NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Obesity Bill of Rights has garnered initial endorsements from 36 prominent organizations, including the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the American Nurses...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s no longer a choice but an obligation to take the current economic state of our community into consideration. We need to be...
By Alejandro Lazo CalMatters A new study of Silicon Valley wealth, income and other economic measures shows vast disparities in one of the country’s wealthiest regions,...
Manny Otiko | California Black Media Guaranteed basic income isn’t a new idea. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr talked about the idea of low-income people receiving...
By Troy Finley Cheryl Sudduth, a Bay Area community organizer and international negotiator, is seeking election as the first U.S. Representative for California’s new 8th Congressional...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Brandon Lipps, the deputy undersecretary for the USDA’s Food Nutrition and Consumer Services, spoke with reporters for under...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In 1976, then-President Gerald Ford delivered the annual “State of the Union Address,” virtually ignoring the plight of...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Income inequality will remain a persistent problem despite brighter prospects for U.S. companies globally, according to an annual...
GREG KELLER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The widening gap between haves and have-nots in much of the developed world not only raises concerns about the...
(Slate) – President Obama appeared on a Georgetown-sponsored public policy panel Tuesday and, in addition to making everyone laugh a few times, he participated for about...
NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t your typical panel discussion: President Barack Obama sat down Tuesday with leading thinkers from the left and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There are many different manifestations of racism in America and throughout the world. But there is not a...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As the wealthy few continue to prosper, the rest of the nation is caught in a financial tug-of-war between stagnant...
(New York Times) – Suppose you accept the persuasive data that inequality has been rising in the United States and most advanced nations in recent decades....
Margot Sanger-Katz, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—We know that living in a poor community makes you less likely to live a long life....
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Republican House budget will shred the social safety net designed to protect the most vulnerable citizens,...
(Black Enterprise) – Brookings Institution recently revealed a new report comparing cities’ top earning households to their least earning. The report serves as an update to 2014 research exploring...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Income inequality is rising and it affects workers in every state, according to a new...
MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen million children were on food stamps as of last year, the highest number since the nation’s economy...
(Slate) – The most notable Republican reaction to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night did not come from official respondent Joni Ernst,...
DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The richest 1 percent of the population will own more than half the world’s wealth by 2016, Oxfam International...
(The Globe and Mall) – Business leaders and politicians land in the posh Alpine town of Davos, Switzerland, this week where global inequality and what...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Key elements of the economic proposals President Barack Obama will outline in his State of the Union...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The extent of and continuing increase in inequality in the United States greatly concern me… I think it is appropriate...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Amid stagnant wages, nagging underemployment and unemployment, many families continue to struggle with their finances. Some may even have wondered: “Will...