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Black Women Face Increased Violence

October 2, 2015

by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black women were murdered at more than double the rate of White women in 2012 and almost all (92 percent) of these women knew their assailant, according a report titled, “When Men Murder Women” by the Violence Policy Center. The annual study, now in its 17th […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Women, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Jazelle Hunt

HistoryMakers Bring Black Role Models to Schools

September 25, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This Friday, more than 400 Black role models will visit students at schools in 67 cities across 32 states as part of The HistoryMakers Back to School Day. The annual day of service brings Black leaders from as many industries as possible to speak with middle […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Back To School, HistoryMakers, Jazelle Hunt, Nikki Giovanni

Black Women Mobilizing for 2016 Vote

September 18, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the 2016 election cycle ramps up, Essence magazine and the Black Women’s Roundtable have teamed up to mobilize and re-energize Black women voters. The partnership hopes to raise the profile of the already-powerful Black women’s vote. In the 2008 and 2012 elections, Black women had […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Women Voters, Black Womens Roundtable, Campaign, Essence Magazine, Jazelle Hunt, Voting Rights Act VRA

Hidden Toxins Contaminate Black Homes

September 18, 2015

by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Consumers aren’t looking for health problems when they shop at dollar stores or keep older furniture, but a cocktail of chemicals seeping from these items offer exactly that. From lead and mercury to fire-resistant chemicals, these substances have been generously mixed into the manufacturing process for […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Flame Retardants, Jazelle Hunt, Polyvinyl Chloride, Toxic Substances, Toxins

Feds Launch Pilot College Program for Prisoners

September 11, 2015

by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Brandyn Heppard usually arrives 30 minutes early for his visits to Northern State Prison in Newark, N.J. He puts his pre-approved belongings in a clear plastic bag made on-site and signs his name in the visitor logbook. Then, he walks through the first of a few […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Brandyn Heppard, Jazelle Hunt, Pell Grants, Prison College Education Program, Second Chance Pell Pilot Program

Ferguson – One Year Later

August 14, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — It’s been one year since the murder of Michael Brown galvanized the Ferguson, Mo. community and forced the nation to face the horrors of police violence. And as the activist slogan asserts, the ensuing protests have become a movement, not just a moment. “One of the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: August 14 2015, Cheeraz Gormon, Ferguson MO, Jazelle Hunt, Mapping Police Violence.org, Michael Brown, Police Violence, Vol. 25 No. 31

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

U.S. Gun Violence: A Human Rights Failure

August 7, 2015

by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The United Nations Human Rights Committee has given the U.S. a series of failing grades on human rights, including failing to meet international human rights standards on gun violence; the uneven implementation of controversial Stand Your Ground laws; violating personal privacy; and doing a poor job […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Gun Violence, Human Rights, Jazelle Hunt, Stand Your Ground

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Symbols are Important to Black America

July 24, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent July 24, 2015       Five days after South Carolina retired the Confederate flag with much fanfare, a small group of protesters in Oklahoma City greeted President Barack Obama with Confederate flags.    The following weekend, Ku Klux Klan members in Charleston, S.C. brandished both Confederate and Nazi […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Confederate Flag, Cultural Values, Jazelle Hunt, JULY 24 2015, KKK, South Carolina, Symbolism, Symbols, VOL. 25 NO. 28

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Whites Don’t Have to be Black to Lead an NAACP Chapter

July 3, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent July 3, 2015       WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – If Rachel Dolezal had looked around, she would have discovered that a White person does not have to pretend to be Black in order to lead an NAACP chapter. In fact, she would have to look no farther than […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Civil Rights, Jazelle Hunt, JULY 3 2015, NAACP, Rachel Dolezal, Racial Identity, VOL. 25 NO. 25

Journalist Discovers 4th Rail of Politics: The LGBT Debate

June 19, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent June 19, 2015   Sophia A. Nelson     WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – It was a typical Friday night when journalist, author, and political analyst, Sophia A. Nelson did what she typically does: She posted a photo on her Twitter account. It wasn’t a typical photo and it did […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Bruce Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner, Jazelle Hunt, JUNE 19 2015, LGBT, Social Media, Sophia Nelson, Transgender People, Twitter Politics, VOL. 25 NO. 23

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