BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — 60% of Black people in this country are poor and are low wealth” and will be severely impacted by the president’s budget that...
By Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media The California Hawaii State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (CA/HI NAACP) held its...
(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...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist President Obama recently participated in a long overdue panel discussion on poverty at Georgetown University. As regular readers of...
Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer African-Americans continue to suffer disproportionately high rates of hunger and poverty despite the growing economy, according to an...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As fast food and retail workers continue to march for higher wages, a new study by the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite living in the world’s richest economy with a gross domestic product of $15.7 trillion, America’s children,...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist Do you have anything to say about what’s going on in town, or across America? What are your personal priorities...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As millions of families gather for marathon eating sessions across the nation this holiday season, Black families...
Lawmakers Ponder Fiscal Cliff, Blacks Already in Poverty Ditch By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 11 million Blacks lived below the...
