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Black Workers Are Public Sector Workers
By Tanya Wallace-Gobern, Executive Director of the National Black Worker Center Project (NBWCP). Racism and white supremacy are powerful, shapeshifting forces. They have persisted in our culture, politics and economy across time and space. Even as our nation makes progress, the power of white supremacy changes shape, creating new ways to limit it. It has…
U.S. House Passes Bill Supporting Triple-Digit Predatory Lending
By Charlene Crowell The U.S. House of Representatives broke the hearts of a broad and diverse coalition of advocates after Members of Congress passed predatory lending legislation on February 14. A bill passed the lower chamber that would render useless state laws in the majority of states, including the 15 states and the District of…
Government spying on immigrants in America is now fair game. What next?
Internet activity of all visa applicants, visa holders and green card holders is now tracked. And Sunni Muslim immigrants could face long-term surveillance Azadeh Shahshahani The Guardian Earlier last week, the existence of a draft Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report came to light, which calls for long-term surveillance of Sunni Muslim immigrants. Internal documents…
HBCU Announces Closure After Nearly A Century
Defender News Service- ALABAMA After nearly a century of educating Black students, Concordia College in Selma, Alabama announced on Wednesday that it will cease operations at the end of the spring semester. “It was the toughest thing I’ve had to do in my 50 years of higher education,” Dr. James Lyons, the interim president of…
Aguilar Announces 2018 Congressional Art Competition for Inland Empire High School Students
Community Education News San Bernardino, CA— Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-San Bernardino) announced that his office will once again participate in the Congressional Art Competition, an annual showcase of art from high school students from across the country. The competition allows high school students in every congressional district to submit works of art to their local…
NNPA Publishers Address Equity In Education In Their Newspapers
NNPA Publishers Raise Awareness about the Every Student Succeeds Act in the Black Community By: Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Today, more than ever before, parents, educators and stakeholders around the country are learning about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the opportunities it presents for school districts to innovate learning in…
50 Years After Fair Housing Act, We Still Have a Long Way to Go
By Jeffrey W. Hicks We have come a long way toward building Black homeownership since the Fair Housing Act was signed into federal law 50 years ago. In commemorating that milestone, we recognize and emphasize that, with fewer than half of Black Americans owning their homes, we still have a long way to go to…
High School Students Across Nation March for Gun Control
By Amiyah King Howard University News Service WASHINGTON—Tens of thousands of high school students across America were marked with an unexcused absence Wednesday, but everyone knew where they were. In the Washington area, high school students from DC. Public Schools and from public schools in Maryland marched to the Capitol and then to the White…
Southern California Edison Celebrates 16th Annual Black History Month in Compton
By Susan Cox Southern California Edison (SCE) recently joined in the national celebration of Black History Month in Compton at its 16th annual BHM event which recognized Edison customers, business and community partners in its mission to give back to the communities it serves. Joining in the festivities was Pedro Pizarro, president and CEO of…
Gunman in Florida School Shooting Reportedly a Member of a White Nationalist Group Where He Received Militia Training
“He probably used that training to do what he did,” said Jordan Jereb, leader of the Republic of Florida. By Kaitlyn D’Onofrio / February 15, 2018 Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a high school in Florida on Wednesday, reportedly has ties to a white nationalist organization, according to the leader of…
Once we see The Donald as a Russian agent who has been doing Putin’s bidding for years it all makes sense
Colin Gillespie So much about Donald Trump, his behavior, his connections, his campaign and his presidency seems so crazy it is hard to make sense of it all-until we see for years he’s been a Russian agent working for spymaster Vladimir Putin. This is a deeper treason than previously speculated. We don’t know what is…
To My Brilliant Black Daughters, Nobody Can Take Away Your History
By ShaRhonda Knott-Dawson To my beautiful, brilliant Black daughters: I have so many hopes and dreams for you, that if I tried to say them all, they would run longer than the entire Harry Potter series! My hopes for you, my two beautiful Black girls, are so simple and yet also entirely grandiose. My…
Michelle Obama on ‘Black Panther’: ‘Young People Will Finally See Superheroes that Look Like Them’
The former first lady took to Twitter to rave about the record-breaking movie. By Sheryl Estrada As the superhero movie “Black Panther” roared at the box office over President’s Day weekend, former First Lady Michelle Obama expressed why she loves the film that set a record for a February opening. Obama tweeted on Monday: Michelle…
Reclaiming God’s Love & Justice through Sacred Conversations to End Racism
Rev. Dr. Velda Love Minister for Racial Justice The President released his federal budget proposal recently. It features deep cuts in domestic programs and entitlements including Medicare, education, social safety nets that ensure food security, and reduced spending for health and education for children. The devastation cuts broadly across the nation impacting America’s most impoverished…
“What Shall We Do Now?”
By: Lou Yeboah Now that the celebration of Black History Month is coming to a close; how can we honor our history, respond to the present, and build a viable, vibrant future for our people? I’ll tell you how…. We can honor their memory by rediscovering the “Faith” that allowed them to survive. The Faith,…
Bounce Acquires Repurpose Rights to ‘The Wendy Williams Show’ From Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury Starting March 5 at 11 p.m. (ET) Weeknights
First-Ever Repurposing Programming Deal by a Multicast Network A, Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Bounce, the fastest-growing African-American network on television, has acquired the day & date repurpose rights to “The Wendy Williams Show” from Lionsgate’s Debmar-Mercury in a new agreement announced today. The deal represents the first-ever repurposed programming arrangement done by a new-generation…
NABJ Scholarship Program
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 20, 2018) — The National Association of Black Journalists is excited and proud to announce its partnership with Facebook on its recently launched The Facebook Journalism Project Scholarship. The scholarship program was created to support the next generation of journalists, and to strengthen the pipeline of diversity in journalism and media. “It’s…
Are you at risk for glaucoma?
By Greg Dill Glaucoma is an eye disease that causes loss of vision—usually side vision—by damaging the optic nerve, which sends information from your eyes to your brain. Some forms of glaucoma don’t have any symptoms, so you may have it even if you don’t have trouble seeing or feel any pain. That’s why glaucoma…
Frederick Douglass A Heart For His People
Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but he knew it wasn’t God’s plan for him to stay there. When Frederick was about 10, he was given to Anthony’s daughter, Lucretia Auld. She and her husband Thomas…
CA Black female voters host Democratic gubernatorial candidates debate
By California Black Media Newswire Black, female, political powerhouses are on a push to increase the number of Black women and allies in civic leadership. They kicked off this year’s effort by hosting Democratic candidates at the “Our Time to Engage, Inform & Vote Gubernatorial Issues Forum” on Feb. 13 at the Crest Theatre in…
Former FBI Director Addresses Spying on Black Activists
By Alexa Imani Spencer and Kayla Irby, Howard University News ServiceOn February 16, 2018 WASHINGTON – Former FBI Director James Comey, speaking to Howard University students, professors and staff, this week distanced himself from an FBI report that said “black identity extremists” were responsible for “increased violence” by African-Americans against law enforcement. The report, entitled…
How Long Until We Protect Children,Not Guns?!
If I don’t make it I love you and I appreciate everything you did for me –Text message sent from a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida to her mother By Marian Wright Edelman December 2017 marked the fifth anniversary of the indescribably horrible mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School…
America Is Losing the Real Meaning of Black History Month
Black History Month has never been just a celebration of black America’s achievements and stories — it’s part of a deliberate political strategy towards equal citizenship. Theodore Johnson Since its inception, Black History Month has never been just a celebration of black America’s achievements and stories — it’s part of a deliberate political strategy to…
Black History Month Spotlight: Tanya Wallace-Gobern
Alexandra Fenwick | February 15, 2018 Traditionally, Black History Month is a time to reflect upon, acknowledge and honor Black leaders who significantly changed and influenced America’s history. Just as it is important to honor those who came before us, it is just as necessary to acknowledge and spotlight those who are social justice…
