By Shewanda Riley As part of my vacation in California about a decade ago, one of my cousins who lived about 2 hours away from Los Angeles agreed to take […]
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Standing on Shoulders of Giants, April Ryan is Opening Doors for Others
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After 25 years working as a White House correspondent, April Ryan has seen it all. Before he became president, Barack […]
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Dr. Lisa Cook Confirmed as First Black Woman on Federal Reserve Board
Cook, well-known for her work on racial and gender equality, won Senate confirmation as the first Black woman to serve on the Fed Board in the agency’s 109-year history. By […]
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Erica Loewe Helping to Open Doors for Black Press, Others at White House
In Loewe’s all-too-important job as director of African American media, she has ensured that the Black Press and other media of color have enjoyed unprecedented access to the White House […]
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Report Shows America’s Major Cities are Pricing Out Black Residents
Black households experienced the steepest declines in affordable neighborhoods in the years preceding the pandemic. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia At the onset of the […]
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Roe v Wade, Voter Suppression, and “We” The Voters
By Dr. John E. Warren Publisher, The San Diego Voice & Viewpoint The current uproar over the leaked draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s anticipated Decision on Abortion Rights is […]
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Biden-Harris Administration Secures Deal to Increase Access to Affordable High-Speed Internet
Administration officials said 20 internet service providers, including AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast, have agreed to either lower costs or increase speeds to provide eligible households with access to broadband internet […]
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Karine Jean-Pierre Selected as First Black Woman White House Press Secretary
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Karine Jean-Pierre, whose long career in Democratic communications led her to the podium last year as the second Black woman […]
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Black Men Die of Prostate Cancer at Double the Rate of All Other Races
Virginia Insurer Under Fire for Refusing Coverage of Treatment Despite Law By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com Benjamin J. Lambert IV, a member of one of the most prominent Black families […]
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Pay Attention Roe v. Wade & the Far Right’s Extreme Plans
By Ben Jealous President of People For the American Way Things are about to get worse for millions of vulnerable people in our country. It looks like the far right-wing […]
