What We Need To Know: November 26, 2025

What We Need To Know: November 26, 2025

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's Sybil Wilkes with what we need to know today.
It's Wednesday, November twenty six, twenty twenty five. Number one,
The Reverend Jesse Jackson has been released from a Chicago
hospital and is now in stable condition after receiving treatment
to manage his blood pressure. His family and the Rainbow
Push coalition say that he was under observation for progressive

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super nuclear palsy, but he's now returning to his residence.
The Jackson family thanks supporters for their prayers and express
gratitude to the hospital staff while asking for continue prayers
during his recovery. You Got It. Number two, a national
mass blackout or People's Money Week off, scheduled for Yesterday,

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November twenty fifth through December second, urges black consumers to
pause spending on non essential purchases to highlight their economic power.
Inspired by doctor Carlos Russell's Black Solidarity Day, the movement
aims to show how significantly black spending can trip to
the US economy. Experts like Kenneth eb note that while

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boycotts can be effective, sustain support for black owned businesses
year round is essential to creating lasting change. Number three,
Walgreens has recalled more than forty one thousand bottles of
its saline nasal spray with xylotol due to possible contamination
with the bacterium Pseudomonus lactis. The FDA said the affected

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one and a half ounce bottles come from two lots
number six one four zero nine with the expiration date
of two twenty eight twenty seven and number seven one
eight sixty one expiration date eight thirty one twenty seven,
and the recall is classified as Class two. While the
contamination is linked to spoilage bacteria, the classification means the

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product could cause temporary or medically reversible health effects. Number
four beets twenty twenty five HPCU Honors celebrated alumni making
generational impact with a star studied red carpet at the
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, hosted by our very
own Kim Whitley Fisk Alone. By the Way, speakers emphasized

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the importance of preserving Black culture with wind with Black
Women's Joetaika ed calling HBC use the antidote to efforts
to erase black legacy. Airing November thirtieth, This year's program
honors Pastor Shirley Caesar David Banner and Janie Bryant Howroyd
for their contributions to their communities and HBCU traditions. Number

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five Black and Missing Wednesday. Antonio Price, a twenty one
year old man from Middletown, New York, has been missing
since November twenty second, and was last seen at sixty
one Sprague Avenue. He's described as a black male five
feet ten inches tall, one hundred and eighty pounds, with
a medium brown complexion, shaved black hair and eyes, and

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he lives with autism and cerebral palsy. His family is
deeply concerned for his safety. Please take a look at
his picture in the what We Need to Know newsletter,
and anyone with information is urged to contact the Middletown
Police Department or Black and Missing Foundation website. Here's your
daily inspiration from Yogi's Jewels. Protect your peace. Not every invitation, conversation,

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or obligation deserves your energy. Please join me with my
sisters on the mic Darlene McCoy Scherenicole and caregiving coach
Pastor Pat Bailey for a very special discussion caregiving during
the Holidays with caregivers stories, hope filled tips, tools, and encouragement.
Join us today, November twenty sixth, at six pm Central

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Sibil Wilkes and I am Sybil Wilkes. Be informed, be empowered,