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Overdraft fees strip $15B from bank customers
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer Runaway prices for food, fuel and housing make most consumers anxious about whether they will have enough money for a
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Criminalizing The Vote: Election officials risk criminal charges under 31 new GOP-imposed penalties
By Kira Lerner Contributing Writer Editor’s Note: This is the second in a two-part series (lailluminator.com) — Since the 2020 election, Iowa has enacted one
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By Jennifer Shutt Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday began wading through the dozens of state laws that have taken effect in the two weeks since the ... 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 days providing voters in metro Atlanta with water ... 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 full-blown recession. Chief among its responsibilities, the ... 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 ...
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