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Too many African-American children are born in shackles
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist “I can’t breathe,” pled George Floyd in Minneapolis and Erik Garner in New York City and Javier Ambler in Austin,
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Urban League, ACLU call for police, criminal justice reform
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer Participants in an online webinar sponsored by the Urban League of Louisiana about police reform on June 16 said that
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By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer A coalition of Black American veterans has called on the Congressional Black Caucus and other elected minority leaders to request hearings at the World Court investigating human-rights ... Center for Responsible Lending calls for end to overdraft fees during COVID-19
By Fritz Esker Contributing Writer The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) issued a report on June 3 calling on Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting banks from issuing overdraft fees for the duration ... The bitter history behind the highways occupied by protesters
By Olivia Paschal Contributing Writer (Special from Facing South) — From the 1950s into the 1970s, numerous highways were built through U.S. cities that profoundly wounded African-American communities. In Durham, North Carolina, ... Panel exams police violence as elections approach
By Ryan Whirty Contributing Writer A webinar viewing and resulting discussion of a potent new sermon about the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, an African American in Georgia who was shot and killed ... Obama’s popularity continues to rise amid Trump’s rhetoric
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — With unrestrained vitriol and the stunning lack of leadership emanating from the White House on an almost daily basis, the ever-rising popularity of ... Beyond protesting: How do we stop savage inequities?
By C.C. Campbell-Rock Contributing Writer As worldwide protests over the murder of George Floyd by indicted fired cops continue, civil rights leaders and Black-run legal organizations, Black elected officials and social justice ... Women work longer, sleep less due to COVID-19
By Sunita Sohrabji Contributing Writer (Ethnic Media Services) — Women around the world are facing a shadow crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as their workloads for both paid and unpaid labor increase ... Black and Blue don’t match
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer NNPA NEWSWIRE — African Americans hadn’t stopped grieving over the assassination of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia when a video surfaced out of Minnesota, showing a police ...
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