BREAKING:  In this episode of BHN Talk Radio Show, Julia Ann Dudley Najieb, Cheryl Smith and Brigitte Jones discuss a new lawsuit that alleges widespread misconduct at a California rehab facility including the subjecting of staffers to homophobic, racist and antisemitic language, Nazi salutes, and “white power” gang signs.

GREEN TECH & CLIMATE WATCH:  There are around 100,000 EVs in Ethiopia so far.
The Ethiopian government estimates that number will more than quadruple by 2032. That’s largely because the national government took the extraordinary step earlier this year of banning the import of all gas-powered passenger vehicles — becoming the first nation in the world to do so.

It also effectively slashed the customs tax on imported cars: The tax on gas vehicles was up to 200% before they were banned, while the import tax for fully assembled EVs is just 15%, according to the country’s finance ministry.

MORE NEWS:  Groups release ‘Black Values Survey’ with in-depth look at African-Americans in swing states.  Three nonprofits earlier this month released findings of a study that analyzes segments or values clusters within the Black community in three swing states that goes deeper than typical demographics.

The research in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania was not conducted in support of any candidate.

Results of a national, four-year project to study the Black electorate show that while almost half (41%) of Black people believe in their collective power to drive change, another 22% are deeply cynical about politics and elections, and 18% are susceptible to this growing disillusionment because they are often overlooked by the political industry.

Meanwhile, the head of the South Florida police union claims Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was "uncooperative" Sunday during a traffic stop Sunday ahead of the first game of the season.
Hill, 30, was pulled over, allegedly for speeding, on his way to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on Sunday when he was then handcuffed and put to the ground with several officers surrounding him. He was detained but released and able to play in the season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, even mocking the incident in a touchdown celebration.

POWER Interfaith of Pennsylvania, New Georgia Project and Detroit Action Education Fund headed the effort.

SPOTLIGHT:  Spike Lee, Ice T, and LeVar Burton Among 8 Du Bois Medal Recipients
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Spike Lee and Grammy Award winning rapper Ice T will be among eight recipients of the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research announced this month.

The honorees will be presented with the medals during a ceremony in Sanders Theatre on Oct. 1.
FEATURE: NASA’s "Hidden Figures"—the Black women whose brilliance fueled the 20th-century space race—are finally being honored with Congressional Gold Medals. Their contributions were overlooked for too long …

Also, NBC reported that Janet Jackson made remarks regarding vice President Kamala Harris's father being considered white in an interview; the apology made on behalf of Jackson was not authentically from her camp.
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