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Study shows how Medical community neglected African Americans with Covid

By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — It’s well-documented that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in communities everywhere, but African Americans mainly

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House votes to end sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine

By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In March U.S. House Democrats Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Bobby Scott (D-Va.) joined Republican Reps. Kelly

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Study shows police killings in America have been widely undercounted
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Police killings in the United States have been massively undercounted, according to a study by the University of Washington. The study was published ...
Blacks own 22 cents for every dollar held by whites
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer As the global pandemic continues to take lives and infect multiple generations, virtually every dimension of life is challenged. And people with the fewest financial resources before ...
After 13 years, Black and Missing Foundation still searching for thousands of missing people of color
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — It’s been 13 years since Natalie Wilson and her sister-in-law Derrica Wilson founded the Black and Missing Foundation to help bring attention and ...
AKAs raise record-setting $2.1M for HBCUs
(Special from defendernetwork.com) — Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® set a new record and raised more than $2.1 million in one day to benefit our nation’s Historically Black Colleges and ...
Biden administration blistered with criticism for inhumane treatment of Haitian migrants
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — In her time as co-director of the UnDocuBlack Network, Patrice Lawrence said she has seen coverage that’s startled and jarred her. But one particular ...
Legislation introduced to establish National Rosa Parks Day
(NNPA Newswire) — In coordination with Reps. Jim Cooper (Tenn.-05) and Terri Sewell (Ala.-07), U.S. Congresswoman and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty (Ohio-03) introduced legislation to establish Rosa Parks ...
American business leaders step up to fight inequities in the South
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Even as the pandemic has laid bare societal inequities that have long eroded the foundation of our democracy, political leaders in Washington ...
Study finds voting disparity growing among white, non-white voters
By Darrell Ehrlick Contributing Writer Brennan Center: Gap has widened sinCe 2013 supreme Court deCision on VotinG riGhts aCt (Special from the Daily Montanan via lailluminator.com) — A new report from the Brennan ...

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