The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting the African American community especially hard due to stark health disparities that were widespread well before this pandemic. Our Black community...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Critically, as long as the loans go toward things like maintaining all employees’ salaries and keeping the lights on and the doors open,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We are the number one target for this disease. We have pre-existing conditions, and yet we're told to go home when we visit...
NNAP NEWSWIRE —Another $10 million has been designated for the Minority Business Development Agency within the Department of Commerce to provide grants to Minority Business Centers...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At present the CDC has noted that those with chronic lung disease, moderate to severe asthma, serious heart conditions, those immunocompromised including cancer...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “There’s a lot of rumors and I knew that we had a special role to play,” argued Dr. Suggs. “That’s why the NNPA...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our families often live in households without food or water at times and now we have this pandemic. Some families rely routinely on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In December 2020, Mayor DeBlasio and the New York City Council announced more than 150 awardees of the Complete Count Fund. Each awardee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Ebony Hilton, who works at the University of Virginia Anesthesiology Department in the intensive care unit, operating room, and outpatient surgery with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With the 2020 census already beginning to reach homes in the United States, National Urban League (NUL) President and CEO Marc Morial joined...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I don’t want to get political here, but I would hope that this report would color how people view the approaches that the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a March 2019 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC), more than 135,000 Black and Hispanics around the nation were...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The one thing Americans know from first-hand experience or watching TV is that, in a trial, you present your witness and present documents....
FLORIDA COURIER — As Democrats around the country protest and raise their voices to impeach and remove President Trump, the Congressional Black Caucus and other Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NNPA Newswire interviewed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The discussion covered a wide range of topics, focusing primarily on the impeachment of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Researchers in the NYU study noted that suicide is the second-leading cause of death for teens from all demographics. They found that only...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Demanding politicians actually put forth policies to improve the lives of African Americans in Indianapolis, or anywhere for that matter, doesn’t absolve African...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The FIRST STEP Act upholds one end of the criminal justice bargain to the black community: 90 percent of the prisoners who have...
DAYTONA TIMES — Flooding issues were causing havoc in areas across Daytona Beach on Wednesday and the Black community seemed to suffer a heavy brunt of it. Intermittent...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — OneUnited Bank, the largest Black-owned bank in America announces BankBlack X, a nationwide plan to close the racial wealth gap. The goal of...
JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS — On the heels of the recent conviction and sentencing of a white female police officer who killed a black male in his...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Shocked and saddened by what she was hearing in her classrooms when she worked as a substitute teacher a few years ago, freedom...
DAYTONA TIMES — The National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc. (NHBW) was organized in 1974 during the fourth Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Weekend in Washington, D.C.,...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — President Donald Trump is an unapologetic racist from his policies to his rhetoric. Black women clearly get the memo. On the other hand, Black...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — Just three months after a judge lifted a 39-year-old consent decree requiring the Baton Rouge Police Department to seek more diversity in its...