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Criminalizing The Vote: GOP-led states enacted 102 new election penalties after 2020

By Kira Lerner Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: First in a two-part series (lailluminator.com) — During the 2020 election, Rhonda Briggins and her sorority sisters spent

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Black women likely owe more than $50K in student debt

By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer In mid-June the Federal Reserve, nation’s central bank, raised interest rates in hopes of curbing rising inflation and deterring a

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Video of another police shooting of Black man
By Barrington M. Salmon and Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writers (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As millions of people across American prepare to celebrate “liberty and justice for all” on July 4, 2022, yet another ...
NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition announce National GOTV campaign targeting 10M more Black voters
By Stay M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 ...
The Supreme Court of the United States kills women’s freedom to choose
By Piper Hutchinson and Julie O’Donoghue Contributing Writers Louisiana's 'trigger law' to restrict abortion goes into effect with Supreme Court ruling (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana immediately banned almost all abortions — and its three ...
The Supreme Court of the United States expands gun rights
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer IGNORING THE PLAGUE OF MASS SHOOTINGS, U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING ALLOWS MORE INDIVIDUALS TO CARRY CONCEALED WEAPONS (NNPA Newswire) — In a 6-3 decision that ultimately will ...
Rev. Barber is ready to mobilize beyond a Juneteenth rally
By Hamil R. Harris Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — In June 1968, the disciples of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. took over Washington D.C. in a Poor People’s march and campaign ...
White terrorists pose top safety risk — focus on most violent, ex-FBI expert advises
By Mark Hedin Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Law enforcement knows that the top threat of deadly violence in the United States today comes not from “tree huggers” or Black Lives ...
The real story of Juneteenth must be told, historians and educators say
By Hazel Trice Edney Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — When President Joe Biden signed into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act last year, making Juneteenth a federal holiday, he and Vice President ...
What can America do to ease its fears?
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. has long examined America’s hatred toward African Americans, recently noting a profound new rendering of the struggle ...

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