Washington is facing a crisis in child care, with costs taking up over 77% of a minimum-wage employee’s income, and providers struggling to stay in business, leading to a ripple effect of economic instability for families and businesses alike.
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Surviving Summer’s First Heat Wave
The current heat wave, caused by a high-pressure system that traps hot air, is causing record-breaking temperatures and is expected to worsen this summer, with urban, predominantly Black neighborhoods suffering the most.
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Why Do Schools Keep Failing Black Kids?
Black students are struggling with math and reading proficiency, and are falling behind in preschool and high school, with systemic racial issues and poverty outside of the classroom contributing to the disparities.
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Black Migrants Caught in the Crossfire of Birthright Citizenship Battle
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive order seeking to strip U.S. citizenship from children born to undocumented parents, labeling the action “undeniably unconstitutional” and warning that it would disproportionately affect Black migrants and their families.
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The Truth About Being a Black Farmer
By Alexa Spencer Originally appeared in Word in Black “I’m a Black farmer. I hire white people to staff my farmer’s market stall so people don’t walk by without stopping.” […]
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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 […]
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Supreme Court Officially Overturns Roe V. Wade
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Americans no longer have a constitutional right to abortion after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday, June 24, to […]
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White House Correspondents Association Honors and then Disses Black Press at Dinner
While honoring the two, the WHCA failed to acknowledge National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., who inexplicably was seated in the back of […]