Black unemployment rate improves amid historic Jobs Report

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent America – and most notably Black America – is back to work, declared President Joe Biden as he announced one of the most robust job reports in modern times. “History has been made here,” the president declared. The economy created 467,000 jobs in January, and the […]
July was Bebe Moore Campbell Minority Mental Health Awareness Month but Increasing Awareness of Mental Illness Among Minorities Should Be an All-Year Effort

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nonetheless, Tamar Braxton and the West’s willingness to deal with this issue in the public eye is yet another testament of the strides that have been made in talking about mental health issues and wellness in the African American community, which is obviously still needed.
WATCH: Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) Talks VP Candidacy, Blasts Trump for Pardons

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Demings heads Biden’s list of potential running mates along with CBC Chair Karen Bass (D-Calif.), former Georgia State Rep. Stacey Abrams, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice and a couple of others.