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#NNPA BlackPress3 weeks ago

Giving Birth Shouldn’t Be a Nightmare for Black Women

WORD IN BLACK — Now, more than two years after the fact, the overturn of Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that protected a women’s right...
#NNPA BlackPress3 weeks ago

In the Classroom: How Educators are Teaching Thanksgiving Lessons to the Next Generation

THE AFRO — In real life, the situation was anything but a celebration. According to Holocaust Museum Houston, “when European settlers arrived in the Americas, historians...
City Government1 year ago

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones Rules GOP’s Redistricting Maps Unfair to Georgia’s Black Voters

Judge Steve C. Jones of the Northern District of Georgia slapped down the redistricting maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature to accommodate the requirements of the...
#NNPA BlackPress1 year ago

Tale of Two Underground Railroad Communities

ARIZONA INFORMANT — Prior to the Civil War, many communities in the Ohio River Valley were a part of an elaborate system that provided resources and...
#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

Vice President Harris Talks Debt Ceiling, Maternal Health, and Small Biz in Exclusive Black Press Interview

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Vice President Kamala Harris, a force during her years in the U.S. Senate and as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, has...
Activism2 years ago

COMMENTARY: Student Loan Forgiveness Denial Another Reason to Cast a Vote

Don’t miss the boat. You’ve got to vote, especially in this political age of denial. From election denial to DACA denial to now student loan forgiveness...
#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

COMMENTARY: Emmett Till Lives

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Roy Bryant, the husband of the woman who claimed she was whistled at and brother-in-law, J.W. Milam kidnapped and brutally murdered Emmett Till....
Activism2 years ago

COMMENTARY: Start Now to Take Back the Supreme Court

Thanks to the anti-democratic Electoral College, Donald Trump was elected in 2016 even though almost 3 million more Americans voted for Hillary Clinton. Republican Senate leader...
Black History3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Juneteenth Holiday Touches Collective Memory of African American: It Deserves Honor

Dec. 31, 1862, then, would become the Watch Night of all Watch Nights. Ninety-nine days earlier, Pres. Abraham Lincoln had announced his intention to free people...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

There’s a Reason It’s Called ‘Super’ Tuesday

NNPA NEWSWIRE — After South Carolina’s primary victory breathed new life into his then-faltering campaign, Super Tuesday left the former vice president dominating the Democratic field...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any...
#NNPA BlackPress5 years ago

COMMENTARY: Deadly and dangerous — Healthcare in America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — How about facing each day without knowing if medical care is even available for your family? How about having to postpone necessary care...
Defender News Network6 years ago

Louisiana’s Democratic governor signs abortion ban into law

DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Louisiana’s Democratic governor signed a ban on abortion as early as six weeks of pregnancy, a move that puts him squarely in line...
Featured11 years ago

Racial Disparities Increase HIV/AIDS Impact in South

It’s a shocking fact: nine of the 10 states with the highest AIDS fatalities are now in the South. In North Carolina, with the eighth highest...

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