HHSC Launching Rural Hospital Officers Academy
July 21, 2026
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced the launch of the department’s new Combatting Redlining Initiative today. Redlining is an illegal practice in which lenders avoid...
By: Stacy M. Brown / NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Senate Republicans have again blocked a Democratic-led push for voter rights, with each of the...
By: Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Colin Powell has died from complications from Covid-19, his family members have confirmed. The first Black...
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...
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...
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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...