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Senate Renews Africa Growth and Opportunity Act for More Years

June 12, 2015

By Barrington M. Salmon June 12, 2015   Nigerian fashion designer Alphadi calls for development of textile industry and fashion in Africa. (Courtesy of Afrikan Spot)   Barrington M. Salmon is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer.     Supporters of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) are elated that the U.S. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Africa Growth and Opportunity Act AGOA, Alphadi, Bill Clinton, Duty-free Trade, Economic Development, JUNE 12 2015, Sub-Saharan Africa, Trade, US Senate, VOL. 25 NO. 22

First Black Nursing Grad Receives Honorary Degree

June 12, 2015

By Stacy M. Brown June 12, 2015   Civil rights pioneer Esther McCready receives an honorary degree from the University of Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the University of Maryland)   Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer.     Small in stature and soft in voice, Esther McCready proved to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Nurses, Civil Rights Leader, Esther McCready, Honorary Degree, JUNE 12 2015, Thurgood Marshall, University of Maryland, VOL. 25 NO. 22

Unrest Sows Seeds for Future Leaders, Opens Eyes of Youth

June 5, 2015

By Richard B. Muhammad June 5, 2015   Jerome Lyles,15, wants effort for justice to keeping going. Photos: Richard B. Muhammad   Richard B. Muhammad is Special to the NNPA from The Final Call.     BALTIMORE, MD – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses, marble steps, downtown tourist spots […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Baltimore, Bmore Youth Rise, Future Leaders, JUNE 5 2015, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, StopTheKilling.com, VOL. 25 NO. 21

Poverty Still Major Affliction for Blacks

June 5, 2015

By Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2015   Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield said Republicans must help Democrats fight poverty in African-American communities. (Courtesy Photo)   Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer.     Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Poverty, Congressional Black Caucus CBC, G.K. Butterfield, Gender Gap, JUNE 5 2015, Poverty, VOL. 25 NO. 21, Wage Gap

Brutal Aftermath of Police MOVE Bombing Still Resonates

June 5, 2015

By Askia Muhammad June 5, 2015   Row houses in Philadelphia burn after officials dropped a bomb on the MOVE house in this May 1985 photo from files. Ramona Africa, the lone adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 fire, and two other MOVE members sued the city of Philadelphia, and the former police and […]

Popular Interests In This Article: John Africa, JUNE 5 2015, Linn Washington, MOVE, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Police Department, Police Bombing, Ramona Africa, VOL. 25 NO. 21, Wilson Goode

Researchers Find Black Mortality Rates Higher in Racist Locales

May 29, 2015

By Zenitha Prince May 29, 2015   Zenitha Prince is Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper.     A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Maryland College Park’s School of Health found Black mortality rates are much higher in areas with greater levels of racism.    The study gauged the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Mortality Rates, MAY 29 2015, Mortality Rates, Racism, VOL. 25 NO. 20

Black Unemployment Dips Below 10 Percent

May 22, 2015

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent May 22, 2015   Valerie Wilson, the director of the Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) speaks jobs and the economy in the Black community during an event at the EPI. (Freddie Allen/NNPA News Wire)     WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Unemployment, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Economic Policy Institute EPI, Josh Bivens, MAY 22 2015, Unemployment, Valerie Wilson, VOL. 25 NO. 19, White Unemployment

Blacks Becoming More Comfortable Discussing Mental Health

May 22, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent May 22, 2015   Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent     WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that there are more than 40 million Americans currently dealing with mental illnesses, not including issues related drug and alcohol use.   But mental health treatment goes […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Cows on the Concourse, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration HRSA, Jazelle Hunt, MAY 22 2015, The National Institute of Mental Health NIMH, VOL. 25 NO. 19, VOL. 25 NO. 21

Blacks Lag in Accessing High-Speed Internet

May 15, 2015

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent May 15, 2015   Free community-based computer classes are often underfunded small-scale operations, which contribute to the digital divide. (DC Central Kitchen/Flickr/CC BY 2.0)     As education, jobs, and the national and global economy go digital, people without broadband (high-speed Internet) access risk being left behind. This disparity […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Broadband Access, Digital Divide, Income Disparity, Internet Access, MAY 15 2015, Technology Divide, VOL. 25 NO. 18

Chemical Industry Advocating More Regulations

May 15, 2015

By Harry C. Alford, NNPA Columnist May 15, 2015     One of the few shining stars of our nation’s economy, the $812-billion chemistry business, is working with Congress to pass a law that would actually give the federal government more authority to regulate chemicals.   You heard right. An industry that has spent the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Chemical Industry, Harmful Chemicals, Harry C. Alford, MAY 15 2015, TCA Modernization Act, VOL. 25 NO. 18

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