BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The United States has just five percent of the world population yet holds approximately 25 percent of its prisoners. From the beginning of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 4.1 percent. All employees' average workweek increased by 0.1 hours to 34.3...
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its employment report on Friday, Jan. 5, revealing that total nonfarm payroll employment increased while the U.S. maintained a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In August, Congress repealed section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provided funding and authorization for the federal government...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The awards provided through the DICR program are unique in cancer research. They provide a large amount of salary support for the four...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The healthcare system has long been inequitable – low-income individuals, people of color, and those without means, time, or money to travel to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An analysis from the American Petroleum Institute (API) revealed a mostly positive outlook for African Americans and Hispanics in the oil and natural...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — California Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee fails to understand Cube’s decision. “There’s no consistency in this based on Ice Cube’s history,” Lee voiced in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A study conducted by Harvard University’s Department of Housing Studies revealed that half of Americans who rent are either severely rent-burdened or moderately...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sickle cell disease affects 20 million people worldwide, including at least 100,000 in the United States, mainly African Americans, but Hispanics and Asian-Americans,...
NNPA — In a CNN interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attributed the high coronavirus death rate to unhealthy African Americans. Azar claimed that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a lack of diversity in American media, and only 6% of owners are minorities. Some experts say there are no television...
ROLLINGOUT — It’s safe to say most kids grow up playing “That’s my car!” as they watch their favorite vehicles ride by and dream about one...
MILWAUKEE TIMES WEEKLY — The relationship between race and the outcome for a number of cancers among whites, Hispanics and blacks in the United States have...
OAKLAND POST — When a group of liberal lawmakers in the state capitol in Sacramento recently proposed legislation that would raise the amount of recycled plastic required...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — When it comes to having access to quality health care, minorities still lag behind their white counterparts, research shows, and that can...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “How strong is our economy? It is undoubtedly stronger than it was a year ago, but it's not as strong as some claim...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — SIRIUS XM has recently come under pressure on social media around the issue of diversity, as Mark Thompson, who hosts the popular show...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to a recent study by Pew Research, 84 percent of black respondents said people not seeing racial discrimination where it exists is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We expect that in this workforce of future, African Americans and Latinos will supply almost 40 percent of the workforce…” Mike Sommers, president...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The problem with racism and society’s response to it is that we have failed to see this most basic thing: that in order...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — New statistics released in February show that African Americans with disabilities are being left behind.
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — African Americans, on many important levels, seem to be falling behind other groups
THE AFRO — Politics aren’t for the faint of heart-and, according to the new book, “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Politics,” it’s taken some of...
