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Charter Spectrum Cable Network to Carry Black Television News Channel

Charter Spectrum Cable Network to Carry Black Television News Channel

The Black Television News Channel (BTNC) has announced a multi-year carriage agreement with Charter Communications, a leading broadband communications company and the second largest cable operator in the United States. Under the agreement, Charter Communications will launch BTNC to Spectrum TV subscribers in 14 of the top 25 African American TV markets.

The U.S. Senate Has a Diversity Problem in Its Staff

The U.S. Senate Has a Diversity Problem in Its Staff

As policy decisions affecting all Americans are debated in the halls of Congress, you will be hard pressed to find people of color in top‐level staff positions. A report released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that the most influential Senate staffers are disproportionately white. Among senior-level Senate staff — chiefs of staff, legislative directors and other folks who ultimately shape the laws we all live by — a mere 7.1 percent are people of color, researchers found, although people of color make up 36% of the U.S. population.

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