What We Need To Know: November 18, 2025

What We Need To Know: November 18, 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Sybil Wilks with what we need to know today.
It's Tuesday, November eighteen, twenty twenty five. Number one North
Carolina officials are publicly warning they want no part of
the aggressive federal immigration rates seen in other states. After
reports that US Board of Patrol Commander at Large Gregory
Bavino left Chicago for Charlotte, North Carolina, local leaders convene

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to oppose any similar actions in their communities. State Representative
Ayisha Drew said leaders from multiple levels of government are
united in declaring they do not want ICE operating in
their neighborhoods and it may be too late. Number two
rapper Nicki Minaj is teaming up with President Trump's UN
Ambassador Mike Waltz to address the treatment of Christians in Nigeria.

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Walt said he looks forward to standing with her as
they outline the steps the administration is taking to confront
the violence, while Minaj called the opportunity and honor she
doesn't take lightly. The partnership that begins today mark a
striking new turn for the superstar, whose recent visibility has
come more from online feuds than the chart topping music

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that wants to find her burgeoning career. Number three CPA
to the Stars, Katrina Mcraft states many entrepreneurs chase higher revenue,
but without a smart plan, more income can just lead
to more taxes and more financial headaches. True wealth comes
from structuring your business in a way that helps you

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keep more of what you earn. Number four in the
Good News File. In the late eighteen hundreds, William Dove,
a formerly enslaved man, while thirty six acres in what
is now Potomac, Maryland, an investment in a future he
believed his family deserved. Decades later, discriminatory practices and imminent
domain erased that land, leaving his great great granddaughters with

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only the stories of what was taken. Latisha Teressa and
Latrese Gasaway grew up hearing their grandmother's painful but determined
recollections and were urged never to forget their family's legacy.
Read the what we Need to Know newsletter to find
out the rest of the story. Number five Black America
two fifty in the Spotlight is on African American veterans

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from World War One. When the US entered World War One,
African American women stepped forward to support the war effort
despite facing intense racism and sexism. Fourteen black women known
as the Golden Fourteen, served in the Navy's Muster Rolls section,
while others contributed as Red Cross Motor Corps drivers and

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as segregated Army nurses caring for the Black soldiers and
the German POWs. Their service highlighted both their patriotism and
the barriers that limited their roles even as the nation
relied on their skills. Here's your daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels.
Hope invites us to see beyond our current circumstances and

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trust that something better is unfolding. I'm Sybil Wilkes. Be informed,
be empowered,