by Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer President Barack Obama dropped his microphone at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, acknowledging what everyone had already concluded: he slayed it! Larry Wilmore didn’t do so bad as host, either, at least depending upon who is doing the review and if you’re among those willing […]
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Today’s Aging Minorities Most Impacted by Poor Finances
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Even as the nation commemorates the 50th anniversary of Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act, and the 80th anniversary of Social Security, issues of race, class, and access remain recalcitrant barriers to elder security. Particularly among Blacks, living longer has often meant subsisting […]
Broderick Johnson is His Brother’s Keeper
by Michael H. Cottman Urban News Service Broderick Johnson sees young black men on America’s streets taking long drags off short smokes. “It’s the idleness,” said Johnson, a Baltimore native and advisor to President Barack Obama. “No jobs — or summer jobs — for black men. Kids are going to hang in the streets. We […]
‘Here And Now’: Cuban-American Offers Perspectives On Normalized Relations
Lucia Nuñez Talks Implications Of Growing Contact With Cuba by Scott Gordon Wisconsin has about 3,564 residents of Cuban descent, about 0.1 percent of the state’s population, according to a 2014 estimate from the U.S. Census Bureau. However, thousands more than that passed through the state and stayed at Fort McCoy via the 1980 Mariel […]
President Obama Commends Milwaukee for Winning Healthy Communities Challenge
Citizens Mobilized Over 38,000 People to Sign Up for Obamacare by Mrinal Gokhale The Milwaukee Courier Last Thursday, President Barack Obama congratulated Milwaukee for winning his Healthy Communities Challenge at the Bruce Guadalupe Community School. The White House Healthy Communities Challenge was designed to help communities lacking health insurance sign up for Obamacare. Milwaukee defeated […]
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Blackonomics: Hypocrites, Hucksters, Histrionics and Hype
by James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Aren’t you tired of the rap and clap sessions by political wannabees and their respective contingents? I know I am. The so-called “debates” are downright insulting and embarrassing, especially on the Republican side, reminiscent of a stand-up comedy show, or “throwing shade” as young folks say. Over on […]
All Elections Matter: It’s Time to Make Our Voices Heard at the Ballot Box in 2016!
By Melanie L. Campbell NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist In just over a week, Iowa, which has a 3.4 percent Black population and New Hampshire, which is less than 2 percent Black, will hold their presidential caucus and primary. From there, the primary battles move to states with larger Black populations — first in South […]
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The Global Genius of President Barack H. Obama
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist When you are considered by millions of people across the nation and throughout the world community to be the “Leader of the Free World,” that is an awesome and serious international responsibility. Do you remember when President Obama was first elected eight years ago? There were […]
Milwaukee Democrat Praises Obama’s Gun Control Plan
Others, Including Speaker Ryan, Say Legal Challenge Is Likely By Chuck Quirmbach President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence has received a thumbs-up from a Wisconsin lawmaker whose district is often plagued by gunfire. Rep. Mandela Barnes of Milwaukee said Tuesday that he’s especially in favor of the president’s plan to require background checks […]
Rwandans Mull over Possibility of Third Kagame Term
By Sam P.K. Collins Special to the NNPA News Wire from AllEyesOnDC.com Millions of Rwandans took to the ballot box last week to vote on a constitutional referendum that, if passed, would allow Rwandan President Paul Kagame to stay in office until 2034. The months-long debate about presidential term limits has placed the spotlight on […]
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