By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) — From 2003 to 2014, student debt in America skyrocketed from $250 million to $1.2 trillion, surpassing credit card debt. As more students, especially Blacks students, rely on grants and loans to get through college, President Barack Obama has stepped up with a series of executive orders […]
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Companies urged to disclose “Plastic Footprint”
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (IPS) — The environmental cost of the plastics used by corporations producing consumer goods likely mounts to more than 75 billion dollars a year, according to a first-time valuation released Monday by the United Nations and others.This estimate is based on the cost of everything from greenhouse gas emissions resulting […]
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Celebrating black fathers
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA Columnist As we approach Fathers’ Day across the United States and in some other nations throughout the world, it is important to lift up those Black American fathers who are doing what is right and good for their children, families and communities. Too often when the issue of Black […]
JET Magazine Releases its Final Print Issue
JET Magazine Releases its Final Print Issue JET app will launch June 30 CHICAGO, (June 6, 2014) — JET magazine will release its final print issue, hitting newsstands on June 9. The cover of the last issue salutes JET magazine’s iconic history by featuring images of previous covers throughout the past 63 years. […]
Low-wage workers butt heads with 21st century capital
By Peter Costantini SEATTLE (IPS) —“Supersize my salary now!” The refrain rose over a busy street outside a McDonald’s in downtown Seattle.A young African-American mother carrying a little girl told the largely youthful crowd that she had walked off the job to join them because “we’re getting tired of being pushed around”. Her five-year-old took […]
Only 1 of President Obama’s Promise Zones is majority-black
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Despite the disproportionate impact of poverty found in African American communities, only one of President Barack Obama’s “Promise Zones,” is majority-Black, according to a new report.A recent report by the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan research and educational institute, offered recommendations on the role the […]
Moving LGBT rights beyond marriage equality
By Farangis Abdurazokzoda WASHINGTON (IPS) — Honoring the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Friday emphasized progress in advancing the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, but a new report on criminalization of LBGT people suggests that there is still a long way to go.“Today of […]
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A slow response to Nigerian atrocity
By Julianne Malveaux Long after completing his 8-year presidency, William Jefferson Clinton acknowledged that he should have intervened in the conflict in Rwanda. Hundreds of thousands perished from the genocide that shaped the country. In his zeal for international peace President Clinton intervened in Ireland, the Middle East and Bosnia. He acknowledged that had the […]
U.S. public feeling more multilateral than isolationist
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON — Amidst a roiling and mostly partisan debate over Washington’s global role, a survey released here Thursday suggests that President Barack Obama’s preference for relative restraint and multilateral — over unilateral — action very much reflects the mood of the voting public.The survey, which was conducted by prominent pollsters for both […]
U.N. denies dragging its feet on U.S.-Iran visa dispute
By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — After two long weeks of raging controversy over Washington’s refusal to grant a U.S. visa to the Iranian envoy to the United Nations, the U.N.’s office of legal affairs is being accused of moving at the pace of a paralytic snail — only to seek more time while […]
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