NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I am writing to inform you that while your time running the Consumer Bureau may be over, the time for accountability for your...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From 1882 to 1986, Congress failed to pass anti-lynching legislation when it had an opportunity 200 times. Today, by passing this bill we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Bennett College has a unique history, and it is a history that must be preserved. It will only be maintained if folks who...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The success for proponents has been increasingly measured in terms of the career, stature, title or reputation loss experienced by the growing group...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…this year, just a week before Christmas, there are people who were dealing with the aftermath of something far colder than the weather:...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — African-Americans with moderate or severe sleep apnea are twice as likely to have hard-to-control high blood pressure when their sleep apnea goes...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During a recent press conference held at the Environmental Protection Agency, acting EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, announced more rollback...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Across the nation public housing and Section 8 tenants are facing discrimination, eviction and homelessness for medical marijuana use.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In 2018, the stories told, talent on view, compelling characters, emotions expressed, and genres stretched were just amazing. It was more than enough...
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — State education chiefs and their in-state partners at teaching and research institutions plus educators on the front lines have a real...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — This week, the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty joined the close to 190,000 other commenters in submitting a comment opposing the...
![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![“[Donald] Trump and his appointees have done everything in their power to undermine the Consumer Bureau. Mick Mulvaney, who Trump installed to serve as Acting Director of the agency, dropped lawsuits and investigations into abusive payday lenders, took away the Office of Fair Lending and Equal Opportunity’s enforcement powers, fired the members of the agency’s Consumer Advisory Board, scaled back enforcement actions against bad actors, sought to slash the agency’s budget, and apparently made it his mission to help out bad actors,” said Congresswoman Maxine Waters.](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/mulvaney-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — What happens over the next five years will test the mettle of those who fought to create an agency given the mission to...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The federal government is launching a national database that will track when law enforcement officers use deadly force, providing more transparency about...
ATLANTA VOICE — The NASCAR Drive for Diversity Driver Development Program aligns drivers with a team of executives, athletic directors, crew chiefs and mentors tasked with...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Recently, CBC Member Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) was elected chair of the Democratic Caucus, and Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC-06) was elected...
SAN ANTONIO OBSERVER — The event, to be hosted by the Detroit branch NAACP, the organization's largest branch, will take place July 20-24.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The key takeaway of this poll is clear: Democrats’ 2018 wins across the country were dependent on voters of color, particularly Black voters,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The nation is facing many morally relevant social, economic and political crises — voter suppression, income and wealth inequality, criminal justice reform and...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — As the 41st supreme commander of our country, President Bush worked with legislators in both the Democratic and Republican parties.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — If holiday lists seem bigger than budgets, turning to a high-interest, “small-dollar” loan can turn joy and merriment into a financial quagmire.
![The rule undermines the Administration’s own Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, issued just a few months ago, which calls for an increased focus on preventing homelessness, including by “Improv[ing] access to federally funded housing assistance by eliminating administrative barriers and encouraging targeting and prioritization of affordable housing to … populations that are especially vulnerable to homelessness.”](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/public-charge-rule-featured-web-400x240.jpg)
![The rule undermines the Administration’s own Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness, issued just a few months ago, which calls for an increased focus on preventing homelessness, including by “Improv[ing] access to federally funded housing assistance by eliminating administrative barriers and encouraging targeting and prioritization of affordable housing to … populations that are especially vulnerable to homelessness.”](https://blackpressusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/public-charge-rule-featured-web-80x80.jpg)
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…Let us be clear: human rights and human needs do not disappear based on immigration status. Everyone needs a safe, secure place to...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Theirs was a relationship of Shakespearean dimensions, father and son occupants of the Oval Office.
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — The Golden Globe nominees were announced, and there is a lot of diversity in the nominees
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — For the first time, a Black woman was named deputy director at NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Ms. Rosanell Eaton was the 97-year-old matriarch in our four-year successful court fight against voter suppression, from 2013 to 2016,” Rev. Dr. William...
