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Momentum building to rein in predatory payday lending
By Charlene Crowell Contributing Writer As the nation and much of the world continue to suffer from the rippling effects of COVID-19, the ability of
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New Orleans HBCU graduates in the Modern Civil Rights Movement
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series focusing on some of the country’s iconic graduates of HBCUs and their accomplishments. By C. C.
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By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — According to the latest report from The Innocence Project, innocent Black people are seven times more likely to be wrongfully convicted ... HBCU graduates who scored big in the World of Sports
Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series focusing on some of the country’s iconic graduates of HBCUs and their accomplishments. By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer African Americans of all eras ... Labor Dept. nixes program to report underpayment of wages without penalties
By Hadassah Patterson Contributing Writer (Urban News Service, A Division of Zenger) — The Department of Labor has axed a program that let businesses report wage violations to avoid penalties. Life expectancy of Black men has dropped by three years
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) – Black Americans have lost three years in life expectancy over the last two years according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control ... Why Black America could care less about Emanuel Jackson’s fate
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Emanuel Jackson is realizing – perhaps a bit too late – that the grass is never greener on the other side. Stacey Abrams, Black Lives Matter nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
By Lauren Victoria Burke Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — Both Stacey Abrams and the Black Lives Matter movement have been nominated to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Republicans are ramping up efforts to suppress voting in Southern states
By Benjamin Barber Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — The 2020 presidential election resulted in record-breaking voter turnout, with an estimated 66.7 percent of the eligible U.S. voting population casting ballots. ... New York gun restrictions ‘violate the Second Amendment,’ say Landry and other state AGs
By JC Canicosa Contributing Writer (lailluminator.com) — Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry joined 22 other attorneys general in a brief to the United States Supreme Court in support of two New York ...
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