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Federal report says women in prison receive harsher punishments than men
(NPR via Defender News Service) — Women in prison, when compared with incarcerated men, often receive disproportionately harsh punishments for minor violations of prison rules,
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By Marc H. Morial President/CEO The National Urban League “Voter suppression isn’t guns and hoses and bully clubs and Bull Connor. It’s administrative burdens that
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Black History month was officially recognized as a monthlong celebration in 1976 when U.S. President Gerald Ford suggested that all Americans “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments ... Death toll rises while outrage boils over conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The crisis at Parchman Prison, the former slave plantation where more than two-thirds of inmates are African American, continued with the February 16, ... Fear paralyzes
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist With all the fearmongering, the unjust firings, transfers, the name-calling, the profanity laced rantings, the lying, the mean spirited ... Five things to help weigh your coronavirus risk
By Liz Szabo Contributing Writer (Special khn.org) — The news about the novel coronavirus in China grows more urgent daily. The number of related deaths is now ... HBCU grads are overcharged by student loan lenders
(Defender News Service) — A report by the Student Borrower Protection Center states that graduates of HBCUs and Hispanic-serving institutions are paying more to loan lenders than graduates from predominately ... Ill. governor calls for an investigation into the arrest of Black college athlete
By Frederick H. Lowe Contributing Writer (BlackmansStreet.Today) — Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has demanded a thorough investigation into the arrest of an Eastern Illinois University athlete, ... Kerner Report set standard for what a serious candidate should champion
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As the Democratic presidential primaries move onto Nevada, South Carolina and the many Super Tuesday states, candidates turn their attention to people of color, and particularly African ... Little girls that left giant footprints in N.O.
By Edmund Lewis Contributing Writer Even today, it is easier to imagine little Black girls jumping rope or playing with dolls than it is to picture them strutting onto a dangerous battlefield ...
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