COMMENTARY: Black Lives Matter and The Color of Your Skin
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 invisible, and many Americans now believe that success has nothing to do with the color of an individual’s skin. Discrimination no longer exists, and everyone has the same opportunities. It […]
Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal: Advancing economic and public health opportunities for communities of color
A little over a month ago, the President announced the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework – a bipartisan agreement to make largest long-term investment in our infrastructure and competitiveness in nearly a century.
Will there be justice for Ahmaud and Andrew?
Another Black man has been killed by police in AmeriKKKa, and again, Benjamin Crump is standing beside a grieving family at a news conference about the death.
COMMENTARY: White Robes & Blue Uniforms
“For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make […]
They still don’t care: Officer who shot Jacob Blake returns to active duty
The Kenosha, Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times, leaving him paralyzed, is back on the job.
COMMENTARY: George Floyd and Derek Chauvin
George Floyd and Derek Chauvin: these two names are forever historically/spiritually linked as a tragic inhumane injustice, because justice is a spiritual concept, and without a God conscience justice cannot ever prevail.
Derek Chauvin trial: Believe what you see!
Where’s the humanity? One by one, witnesses described the horror which unfolded before their eyes, watching a white monster kill a Black man in front of the entire world as time slowly ticked for nine minutes and 29 seconds.
PRESS ROOM: George Floyd Family Receives Historic Civil Rights Wrongful Death Settlement
“George Floyd’s horrific death, witnessed by millions of people around the world, unleashed a deep longing and undeniable demand for justice and change,” Crump said in a news release. “That the largest pre-trial settlement in a wrongful death case ever would be for the life of a Black man sends a powerful message that Black lives do matter and police brutality against people of color must end.”
‘Say Their Names’ Memorial in Emancipation Park
The “Say Their Names” memorial exhibit honoring Black Americans whose lives have been lost due to social injustice, police brutality and racism is on display at Emancipation Park.
INTERVIEW: “Motorsports in America: Do Black Lives Matter?”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA is the global media partner for the African Renaissance and Diaspora Network (ARDN), an advocacy and marketing partner of the United Nations, and we had an opportunity to interview an African American leader in motorsports, Chris Miles, Global Motorsport Marketing Advisor and Diversity & Inclusion Strategist for ARDN, as well as principal owner of Starting Grid, Inc., to get his opinion on the diversity initiatives happening now in the world of motorsports.
