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Now threatened, USPS was once a gateway to African-American prosperity
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer For more than a century and a half, the U.S. Postal Service has played a major role in Black American
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Officials sound alarm bells on New Orleanians not filling out census
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer An emergency situation has popped up regarding federal funding to cities and states. Initially, the collection of 2020 census data
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(Defender News Service) — As a demographic group, African Americans face a greater risk of being victims of fraud than the nation’s overall population. That eye-popping statistic is ... The ‘bad guy’ narrative is back again – this time it’s Jacob Blake
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Guest Columnist You could have mailed this one in. The “this” is the cynical, calculated, cold hearted, factually challenged assertion that Jacob Blake was really the bad ... The US’ Dual System of Justice
By C. C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Columnist When white ranchers in Nevada launched a standoff with the Bureau of Land Management in 2014, the images on television were shocking ... Thousands descend on the Nation’s Capital for the 2020 March on Washington
By Barrington M. Salmon Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — On the 57th anniversary of the historic March on Washington, tens of thousands of protestors gathered again at the Lincoln Memorial to protest the ... US Black Chambers names September 19 ‘Buy MBE Day’
(Defender News Service) — In honor of the 2020 National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week), the U.S. Black Chambers (USBC) will join the national network of Minority Business Development ... Vigilantism, again in the news, is an American tradition
By Jonathan Obert TheConversation.com Columnist It’s a contentious time in the U.S., with a pandemic, racial equality, police violence and a presidential election all occupying people’s attention. Given all that stress, it ... Why Black aging matters, too
By Judith Graham Contributing Writer (Special from khn.org) — Old. Chronically ill. Black. People who fit this description are more likely to die from COVID-19 than any other group in the country. ... Federal court rules school’s dreadlocks ban is discriminatory
(Texas Tribune via Defender News Service) — A federal judge has prevented a Houston-area school district from enforcing a dress code policy that states that male students must keep their ...
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