By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to new Sentencing Project research, diverting youth from juvenile court involvement should be a central focus in reducing racial […]
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Abbott says raising the age to buy an assault-style rifle is “unconstitutional” based on recent court rulings
BY SNEHA DEY, The Texas Tribune, texastribune.org Editor’s note: This story contains explicit language. Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that it would be unconstitutional to increase the minimum age to […]
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COMMENTARY: Redistricting is Voter Suppression Too
By Ben Jealous When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city of Detroit had at […]
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Preserved by Purpose: Confessions of the “Other” Woman
By Shewanda Riley I have a difficult confession to make. It’s difficult because I’ve been forced to look at a part of myself that for years I really didn’t like […]
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African American Leaders Speak Out on SCOTUS Roe Reversal
By Staff and Wire Report | Los Angeles Sentinel African American leaders across the nation largely condemned the U.S. Supreme Court ruling issued on June 24, overturning the federal abortion […]
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Vice President Harris Addresses NAACP Convention; Urges Black Voter Participation
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP convention in Atlantic City on Monday, July 18, declaring that freedom, liberty, […]
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Report: Human Rights Violations in Prisons Throughout Southern United States Cause Disparate and Lasting Harm in Black Communities
NNPA Newswire NEW YORK – The Southern Prisons Coalition, a group of civil and human rights organizations, submitted a new report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of All Forms […]
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FILM REVIEW: ‘Nope’ is a Yes! — Peele Delivers with Follow-Up
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor Jordan Peele has been compared to horror and psychological thriller giant Alfred Hitchcock and science-fiction legend Steven Spielberg, but […]
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The Stars Align for Coffee Lover in North Texas with Opening of Tre Selle Coffee Co. in North Dallas
Entrepreneur and coffee enthusiast Jonathan Ghebreamlak has gone from running from the smell of coffee to running Dallas’ newest specialty coffee house. The Dallas native is celebrating the opening of […]
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Study Finds Nearly 90 Percent of Black Homicide Victims Were Killed with Guns
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to a new and comprehensive study on gun violence, Black men, women, boys, and girls remain the most impacted […]