April 24, 2015 Living the Dream is a newly-launched grassroots entrepreneurship project. With the support of community and business members alike we will award $1,000 scholarships this fall to five talented local high school students with entrepreneurial dreams. Students will be partnered with mentors and receive hands-on training to help make their […]
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Time to End Mass Incarceration
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist Mass incarceration in the United States is counterproductive and disproportionately causes a long-term injury to Black Americans and others who remain trapped in poverty and disillusionment. How is it that the richest nation on earth and […]
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Child Watch: Republican Budget Winners & Losers
By Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist April 24, 2015 Marian Wright Edelman, NNPA Columnist In the House and Senate budget proposals for fiscal year 2016, passed with only Republican votes at the end of March, there are big winners and big losers. The big winners are defense spending and contractors and very […]
Lady Day’s 100th Birthday Marked by Release of New Book
By Elizabeth Stephens April 24, 2015 Billie Holiday Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia on April 17, 1915, Billie Holiday, affectionately known to many as “Lady Day,” was undoubtedly one of the most highly-acclaimed female jazz vocalists of the Harlem Renaissance. Throughout her lifetime, she was honored with induction to the Rock […]
Anti-Gay Protest Backfires at Howard University
By Rachel Kersey April 24, 2015 Rachel Kersey is Special to NNPA from Howard University News Service. Westboro Baptist Church, the infamous unaffiliated church known for its hateful, unorthodox protests, especially against homosexuality, brought its hate speech to Howard University – and the university’s students and staff fought back. […]