NNPA NEWSWIRE — Seventeen of the 32 selections Thursday night counted African Americans among their representatives. (More than one agent represents some players.) The scattered remote locations did nothing to diminish the significance of the milestone for a group of elite, mostly under-40, African American agents. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia […]
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Jim Clyburn Speaks to Black America on COVID-19: Saving and Empowering Black Lives
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia BREAKING NEWS: Washington, DC, April 28, 2020 — National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., will engage Democratic Party Majority Whip Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC) in an exclusive interview streamed live on Facebook at facebook.com/blackpressusa at 1 p.m., Eastern Time, Thursday, April […]
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Cannabis Industry, Unprecedented Demand in Pandemic
By Black Press USA COVID-19 has not affected all industries and businesses equally, with some experiencing a huge spike in sales during the pandemic. Cannabis is just one of the markets that have seen sales surge with more Americans staying home and sparking up. The Cloud Vapor Store, an online retailer that sells cannabis vaporizers, […]
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Remembering Dr. Dorothy I. Height
By Alexis M. Herman April 20 marked the 10th anniversary of the death of our gentle but fearless leader and mentor, Dr. Dorothy Irene Height. This significant anniversary offers us an opportunity for reflection during these unprecedented times we are living in today. Dr. Height undoubtedly was a creative, compassionate and visionary leader. Her scholarship, […]
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COMMENTARY: The Political and Healthcare System is Broken and Corrupt in America
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor “History is bound to repeat itself. Look at what went wrong in 1918 (Spanish Flu). Then do the opposite,” says the History Channel. President Woodrow Wilson was the American President in 1918, when 675,000 Americans died as a result of the Spanish Flu and over 20 to 50 million […]
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COMMENTARY: First Lady of Writing — Camille Tucker Talks Clark Sisters Biopic
By Michele Brown, author of Adventures of Gideon: Kingdom Principles and Life Lessons My Dog Taught Me What do you get when you mix the daughter of a Baptist pastor, an educator mother with acting aspirations, the 4H Club, a Guatemalan caregiver and the rural-meets-urban multicultural landscape of the Richland Farms neighborhood in Compton, CA? You […]
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Dying to Work — Amazon, Other Frontline Workers Bear Brunt Of COVID-19
Many Forced to Choose Between Safety and Paying the Bills By Mel Reeves, Community Editor, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder “The organizer’s conduct was immoral, unacceptable, and arguably illegal,” is how an Amazon official sought to frame the efforts of one of its workers who was fired by the company. The worker, Christian Smalls, had tried to bring […]
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PRESS ROOM: First General Motors-Ventec Critical Care V+Pro Ventilators Ready for Delivery
By BlackPressUSA OKOMO, Ind. – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Thousands of men and women at GM, Ventec, our suppliers and the Kokomo community have rallied to support their neighbors and the […]
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Players Scoff at Major League Baseball’s Plans to Return to Action
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Major League Baseball is batting around plans to start its 2020 season next month despite the struggle by health officials to blunt the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The ambitious plan, which reportedly may have the support of the player’s union […]
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National Bail Out to #FreeBlackMamas in Atlanta amid COVID-19 pandemic
By BlackPressUSA Today, in response to the current moment of coronavirus crisis and to the disastrous response by local, statewide and national governments, National Bail Out issued the following statement: “We understand that people on the margins are the most vulnerable to the impacts of coronavirus, and to the failures of the government to contain […]
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COVID-19: Working Remotely? How Parents are Balancing Home School, Work, and Sanity.
By Elizabeth Lampkin, Contributing Writer, Chicago Defender Working from home and homeschooling is part of the new normal. Parents have a chance to see how their kids work and children have the opportunity to see what their parents do on a daily basis. For some, this is an excellent way for children and adults to […]
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COMMENTARY: #ACCESS901 — ‘Alexa, homeschool my kids!’
By BlackPressUSA Millions of parents have been drop-kicked into a homeschooling situation. Like me, some already work from home. Others had to make a quick-step. Distressingly, some are furloughed and not working at all. TSD #Access901 columnist Joy Doss. (Photo: Demarcus Bowser) Regardless, it makes for fraught times as we try to figure out their stuff and our stuff […]