Police killings underscore need for reform
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNNPA) – Blacks and Latinos are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates in part because police target them for minor crimes, according a report titled, “Black ... The Impoverished History of Race And Nursing Homes
After exposés in the 1920s revealed the horrific conditions in existing “workhouses” for the impoverished older Americans and others, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reformers hoped to create alternatives ...
Why Medicaid’s racism drove historically Black nursing home bankrupt
[caption id="attachment_16534" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Residents at the Lemington Home were served lunch by University of Pittsburgh student and retiree volunteers in the early 2000s.[/caption] By Wallace Roberts Contributing Writer Part II PITTSBURGH, Penn. ... The four-letter word politicians avoid: Poor
By William Spriggs Guest Columnist In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama never used the word “poor” and only used the word “poverty” once, which was in ... Myth that there are more Black men in prison than college is debunked
In a 2013 column for The Root, Howard University professor and Congressional Black Caucus Foundational analyst Ivory A. Toldson said that the myth about there being more Black men ... SUNO conference on dyslexia set for Feb. 19
Ten to 15 percent of the population in the U.S. has dyslexia, yet only five out of every 100 dyslexics are recognized and receive assistance, according to the Dyslexia Research ... Studies disagree on whether immigration hurts Blacks
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Could a new report arguing that the United States has accepted two new immigrants for each additional job created since 2000 affect support amongst African Americans ... Poverty doesn’t have to be a state of mind
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United States, one in eight people are poor. ... New Orleans chapter of Delta Sigma Theta taking students to Selma
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Five decades after thousands of marchers descended on Alabama in the spring of 1965 to push for unfettered voting rights for African Americans in the heart ...
Merriment on Mardi Gras!
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer There are as many ways to apply for a personal loan with bad credit online do Mardi Gras as there are people. Any thought of keeping ...
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By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNNPA) – Blacks and Latinos are incarcerated at disproportionately higher rates in part because police target them for minor crimes, according a report titled, “Black ... The Impoverished History of Race And Nursing Homes
After exposés in the 1920s revealed the horrific conditions in existing “workhouses” for the impoverished older Americans and others, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal reformers hoped to create alternatives ...
[caption id="attachment_16534" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Residents at the Lemington Home were served lunch by University of Pittsburgh student and retiree volunteers in the early 2000s.[/caption] By Wallace Roberts Contributing Writer Part II PITTSBURGH, Penn. ... The four-letter word politicians avoid: Poor
By William Spriggs Guest Columnist In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama never used the word “poor” and only used the word “poverty” once, which was in ... Myth that there are more Black men in prison than college is debunked
In a 2013 column for The Root, Howard University professor and Congressional Black Caucus Foundational analyst Ivory A. Toldson said that the myth about there being more Black men ... SUNO conference on dyslexia set for Feb. 19
Ten to 15 percent of the population in the U.S. has dyslexia, yet only five out of every 100 dyslexics are recognized and receive assistance, according to the Dyslexia Research ... Studies disagree on whether immigration hurts Blacks
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer Could a new report arguing that the United States has accepted two new immigrants for each additional job created since 2000 affect support amongst African Americans ... Poverty doesn’t have to be a state of mind
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The racial differential in the poverty rate is staggering. Last time I checked, about 12 percent people in the United States, one in eight people are poor. ... New Orleans chapter of Delta Sigma Theta taking students to Selma
By Mason Harrison Contributing Writer Five decades after thousands of marchers descended on Alabama in the spring of 1965 to push for unfettered voting rights for African Americans in the heart ...
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer There are as many ways to apply for a personal loan with bad credit online do Mardi Gras as there are people. Any thought of keeping ...
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