NNPA NEWSWIRE — In February, Chairwoman Waters and Congressman Al Green, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, wrote to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Unfortunately, the National Flood Insurance Program is currently set to expire on May 31. My bill, which I have coauthored with Ranking Member...
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 — Today, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Attorney General William Barr to inform him of their...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Leon W. Russell, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, will present Congresswoman Waters with the award at the 50th NAACP Image...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The American people need to put the pressure on Republican Senators who place more value on standing with the President in his insanity...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Amazon Studios won a bidding war for the rights to produce the Shirley Chisholm film. The project is the first Amazon Studios production...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The 116th Congress will be the most diverse in the nation’s history and it’s imperative that the diversity among senior and mid-level staff...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A new House Diversity Initiative would create a permanent office in the House with sufficient staff to help recruit and retain diverse employees...
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY — It was a historic night for voters nationwide. In New Orleans citizens went to the ballot to vote for several...
Mike Espy, the first African-American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi since Reconstruction, a former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and now a practicing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Democratic Party has always made the biggest difference in the lives of the American people when we lead with conviction, principle, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…in America’s 233 years as a republic, we have never had an African American Speaker of the House. The time has now come...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Since the government was forced to shut down on October 1, one of the most common refrains has been...
