By Avis Thomas Lester Urban News Service Affluence is no antidote to foreclosure. In Prince George’s County, Maryland — one of the United States’ wealthiest majority-black jurisdictions — the foreclosure crisis has hammered several solidly middle-class communities. These include Perrywood, a neighborhood of two-story homes near the county seat in Upper Marlboro; Marleigh in Bowie, […]
New Partnership To Support Mental Health of College Students of Color
The JED Foundation (JED) and the Steve Fund, two leading mental health organizations that focus on the well-being of young people of color, announced a joint plan to provide colleges and universities with practices for improving support for the mental health and emotional well-being of America’s college students of color. The announcement is accompanied by […]
Michigan Poisons Poor to Save a Few Bucks
By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA News Wire Columnist Flint, Michigan is impoverished. The auto plants have closed. Forty percent of the city’s 100,000 residents live below the poverty level. It is majority minority. It’s been in fiscal crisis since 2011, with the state taking over budgetary control and a state-appointed “emergency manager” driving policy […]
Director of Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Visits Madison in February
Tuesday, February 9 at 6:30 at Central Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. In the late 1960s, as change was coming to America — as cities were burning, Vietnam was exploding, and disputes raged over equality and civil rights — a new revolutionary culture was emerging seeking to drastically transform the system. The Black Panther Party […]
CFPB Cracks Down on Illegal Debt Collections
By Charlene Crowell NNPA News Wire Columnist As holiday revelers toasted the season, a key federal regulator took two steps to ensure that 2016 would bring an important change for consumers harassed by illegal debt collector actions. On December 16 and its third action against a large national payday lender, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau […]
King Holiday Events
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for others?” Each year, Americans across the country answer that question by coming together on the King Holiday to serve their neighbors and communities. The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve, the […]
Pocan Invites Ald. Samba Baldeh, Local Muslim Community Leader, to State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (WI-02) announced today that he will bring Madison Ald. Samba Baldeh as his guest to next week’s State of the Union Address to show solidarity with the American-Muslim community at a time of escalating bigotry and discrimination. Rep. Pocan joins other Members of Congress, including Reps. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz […]
Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness Urges Local Officials to Provide Warming Centers for Homeless this Weekend
The Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness (WCAH) is urging Wisconsin local government officials to open warming sites to house homeless families and single adults this weekend. Citing weather reports that predict below zero temperatures and noting the spike in homeless families in Milwaukee, WCAH urges Mayors and County Executives throughout Wisconsin to provide warm, safe places […]
Emanuel Charlie Brooks
Ambassador of Good Will November 7, 1949 – January 2, 2016 Charlie Brooks’s final curtain call came on Saturday, January 2, 2016, after a long, hard battle with liver cancer. Survivors include children Shawn Okelley Taylor (Terry), DJ Brooks (Heidi), Angelo Brooks (Melissa), Brittany Townsend (Xavier Sr.); grandchildren Jerry Okelley, Jordan Okelley, Amariona Okelley, Desi […]
Assault Charges Filed Against Cosby in Pennsylvania
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer In the wake of the criminal charges filed against legendary comedian and actor Bill Cosby, the voices that once supported the star have suddenly been silenced. And, while the Smithsonian Museum and Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C. still grapple with […]
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