John B. King Jr. is the president and chief executive of the Education Trust and served as U.S. Secretary of Education under President Obama. Marc Morial is the President and CEO of the National Urban League. By John B. King Jr. and Marc Morial via NNPA The coronavirus has shined a light on how systematic […]
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Black nerds of the world, this Con’s for you!
(Image courtesy NNPA) By Noah Washington, NNPA Newswire Contributor The Blerd Binder covers nerdy news for the Black nerds of the world. We welcome you to take the journey with us as we talk about subjects ranging from movies to music to tech to toys. If you’re a Blerd (Black nerd) that’s been living in […]
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OP-ED: All eyes on Georgia
So please, if you live in Georgia, participate in this election. If you do not live in Georgia, consider finding a way to make your own good trouble: assist through phone banking or offer assistance to organizations supporting the Warnock and Ossoff campaigns. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW These days, like […]
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Black-owned Greeting Card Brand, Culture Greetings, Now Offers In-Store Pickup at Walgreens
Culture Greetings and founder Dr. Dionne Mahaffey (Image courtesy NNPA) November 2020, Atlanta, GA via NNPA — Culture Greetings, a woman-led and Black-owned greeting card company, announces the launch of a new print-to-store integration partnership with Walgreens. Through the technology integration with the Walgreens Photo Prints and Store Locator APIs, in addition to the Culture […]
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Fabian Broaden — Making statements through photos
Fabian Broaden (Image courtesy NNPA and Defender News Network) By ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Defender News Network When Houstonian Fabian Broaden graduated from college at Southern University, he began a successful career as an architect here in Houston. It’s a job he loved, but one day while listening to his pastor, Kirbjon Caldwell at Windsor Village […]
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S.T.A.R. Development Works to Open New Doors of Opportunity for HBCU Basketball Talent
(Image courtesy NNPA) By NNPA Newswire CHICAGO, IL – Chicago is a mecca of basketball talent. High school ballers have had tremendous success at top colleges and universities, and some have gone on to impressive NBA careers. S.T.A.R. Development wants to connect Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to the Midwest’s pool of talent, especially […]
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Want a Better ROI? Get Your Diversity, Inclusion Team Certified
(Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) THE ATLANTA TRIBUNE via NNPA — Diversity and Inclusion work is also becoming more complex for employers who operate in multiple states or abroad. For example, New York recently passed a law requiring annual, interactive sexual harassment training; California is on the verge of mandating at least one woman to serve […]
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FBI Delays Release of White-Supremacist Terror Report
The FBI cited “limitations caused by COVID-19,” as the reason the report on domestic terror was late. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent The FBI was set to release a legally mandated report in June compiling data on domestic terrorism, including the threat of White supremacist violence. The National Defense […]
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Black People’s “Soul” Slang Classified
Black youth gain pleasure from “mixing” incongruent words into Slang and Rap for messages and for play. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Dr. Joseph A. Bailey II, MD, FACS via NNPA Today’s Black Slang is like a kaleidoscope whose various overlapping colors/types can serve many purposes. Type I Slang shows one belongs to the fellow […]
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Biden Inches Closer to Victory
(Image courtesy NNPA) By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In Republican strongholds of Georgia and North Carolina, Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has made the kinds of inroads that could lead to most of the desired results his party arrived with during the 2020 Election. As vote counting continued early Friday […]
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Women More Likely to Face Housing Insecurity in Pandemic-Led Recession
With schools going virtual and childcare centers closed, working mothers were three times more likely than working fathers to cite childcare as the main reason they were out of work. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By NNPA Dubbed the “she-cession,” women face disproportionate housing impacts due to unemployment, housing tenure and childcare. Unemployment claims for women […]
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OP-ED: Black Americans Have Everything to Lose in This Election
When President Trump asked Black Americans what they had to lose by giving him a chance four years ago we never thought the simple, yet disastrous answer would be everything. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) By Svante Myrick, Mayor of Ithaca, New York As the mayor of a city in New York, every day I wake […]