By Christopher Smith
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The conservative backlash to the acclaim of the widely-heralded 1619 Project by
the New York Times Magazine has caused another controversy for journalist and 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner
Hannah-Jones was denied a tenured professorship at the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill this week. The position, a Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism, was denied her by the school’s Board of Trustees this week despite the recommendations of the dean, faculty and school Chancellor Kevin Gusciewicz. Instead, she will begin a five-year contract with her alma mater beginning July 1
Dominque Fishback opposite
Daniel Kaluuya was seen as a breakout moment for the actress. Now, Fishback has landed the lead role opposite
Anthony Ramos in the latest installment of the Transformers film franchise.
Deadline exclusively reports that Fishback, 30, is in the final stages of negotiating with the producers of the
Transformers franchise after reportedly winning over the team as they sought a lead dynamic enough to match with the talented Ramos. Steven Caple Jr. has been named as a director with Darnell Metayer and Josh Peters are writing based on a script from Joby Harold.
The outlet adds that this upcoming venture will be a reunion of sorts for Fishback and Ramos, who both worked together on a stage production while in college. Fishback stunned in the role of activist Deborah Johnson, the wife of slain Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton Sr., who died at the hands of Chicago police in 1969 at the age of 21.
FEMA Flooded with Calls for Help
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But the federal agency did not set up an online application process. They set up a phone line and that center was flooded by more than a million calls when the line opened to the public.
Many struggled to get through to get the application process started.
The application process opened on Monday, April 12. The Funeral Assistance Hotline Number is 884-684-6333.
Click here to get more information about the application process.
Here s the criteria from FEMA to see if you qualify for the funding:
The death must have occurred in the United States, including the U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.