NNPA NEWSWIRE — For Black Americans, who already face systemic barriers in employment, the loss of these protections exacerbates long-standing disparities. Women, particularly women of color,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lower courts, including a three-judge panel from the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, had previously blocked Virginia’s efforts, concluding that citizens may be...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The four historically Black medical schools receiving funding graduate around half of all Black doctors in the U.S. but have been traditionally underfunded...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is the local prosecutor in Trump’s New York trial, and the case had nothing to do with President...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The department of education said it would email those who will receive the debt cancellation today, another step in the administration’s ongoing efforts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Ernestine “Tina” Martin Wyatt, a great-great-great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman, was among those to express excitement about meeting the descendants of fellow freedom fighters....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Earlier this month, Biden announced the accelerated implementation of a crucial provision under the Student Aid for Voluntary Education (SAVE) plan, which the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How poetic is it that the first woman, the first Black American, and first Asian American to be elected vice president of this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The focus of the Supreme Court’s attention is an appellate ruling that reinstated a charge against three defendants accused of obstructing an official...
By Sunita Sohrabji, EMS Special California Black Media Voting and elections have become the targets of threats and intimidation as the nation faces a proliferation of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dozens of state legislatures introduced bills to restrict the practice of voting by mail. Other states have begun aggressively removing voters from the...
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NNPA NEWSWIRE — The highest court in the land, in fact, chose to condone partisan gerrymandering, a political tactic that has long been used to suppress...
WAVE NEWSPAPERS — Alabama — led by utterly clueless male legislators — just passed the most restrictive ban on abortion in the country, with Georgia and Missouri...
DEFENDER NEWS NETWORK — Congressional Democrats are looking to put teeth back in the Voting Rights Act, six years after the Supreme Court gutted a key enforcement...
THE AFRO — For the second time in as many years, the Supreme Court heard arguments on partisan redistricting cases from Maryland and North Carolina Tuesday,...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Deyane Moses’ exhibit, titled “Blackives: A Celebration of Black History at MICA,” features curated photos and documents that show how the college reacted after...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The EACH Woman Act ensures that every woman is empowered to make critical decisions about her own pregnancy – and has coverage for...
