By Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) In the late 1980s and early 1990s, our community was under a full-fledged attack. Crack was in our streets, it was in our schools, it was in our parks, it was in our playgrounds, and for some, it was in our homes. The epidemic wasn’t just affecting one part of […]
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Want to Turn Your State Blue? Don’t Ignore Black Voters
By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) This November, all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be up for grabs, making this one of the most crucial midterm elections in recent memory. Thirty-three of the 100 seats in the Senate will […]
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Sterling Brown, Isaiah, and So Many More
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor The Biased Policing of Black Men I have a son, Isaiah. He is graduating from high school in June and by all accounts it should be a happy occasion for our family. Yet, I know that it marks a turning point in how America sees my child. By […]
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Texas Governor’s Dosey Doe on Gun Violence
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young America has some serious soul-searching to do! In the wake of two more school shootings last week in Texas and Georgia, it remains to be seen if federal and state lawmakers, and Republicans in particular, are finally ready to introduce some meaningful measures to thwart the never-ending […]
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It Takes A Village: Closing the STEAM Gap Requires Early Education
By Rajoielle Register (Head of Brand Strategy and Growth Audience Marketing, Ford Motor Company) We’re all familiar with the popular proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child.” As a 21st century society, this still holds true, literally and figuratively. For non-millennials, who grew up in a vastly different era, there is a nostalgic […]
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A Royal Wedding that Affirms Truly Noble Values
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. Prince Harry of Wales, sixth in the line of succession to the British throne, will marry the American actress Meghan Markle on Saturday, with all the ceremony and global hoopla that the British royalty inevitably attracts. Harry is the son of Charles, the Prince of Wales, and the late Princess […]
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Social Implications of FCC Changes to Internet Access and Content
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor A while ago, I joined my Democratic colleagues on the state and federal level in expressing concerns about last year’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to repeal Net Neutrality rules. However, aside from the obvious reasons for alarm, I am also anxious about how this issue impacts social […]
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Remembering the Historic Brown Decision
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young On Thursday, May 17th, marked an historic milestone in American history. Regrettably, most Americans were totally unaware of the 64th anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in […]
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Trump’s ‘New Deal for Blacks’ was Dealt From the Bottom of The Deck
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. African-American unemployment has reached its lowest levels ever. President Donald Trump boasts about this on the stump, naturally claiming credit for a recovery that began after his predecessor, Barack Obama, saved an economy that was in free fall. Trump says he’s delivering on his promised “new deal for blacks.” Don’t […]
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Fighting Discrimination in the Housing Market Takes a Strong FHA
By Charlene Crowell (Deputy Communications Director, Center for Responsible Lending) In the classic movie film, “Gone with the Wind,” the owner of the Tara plantation admonished his daughter for remarking that she didn’t care about her home. In a sharp rebuke, Gerald O-Hara declared that “land was the only thing worth living for, worth fighting […]
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