NNPA NEWSWIRE — More than 529,000 Americans have died since the pandemic began, and nearly 30 million have contracted the virus. “We all lost something,” the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We applaud the confirmation of Rep. Fudge as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD),” Marcela Howell, president and CEO...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As the President said last week, once the rescue plan is signed, we’ll be able to start getting payments out this month,” White...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The United States acknowledges the February 26 statements from the Ethiopian Office of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs promising...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today, the Senate passed the American Rescue Plan bringing us one step closer to delivering much-needed relief,” President Biden said from the White...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It is important to note that both Antifa and the Black Lives Matter movement are networks, at best. There is no one organization...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Shalanda Young moved to Washington 20 years ago to serve as a Presidential Management Fellow at the National Institute of Health. She holds...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Emergency Relief for Farmers of Color Act would provide $5 billion to America’s Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and farmers of color who have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “For too long, we have endured the pain of watching or seeing the deaths of people of color, particularly Black men and women,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NAACP President Derrick Johnson said the world lost an influential figure in the fight for civil rights and American politics. “An icon to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The government authorized using the new Janssen COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, Feb. 26. “This is exciting news for all...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The sweeping $1.9 trillion rescue package could include direct payments of as much as $5,600 for families of four. The legislation provides direct...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a diversity explosion taking place across the country, in the White House, in Congress, with women and with people of color....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I hear time and time again from black Americans who traveled to Africa about how connected they felt and how different they found...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With President Donald Trump castigating the science of global warming, it’s little wonder that today’s environmental policies not only target people of color...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many of those working, especially in meat packing, manufacturing, and most service occupations, don't have the luxury to physically distance at work. Some...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the book, “Behind the Scenes or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House,” Elizabeth Keckley, details her life...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “COVID-19 has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans, and if adequate steps are not taken, this number will continue to grow. As we...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to Marcela Howell of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, before the ACA, people of color accounted for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I think if people begin to associate this legislation with what happened to the descendants of enslaved Africans as a human rights violation,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now, 81 years after his death, officials in Ethiopia plan to unveil a Bronze Sculpture in Addis Ababa to honor the legacy of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We owe Black veterans and soldiers, past and present, a huge debt of gratitude,” Beatty said. “All of us know that there are...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ironically, the transcript of the phone calls played a prominent role in the House of Representatives’ second impeachment of the 45th president and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The symbolism was stunning, but it was far more critical that President Biden hit the ground running, and he did. He signed 17...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I am really concerned about this banning of menthol cigarettes. It was originally for flavored tobacco products in the bill, but they have...
