NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Biden noted that the American Rescue Plan provided the third round of economic impact payments, established a homeowner assistance fund, and provided...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Congresswoman sits as vice-chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, and the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When selected for the position of pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Georgia, Warnock was the youngest ever to serve in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Yes, your vote does matter. Those opposing the Governor are counting on Democrats, mostly people of color in California, not returning their ballots...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Just like 2020, we will remember as the year of the pandemic, the year when racial inequities were brought to the forefront in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The multiracial population, which was 9 million in 2010 and grew to 33.8 million by 2020, reflects two things. First, the rate of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Texas bill is the latest in a national GOP push to make voting less easy after President Biden defeated Donald Trump by...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom has topped headlines in California politics, flying just under the radar is the effort to draft...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Proclamation 95, like the 13th Amendment that it 31 years later, favored the fundamental freedoms of enslaved workers in deference to the liberties...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In particular, African Americans, Latinx Americans and other people of color are disproportionately, devastatingly impacted by COVID-19 and are also disproportionately entrapped with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Based on the success of demand response programs in the electricity markets and a growing number of challenges with the natural gas supply,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Fifty-eight years after the #MarchOnWashington, Americans are marching again today for our democracy. With state laws disenfranchising voters and making it harder to vote,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a constant dance Georgia organizers must play to make sure that all who want to vote have a full and fair...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The lack of business travel and events has major repercussions for employment both directly on hotel properties, and in the broader community. Hotels...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (“DEI&A”) initiatives and training make governments, businesses, and organizations stronger. Surveys show that 67% of job seekers consider...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly six decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists led the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The oldest son of the late civil rights leader called the more than 400 voter suppression bills in GOP-led states a reaction to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Short of some hail-Mary, Democrats are sure to lose their slim House majority, and Republicans conceivably could stake claim to congressional leadership for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Two hundred and thirty-four authors from 66 countries analyzed more than 14,000 scientific reports about climate change for the report, which officials will...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The #SudanWomenProtest, which began in 2019, targeted the leadership of Omar al Bashir (former Sudan head of state). Thousands of women united in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When our communities are hurting, our children unfortunately hurt the most. The walk or public transit ride to school exposes too many children...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — “There are hundreds of active efforts to undermine the right to vote in nearly every state – the most horrific of which signed...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — House Bill 35 repeals part of the law that requires placement in newspapers announcements about tax increases, special elections, and other public notices....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As federal lawmakers ponder H.R. 40, legislation led by Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Texas) that forms a commission to study reparations, some U.S. municipalities...
