Black farmers vs. the New York Times
theGRIO REPORT - Members of the black farming community and their advocates have responded to claims made in a recent New York Times article...
Alabama black farmers sue USDA alleging discrimination
theGRIO REPORT - Around half a dozen African-American farmers in Alabama are filing a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for alleged discrimination...
Black farmers' settlement draws to a close
In the 1980s, black farmers began their legal battle against the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Litigation that began nearly 30 years ago will come to an end in just a few days...
Hastings calls attempts to block money to black farmers racist
Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings called Iowa Rep. Steve King's plan to strip $1.2 Billion from the black farmer's discrimination settlement "pure unadulterated racism"...
Senate approves $1.2B for black farmers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The money has been held up for months in the Senate as Democrats and Republicans squabbled over how to pay for it...
Black lawmakers irate over Emanuel's $1.5 billion promise to Sen. Lincoln
Six members of the Congressional Black Caucus wrote to President Obama on Thursday calling on him to find a way to compensate black farmers who suffered discrimination in government loan programs during the 1980s and 1990s...
USDA reaches new billion-dollar settlement with black farmers
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration has reached a deal with black farmers that could end a years-long stalemate over alleged racial discrimination by the Agriculture Department...
