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The Sentencing Project documented a 525% increase in women’s imprisonment in American between 1980 and 2021. Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA

With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three years ago, the National Black Women’s Justice Institute partnered with the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and The Sentencing Project...

“The reason we see alarming rates of hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. is because many people are still unvaccinated,” former CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden noted.

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Vaccine Uptick found in African Americans, But Access and Misinformation Still Confounds Community

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Hilton repeatedly has asked the CDC about changing protocols when it comes to booster shots. “How are we not repeating this same...

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COMMENTARY: There’s something more important than Kamala

NNPA NEWSWIRE — If government-endorsed and recognized White militias, White supremacists, White nationalists, Klansmen, neo-Nazis, skinheads, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Brothers, 13 Percenters and other haters conspire...

“There is nothing glamourous about suicide. The one common-denominator shared by all who cut, contemplate or attempt suicide is that they feel emotionally alone in their families,” said Dr. Fran Walfish, the author of “The Self-Aware Parent,” and who appears regularly as an expert child psychologist on the CBS Television series, “The Doctors.” (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

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Why is Suicide a Growing Problem in the Black Community?

NNPA NEWSWIRE — A June 2019 study conducted by the Journal of Community Health revealed that suicide deaths among black females aged 13 to 19 rose...

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NCNW Hosts National GirlTech Town Hall and Forum

NNPA NEWSWIRE — With a vision to drive more Black females into the fields of STEM, Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, the newly elected president and CEO...

“The film is still hot on people’s minds,” Anyiam-Osigwe said. “People are still coming back since the first screening in June. It’s still on their minds and stirring discussion.” (Photo: YouTube)

Commentary5 years ago

FILM REVIEW: British Director Anyiam-Osigwe Strikes a Nerve with No Shade

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Since its release, ‘No Shade’ has captured the film-going public’s imagination as it explores the hardships dark-skinned women in Britain face in the...

Politics9 years ago

Men’s Letter to President Obama Seeking Inclusion of Black Females

[Below is the full text of men’s letter to President Obama seeking inclusion of Black females into “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative] We write as African American...

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With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

Vaccine Uptick found in African Americans, But Access and Misinformation Still Confounds Community

COMMENTARY: There’s something more important than Kamala

Why is Suicide a Growing Problem in the Black Community?

NCNW Hosts National GirlTech Town Hall and Forum

FILM REVIEW: British Director Anyiam-Osigwe Strikes a Nerve with No Shade

Men’s Letter to President Obama Seeking Inclusion of Black Females

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With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

Vaccine Uptick found in African Americans, But Access and Misinformation Still Confounds Community

COMMENTARY: There’s something more important than Kamala

Why is Suicide a Growing Problem in the Black Community?

NCNW Hosts National GirlTech Town Hall and Forum

FILM REVIEW: British Director Anyiam-Osigwe Strikes a Nerve with No Shade

Men’s Letter to President Obama Seeking Inclusion of Black Females

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