The Rev. Dr. Everett Kelley, President of the over-800,000 member American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), joined Make It Plain with Rev. Mark Thompson on WPFW-FM...
By Fred Redmond This Saturday marks one month of the federal government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers—nearly 20% of whom are Black and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The vast majority of Americans want to avoid a shutdown. The faction who does not want any compromise may represent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There are many advantages and disadvantages to gentrification, but many poor people will be displaced, and this is a reality of doing business...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a movement afoot to turn back the clock and to undo all our social gains. If it were not for the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “What I fear is this administration and our Republican colleagues in the Senate have forgotten is that this is the people’s house,” said...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — In a statement released last week the NAACP called on the White House and Congress to work swiftly to bring an end...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The CBC members said they were calling for an end to the shutdown so that workers can again begin to collect their paychecks...
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Andrew Taylor, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer break over and elections ahead, Congress is beginning an abbreviated September session with must-do tasks of preventing...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist As these words are being written, the Obama administration is trying to end a shutdown of the United States government...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although the shutdown of the federal government that began Tuesday is affecting all Americans, a disproportionate portion...