By Jazelle Hunt, Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As President Obama continues a revised campaign to shore up American confidence in the Affordable Care Act, a new report released today points out that six out of 10 uninsured African Americans who are eligible for insurance through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces – 4.2 million people […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate fell to a five-year low in November, according to the latest jobs report by the Labor Department, but economists saw little to celebrate as Congress inaction threatens the federal unemployment insurance programs that helps millions of families.The unemployment rate for Blacks fell […]

By Freddie Allen, NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Fifty years ago, civil rights leaders dove head-first into the on-going debate over American economic policy by placing the fight for equal employment opportunities at the forefront of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Despite their efforts, Black child poverty, Black unemployment and […]

By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA News Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) —Cheryl Lofton had never intended to be a small business owner. Her grandfather, J.C. Lofton, was the first African American to own a tailoring school and related business in Washington, D.C. She spent her summers working with him, learning the craft. She was able to earn money […]

By Freddie Allen, Washington Correspondent, NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In 1992, Beverly Becton, addicted to drugs and suffering from pneumonia, began to scream as she sat in a hospital room alone at the D.C. General Hospital in Southeast, Washington, D.C.“Oh, God, why me? Oh, God why me?” Becton screamed.Becton had just learned that […]