Via BlackPressUSA – The pace of change in the United States has reached levels that are nearly unprecedented. While the visibility around issues related to social, economic, and political justice has been steadily expanding over the past several years, recent events in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the country have transformed the viewpoints of millions of […]
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‘I’m Just Sayin’’ — Results from the Black Agenda
By Marshawn Wolley I don’t know if there has ever been a community wide survey of just Black people about a Black agenda and while I recognize there is always room for improvement,I think this needs to be something we do moving forward. While just over 1,700 respondents completed the survey, ultimately this report is […]
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Ben Crump Heralded as Black America’s Attorney General
By Natalie Jackson, Special to the Houston Forward Times via BPUSA Momentous events can occur in an instant, but more often they emerge after a long build-up. The explosion of protests all over the world was such a moment following the George Floyd killing. And Ben Crump who has been called the African American family […]
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Voter Suppression Goes to College
By Cash Michaels and Peter Grear, Greater Diversity News via BPUSA If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries in North Carolina are accurate, student voters on HBCU campuses must raise their turnout game come the general election this November. So says Dr. William Busa, founder of EQV Analytics, a North Carolina-focused campaign consulting […]
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Ziggy Marley Will Receive the Black Press 2020 Global Icon Award and Make a Virtual Appearance at the 2020 NNPA Convention
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Reggae legend Ziggy Marley will receive the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) 2020 Global Icon Achievement Award during the NNPA’s Annual Convention scheduled for Wednesday, July 8, and Thursday, July 9. The two-day international broadcast marks the first virtual convention in the 80-year history of the NNPA and […]
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COMMENTARY: The American Economic System Works Just Fine—for White People
By Jerome Love, Special to the Houston Forward Times via BPUSA For the past four hundred years, and most recently after the brutal killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and other Black citizens by police forces in America, Black people and progressive Whites in America have protested that “the system” is racist, broken, […]
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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act
By NNPA Newswire Staff June 25 marks the 7th anniversary of the Shelby County v. Holder case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and upended decades of progress. Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, […]
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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis
By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the 6th leading cause of death among White people, but the 4th leading cause of death for Black people like me. The Black population age 65+ is projected to more than double in size in the next 10 years, which means dementia diagnoses in […]
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OP-ED: Celebrating the Journey of Black Music and its Impact on American Culture
By H. Beecher Hicks, III, President & CEO of the National Museum of African American Music Lately, the phrase ‘unprecedented times’ is so widely used that much of the world around us feels alien in comparison to our previous “normal.” Throughout the sanitation frenzy and social distancing mandates, one of the main beacons that keeps […]
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Minority-Owned Miestro.com Paves Faster, Simpler Path for the Massive E-Learning Space Industry
By BlackPressUSA As social distancing and shelter at home became the newest challenge for burnt-out seasoned professionals to surmount in the era of COVID-19, one small company had already been helping frustrated corporate executives turn their expansive knowledge into robust revenue in the multi-billion-dollar e-learning industry. Headquartered in Atlanta, Miestro.com is a small, minority-owned, but […]
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Vanessa Williams is Making a Difference with Thousands of Black Mayors
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vanessa R. Williams Vanessa R. Williams has earned the description of the “glue that holds 650 African American mayors together.” In a lengthy conversation with Black Press USA, it was easy to see why. “I came into this organization as a new executive director, and I […]
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Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia As more corporations jump into the fray, offering statements of support for African Americans in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd and the ensuing protests, a new study reveals that many companies’ actual policies and practices contradict their public statements. With just a […]