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WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW: OCTOBER 29, 2026 · What You Need To Know

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  Speaker 1: It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know. Today,
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  Speaker 1: it's Thursday, October 29th, 2026. Number one, history is on
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  Speaker 1: the line in this year's U.S. Senate races. Now, since 1789,
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  Speaker 1: only one of every 400 races U.S. senators has been
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  Speaker 1: a black woman. Angela also Brooks of Maryland and Lisa
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  Speaker 1: Blunt Rochester of Delaware recently became the first two black
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  Speaker 1: women to serve at the same time. Illinois Lieutenant Governor
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  Speaker 1: Julianna Stratton is set to join them. And if Florida's
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  Speaker 1: Angie Nixon wins, four black women would serve together. How
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  Speaker 1: cool is that? And yes, that was an editorial comment.
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  Speaker 1: Number two, black farmer Jamie Davis is running to become
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  Speaker 1: Louisiana's next U.S. senator, traveling farm to farm to shake
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  Speaker 1: hands with voters. This Democrat from waterproof Louisiana is challenging
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  Speaker 1: Representative Julia Letlow, who has President Trump's endorsement. If Farmer
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  Speaker 1: Davis wins, he would be the first black person to
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  Speaker 1: hold that seat since PBS Pinchback, who was elected in 1873,
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  Speaker 1: but never allowed to take the seat that he earned.
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  Speaker 1: Number three, the cost of the Iran war to the
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  Speaker 1: American taxpayer has grown to an estimated $ 47. 1 billion. The
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  Speaker 1: Pentagon's latest figure to Congress as of October 16th is
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  Speaker 1: up $ 3. 5 billion since early September, and the cost has
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  Speaker 1: become a key issue in the midterm elections. With the
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  Speaker 1: war now eight months old, most voters say they want
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  Speaker 1: Congress to prioritize ending it. Number four, from our good
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  Speaker 1: news file, Beyonce's Be Good Foundation awarded $ 25, 000 to Camp
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  Speaker 1: HBC Youth, a summer camp that introduces young children to HBCUs.
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  Speaker 1: The seven-week program served 2,000 children in kindergarten through fifth grade,
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  Speaker 1: with HBCU students and alumni as mentors and partners including Spelman, Morehouse,
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  Speaker 1: Clark Atlanta, and Tennessee State. Founder Reagan Fresnel says the
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  Speaker 1: grant will put more children on HBCU campuses and keep
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  Speaker 1: the camp affordable. for their families. Number five, Black America,
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  Speaker 1: let us celebrate our history. It was on October 29th, 1969,
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  Speaker 1: the US Supreme Court ruled in Alexander V. Holmes County
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  Speaker 1: Board of Education that school segregation had to end at once,
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  Speaker 1: thus replacing Brown versus the Board of Education's all deliberate speed.
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  Speaker 1: The case was led by Beatrice Alexander Ross, a woman
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  Speaker 1: misidentified as a parent When in actuality, Beatrice Alexander was
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  Speaker 1: a Mississippi ninth grader who started this cause. Her stand
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  Speaker 1: forced Southern districts into immediate desegregation. Another call for how
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  Speaker 1: cool is that? Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels.
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  Speaker 1: Always be honest with yourself. The most important person you
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  Speaker 1: should never deceive is the person in the mirror. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Sybil Wilkes. Be informed. Be empowered.