirugías cardíacas afirmaron que la prohibición impuesta por el presidente Donald Trump a los viajeros de 19 países paralizará o cancelará procedimientos vitales para al menos una docena de niños y jóvenes adultos.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Claretta Bellamy

Leaders of an aid organization that has sent more than 100 Haitian children with serious cardiac conditions to the U.S. for heart surgery said President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from 19 countries will stall or cancel lifesaving procedures for at least a dozen children or young adults. The ban, which goes into effect Monday, has led to widespread uncertainty for many and drawn condemnation from international leaders.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Claretta Bellamy

1 hour ago‘He’s a bad guy’: Trump backs decision to bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to US to face chargesDonald Trump has called Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “bad guy” and backed the decision to return him to the US to face criminal charges. Abrego Garcia was wrongly deported to El Salvador nearly three months ago under the Trump administration. He was returned to the US on Friday (6 June) and charged with trafficking migrants into the country.

4 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Claretta Bellamy |Janhvi Bhojwani

May 29, 2025, 2:56 PM EDTGraduating students of color at Harvard University and other colleges across the country would end their semester by attending affinity graduation ceremonies — but this year, they had to organize these celebrations without the school’s financial backing. Harvard, currently battling the Trump administration over a range of issues, halted all of its affinity ceremonies for students this year.