February 2017 Archive

We have yet to bring these visions to fruition
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In the February 1981 issue of Ebony magazine, brilliant journalist/historian, Lerone Bennett, Jr., provided the best reason for studying and learning from history that I have ...
Claims of ‘fake news’ are an insult to an institution that has risked lives to advance liberty
By Marc H. Morial President/CEO, National Urban League In 1955, Jet magazine and The Chicago Defender published photographs of Emmett Till’s mutilated corpse, igniting international interest in the American Civil ...
Keep it going
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor Have you ever gotten “the look”? The one you get when somebody sees you doing something that makes no sense to them? I know I have.
NOPD makes adjustments to hiring practices
Just weeks after the NOPD federal consent decree monitor reported major problems in the police department’s hiring practices, including allowing questionable applicants to move forward in the hiring process, ...
Judge bans release of evidence in Joe McKnight case
Ronald Gasser, the motorist charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of former NFL player Joe McKnight, was in court Thursday for a hearing on evidence in the case.
Census Bureau releases Black statistics in recognition of Black History Month
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Each year, the Census Bureau recognizes Black History Month by releasing up-to-date statistics that reveal the total Black population, the number of Black-owned ...
Racial wealth gap could close with systemic public policy reforms, says new research
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As 2017’s Black History Month observances unfold in communities across the country, new research on racial wealth gaps refutes the age-old advice for people of ...
Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research, presented a new study on Black voters to members of the Congressional Black Caucus. This photo was taken during the National Urban League 3rd annual urban ideas forum.
New study: Blacks feel ignored by the Democratic Party
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research, said that it’s no surprise that Black voters have presented a very clear mandate ...
Lifting political restrictions on churches would open the secret-money floodgates
By Rebekah Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — For years, conservative evangelicals have been advocating for the repeal of the Johnson Amendment — the section of the U.S. Internal Revenue ...
New Senate bill would cut legal immigration by half
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Special from India-West and New America Media) — Sens. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, and David Perdue, R-Georgia, proposed the Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment Act Feb. 7, ...

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