By Tanya Dennis There are over 58,000 children in California who are on welfare or probation supervised placement within the child welfare system. Michelle Chan, founder...
GREENE COUNTY DEMOCRAT — The cost of childcare has placed a serious financial burden on Black parents who are two times more likely than White parents...
HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE — Currently 59% of Washington residents are fully vaccinated, health department officials reported, but the numbers are much lower in Wards 7...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Part of the reason the system is broken is that the very people it is intended to help and serve are not being...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "There's a bunch of research about the value add of Black teachers in school. It turns out that Black teachers help all students...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — On average, about 19 children are shot daily in America and about 1,300 youths under age 18 die yearly from firearms, with about 6,000...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — El-Mekki is answering his own “nation building” call. In May, he announced that after 11 years as Shoemaker’s principal and 26 years of...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — New Orleans-based media company, Raising Black Millionaires, has just released the first volume in their series of Raising Black Millionaires Flashcards, to empower...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The September 18 state-by-state examination of the economic costs of gun violence, reveals numbers that the committee called "staggering." For instance, in 2017,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our priorities are to bring economic opportunities to this city for our people, public safety, creating a quality school system, a cleaner city,...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — In a city like Chicago — particularly in black and brown areas — children live in segregated “bubbles.” These bubbles — in addition to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the 2015-16 school year, Black boys made up 8 percent of public school enrollment, but they were 25 percent of the boys...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Whether you ask a parent, a teacher or even a college student like me, creating a better world for kids is...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), in partnership with the Houston Forward Times, recently announced that the city of Houston will serve...
By Freddie Allen Senior NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite relative improvement in job growth from 2013 to 2014, Black women continue to struggle in...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Today, close to one in four Black children – as young as 2 years old – is...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Eight years after the Great Recession, Black children are prospering in some regards and still struggling in...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands...
(NBC News) – The poverty rate has declined for Hispanic, white and Asian children, but has remained steady for Black children, according to a new analysis released today...
Ayesha Curry, special to TIME Magazine (TIME.com) — Anyone who knows our family knows we are extremely low maintenance, no fuss, and very relaxed....
Shardae Jobson, HELLOBEAUTIFUL.COM (HelloBeautiful.com)—Hey DreamWorks, we got a little question for ya…why isn’t Rihanna, or actually her character Tip, featured in the posters for the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A majority of American parents believe their children will face a harsher coming-of-age than they did, according...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Too much and for too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist It is very important that we focus on building strong households and foundations that will survive the test of time. We...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks, who are already more likely than other racial groups to be involved in situations that involve bullying, both...
