Poor and low-income people accounted for more than a third of all voters overall in the 2020 presidential election, and their turnout was especially strong...
By: Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent It’s well-documented that the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in communities everywhere, but African Americans mainly...
By: Roy Douglas Malonson “The first Black…” This is a phrase many of us are used to as our never-ending fight for equity ensues. From...
A marble statue of civil rights pioneer Mary McLeod Bethune is replacing one of a Confederate general in the US Capitol’s Statuary Hall, making history...
My grandmother always said, when a man closes his eyes, his debts are paid. And in the case of George Floyd, his death was the...
By: Stacy M. Brown / NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent According to statistics released by the FBI this month, more than four Black women and...
By: Gregory Smith, Howard University News Service During the pandemic, Black businesses have faced challenges. Some were forced to close or nearly shut down, while...
From racism to rape, African American women have been in a pandemic of oppression since we were brought here on the slave ships. Some of...
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor There is a pervasive sickness in America, and it is called White supremacy, and systemic racism. These ideologies are...
Education, National, News
When will Black students’ lives really matter in U.S. public schools?
By: K.H. Hamilton, NNPA Contributing Writer As activists and policymakers continue to urge the US Senate to pass HR 1280, the George Floyd Policing Act...