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Music programs have been implemented in Head Start and Early Head Start classrooms

Music’s Role for Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Hearing is one of the first senses to develop — babies are listening to and learning from their birth parents before they are...

Commentary3 years ago

OP-ED: Paid Family and Medical Leave Would Help Millions of Workers, Their Families and Employers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The United States is the only member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that does not require workplaces to provide paid family...

BlackPressUSA3 years ago

‘Extremely Disturbing’: City Audit Reveals Mayor’s Office of Housing Has $482 Mil in Unspent Funds

By Olivia Wynkoop Bay City News A San Francisco supervisor is calling for a hearing to find solutions to problems within the city’s affordable housing production...

Black History3 years ago

COMMENTARY: Attacks on Assemblymember Bonta’s Appointment to Committee Chair Is Bad Journalism

By Paul Cobb As the publisher of the Oakland Post, I am disappointed with recent mainstream media coverage and editorials trying to make tabloid news out...

The Biden Administration promised to continue to use “all of the tools at its disposal” to address the epidemic of gun violence.

Black History4 years ago

As Gun Violence Rise, Congressional Committee Plans Hearing with Gun Manufacturers

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 budget proposes $32 billion in additional funding to fight crime, including $20.6 billion in discretionary funding for federal law...

Judge Jackson’s confirmation remains on pace for a dramatic conclusion either on April 7 or 8.

Black History4 years ago

Following GOP Filibuster, Judge Jackson Remains on Pace for Confirmation This Week

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We applaud the Senate Judiciary Committee for taking a critical step towards a U.S. Supreme Court that represents our communities and fulfills the...

“MPD has a culture of allowing people to abuse their power. They don’t check, and the instincts of the sergeants and the lieutenants are to use their power to make someone’s life miserable. There’s no mechanism to check that,” Keith said.

BlackPressUSA4 years ago

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Civil Rights Lawyer Pamela Keith, an attorney at the Donald Temple Law Offices in Northwest Washington, D.C. and a former United States Navy...

As part of a new nationwide Obesity Care Now campaign, an effort by 25+ obesity care advocacy groups, including the Black Women’s Health Imperative, the YMCA, and others, we are leading the fight to modernize policies and actively working with Congress to provide obesity care, save lives, and pass TROA now.

Black History5 years ago

OP-ED: Medicare Restrictions on Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Not only does obesity impact 1-in-3 Americans, it also takes a disproportionate toll on communities of color since almost half of Black Americans...

The Committee on Oversight and Reform is very concerned that minority, immigrant, and rural communities are in danger of being undercounted in the 2020 Census, which could cause these communities to lose their voice in Congress and to miss out on federal funds for healthcare, schools, roads, and other essential services. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Community6 years ago

PRESS ROOM: Oversight Committee to Hold Critical Hearing with Census Bureau Director This Week

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are holding a hearing this week to hear directly from the Bureau about its strategy to recruit more Census workers, dispel fears,...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee

Black History6 years ago

Rep. Waters: ‘The president of Haiti needs to take responsibility for the current political crisis in his country; protests will not stop until he does’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In April of this year, I led a delegation to Haiti, which met with residents of the Lasalin neighborhood of Haiti’s capital and...

Democratic committee members have said they would press those members of Trump’s cabinet on their “budgets and allocations of personnel, data collection practices, and strategic plans” to address threats from white supremacists. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Community7 years ago

Democrats Hold Hearing on White Supremacy

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The House Oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties hearing, titled “Confronting White Supremacy: Adequacy of the Federal Response,” reportedly is the...

The right to a jury trial is a hallmark of the American criminal justice system and defendants generally have the right to be tried by a jury of their peers. (Photo: iStockPhoto / NNPA)

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: Experts: ‘Jury of your Peers’ Rarely Applies to African Americans

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Race has a tremendous impact in criminal trials, at least one African American juror can help even the playing field when it comes...

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson is a fourth-term Congresswoman from Florida representing parts of Northern Miami-Dade and Southeast Broward counties. A former state legislator and school principal, she is the founder of the 5000 Role Models for Excellence Project, a mentoring program for young males at risk of dropping out of school.

Business7 years ago

Wilson to Chair HELP Hearing on Protecting Workers’ Right to Organize

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We will explore the strengths and weaknesses in the current state of labor law and identify proposals that hold employers that violate the...

Attending the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Avoice Heritage Celebration are (left to right:) Julianne Malveaux, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Dorothy R. Leavell, NNPA Chairman of the board and Publisher of the Chicago and Gary Crusader Newspapers.

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: The Congressional Black Caucus: Not Always in Headlines, but Never on the Sidelines

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In celebrating the Congressional Black Caucus, I'm not touting their perfection, because the collective caucus is flawed as any other organization. My biggest...

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Music’s Role for Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

OP-ED: Paid Family and Medical Leave Would Help Millions of Workers, Their Families and Employers

‘Extremely Disturbing’: City Audit Reveals Mayor’s Office of Housing Has $482 Mil in Unspent Funds

COMMENTARY: Attacks on Assemblymember Bonta’s Appointment to Committee Chair Is Bad Journalism

As Gun Violence Rise, Congressional Committee Plans Hearing with Gun Manufacturers

Following GOP Filibuster, Judge Jackson Remains on Pace for Confirmation This Week

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

OP-ED: Medicare Restrictions on Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas

PRESS ROOM: Oversight Committee to Hold Critical Hearing with Census Bureau Director This Week

Rep. Waters: ‘The president of Haiti needs to take responsibility for the current political crisis in his country; protests will not stop until he does’

Democrats Hold Hearing on White Supremacy

COMMENTARY: Experts: ‘Jury of your Peers’ Rarely Applies to African Americans

Wilson to Chair HELP Hearing on Protecting Workers’ Right to Organize

COMMENTARY: The Congressional Black Caucus: Not Always in Headlines, but Never on the Sidelines

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Music’s Role for Infants, Toddlers, and Their Families

OP-ED: Paid Family and Medical Leave Would Help Millions of Workers, Their Families and Employers

‘Extremely Disturbing’: City Audit Reveals Mayor’s Office of Housing Has $482 Mil in Unspent Funds

COMMENTARY: Attacks on Assemblymember Bonta’s Appointment to Committee Chair Is Bad Journalism

As Gun Violence Rise, Congressional Committee Plans Hearing with Gun Manufacturers

Following GOP Filibuster, Judge Jackson Remains on Pace for Confirmation This Week

$100 Million Class Action Suit Spells Out Racism, Sexism, Fraud and a Tarnished Blue Wall at D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department

OP-ED: Medicare Restrictions on Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas

PRESS ROOM: Oversight Committee to Hold Critical Hearing with Census Bureau Director This Week

Rep. Waters: ‘The president of Haiti needs to take responsibility for the current political crisis in his country; protests will not stop until he does’

Democrats Hold Hearing on White Supremacy

COMMENTARY: Experts: ‘Jury of your Peers’ Rarely Applies to African Americans

Wilson to Chair HELP Hearing on Protecting Workers’ Right to Organize

COMMENTARY: The Congressional Black Caucus: Not Always in Headlines, but Never on the Sidelines

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