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Chuck D continues to speak truth to power

#NNPA BlackPress, Community, Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Music, National, News, NNPA, Rollingout.com / By aframnews

ROLLING OUT — Even as a mentor in rap, Chuck D continues to put in work behind the mic. In 2017, Public Enemy released the album Nothing Is Quick in the Desert and they are preparing to release their 14th studio album this summer, Loud Is Not Enough. Chuck D is also a member of the group Prophets of Rage, which features members of Rage Against the Machine and Cypress Hill. And he recently formed a group called Night Train with Speech from Arrested Development and Daddy-O of Stetsasonic.

COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People

#NNPA BlackPress, Black History, Commentary, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, Houston Forward Times, Jeffrey L. Boney, Law, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics / By aframnews

NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned business enterprises. You’d think that such an effort would be greeted with universal approval from everybody, regardless of ethnicity. What could possibly be wrong with strengthening the economic position of Black businesses—and therefore Black families? Don’t we believe in capitalism, free markets, and the positive power of entrepreneurship, regardless of the color of the entrepreneur?

Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General

#NNPA BlackPress, Black History, Business, Commentary, Community, Crime, Featured, Jeffrey L. Boney, Law, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire / By aframnews

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most recently, Crump has represented three of the most high-profile cases in America today in his representation of the families of Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, who was shot while jogging in Brunswick, Georgia, and Breonna Taylor, gunned down in her bed by Louisville police in Kentucky. But his role in the movement stretches back more than a decade and includes the cases of Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, as well as Corey Jones, Pamela Turner, Botham Jean, Stephon Clark and others.

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Chuck D continues to speak truth to power

COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People

Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General

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