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Peniel E. Joseph is the Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and the founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also a professor of history. He is the author of several books, most recently, " The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. " The views expressed here are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN. (CNN) Black folk have farmed, planted, tilled and cultivated agricultural and food production in America since their arrival from Africa on slave ships. Their labor helped to create global capitalism and has transformed American food production, animal farming and cooking. Yet their ability to accumulate wealth, land, businesses and income based on their agricultural prowess has been halted at every turn, at times by brute force, most often by acts of systemic racism. Peniel Joseph … [Read more...] about A $5 billion down payment on what America owes to Black farmers

Sabrina Roy felt the economic sting of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier than most. She worked in housekeeping at the Colorado Convention Center, one of many venues hit with cascading cancellations starting in March 2020. “We worked from the beginning of the pandemic to exactly on my birthday, March 24th. That was the day that we all got laid off,” Roy said. Since then, unemployment benefits and the federal stimulus payments have helped Roy “keep above water.” The Service Employees International Union Local 105 recently negotiated an agreement to keep the jobs at the convention center open through September. The continuing rollout of vaccines could help get Roy back to the work she misses as people feel more comfortable traveling and venturing out into crowds. But the pandemic-induced recession has thrown businesses, workers, economists and health officials plenty of curveballs over the last 13 months. Record unemployment rates and massive federal bailout efforts have … [Read more...] about Record unemployment, massive bailouts, new businesses: Colorado’s pandemic economy is a shifting landscape

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment plans to send out letters later this month to individuals and employers ensnared in the massive wave of fraudulent claims for unemployment insurance benefits. “One letter would go to the victim of unemployment insurance fraud and one to the employer,” said Cher Haavind, deputy director of the CDLE said during a call to discuss unemployment fraud on Wednesday with employers. “We hope to have this new system by next week.” The CDLE estimates that 1.2 million fraudulent claims for benefits have been filed through the state’s unemployment system, surpassing the just under 1 million valid claims filed since March 2020. Before the pandemic, the state dealt with fewer than 100 fraudulent claims a year. Individuals filing a fraud report usually don’t hear back from the CDLE. One purpose of the letters is to provide confirmation. Another even more important goal is to provide an official confirmation that the filer was a victim of identity … [Read more...] about Colorado unemployment insurance fraud cases hit 1.2 million; state to issue letters to victims

The snowpack in Colorado’s mountains has reached 93% of normal, federal survey data showed Tuesday — lagging slightly at the moment when cities and food growers decide whether water supplies will be sufficient for crops, cattle and a growing population. While recent heavy snow bodes well, measured in relation to the norm between 1981 and 2010, federal forecasters on Tuesday also warned they’re expecting “below normal” water flows in streams and rivers once snow melts due to decades of mostly increasing aridity. “Our soil is pretty dry, and current stream flows are low, something that’s going to play into snowpack runoff,” said Brian Domonkos, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Colorado Snow Survey supervisor. “Traditionally, if we had a snowpack at this level with normal soil moisture and base stream flows, we’d see better runoff. But as dry as things are, stream flow and soils, we’re expecting below normal runoff in most if not all river basins,” Domonkos said. “We get … [Read more...] about Colorado mountain snowpack still lags slightly below norm — and recent storms won’t offset drought

DENVER (CBS4) – Five weeks after announcing scammers had pilfered about $6.5 million from the Colorado unemployment system during the pandemic, state unemployment administrators dramatically ratcheted that figure up. They say they now believe fraudsters got away with as much as $30 million since the pandemic began. “This number will grow exponentially,” said Cher Haavind, Deputy Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. Haavind and other CDLE officials spoke to CBS4 Tuesday afternoon after CBS4 learned of the increase in dollars fraudulently stolen from the agency over the last year and not recovered. READ MORE: Subaru Stolen Outside Westminster Business With 15-Year-Old Dog Inside (credit: CBS) “Somewhere between $20 and $30 million,” acknowledged Haavind. “That’s probably somewhere close.” She said the department was planning to release more details at a news conference later this week. Most of the money was stolen from the Pandemic … [Read more...] about Fraud Losses For Colorado Unemployment Office Spike; Scammers Estimated To Have Stolen $20 To $30 Million