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 — “Despite the duration of the Memorandum of Agreement and the notable progress in many areas, the structure of the Juvenile Court of Memphis...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Across the nation public housing and Section 8 tenants are facing discrimination, eviction and homelessness for medical marijuana use.
THE AFRO — After a more than year-long delay, the U.S. Department of Education will cancel $150 million in debt owed by defrauded students, the agency...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Ironically, this ruling comes barely a month after numerous Republicans stood for reelection while campaigning on the false premise that they actually cared...
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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The viral social media backlash that followed prompted the company to pull all of the items worldwide as calls for a boycott slowly...
![“[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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a new court filing seeking to win Cosby’s release from prison and overturn his conviction, Cosby’s lawyers, Brian W. Perry and Kristen...
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,...
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 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
MILWAUKEE TIMES WEEKLY — The Milwaukee Fire Department (MFD) celebrated the commencement ceremony of the Milwaukee Fire Recruits class of 2018.
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...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Thursday, Dec. 6, NASCAR announced six drivers for its Drive for Diversity Class of 2019, unveiling a group that officials said blends...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Gun violence has shortened the life expectancy of Americans by nearly 2.5 years, with shootings driving down the average lifespan of black...
