NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When you look at the data, legalizing cannabis has an overwhelming net positive on the community. Huge spike in tax revenue, lower opiate...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “According to federal law, states are required to match federal funding dollar-for-dollar for land-grant universities, but many HBCUs have not been getting what...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “He was there at Pearl Harbor, when the battleships were still smoldering. He was there at Okinawa. He was there at Iwo Jima,...
HUDSON VALLEY PRESS — This fall recognizes National Family Caregivers Month, an annual observance honoring family caregivers.
ATLANTA VOICE — Each of the seven days observed for Kwanzaa is a mark of distinction of a different life principle.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — During an interview on the Scott Dworkin report, Rep. Gwen Moore said that President Trump “resigning is a dignified way for him to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The St. Louis County NAACP is joining the McKinnies family in the call for transparency and justice regarding the murder of Danye Jones....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the famed Jackson family, is reportedly gravely ill, with family members already fighting over her share of the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “No-loc bans are designed to oppress and shame Black people not just for expressing Blackness, but *for* their Blackness. They have no place...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I wake up every morning to do the best I can do for people. I may not get it right every day. But...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As Democratic Members of the House Financial Services Committee – the Committee of jurisdiction over HUD and FHA – we oppose the denial...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “HISTORIC NEWS: the anti-lynching bill I introduced with @CoryBooker & @SenatorTimScott just passed the Senate unanimously. Congress has tried and failed nearly 200...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The biggest takeaway from the NAACP’s post-midterm election poll is that without the black vote, we don’t win,” said NAACP Spokesman Malik Russell,...
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 — In 2017, even though violent crime (murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault) decreased nationwide, violent crime increased in Baltimore, according...
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 — “It’s been a battle ever since I’ve been in office. I’m a native son, born and raised and I wanted to come back...
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...
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-1000x600.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-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...
