By Joseph Williams Originally appeared in Word in Black For the Black community, education is considered an investment, the best way for Black children to get ahead in life, and […]
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Congressional Leaders Advocate for Rosa Parks Day Federal Holiday
By Stacy M. Brown As the nation approaches the 68th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ historic arrest, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama’s 7th District, along with Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) […]
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 […]
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 […]