By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia President Joe Biden said he wants to expand access to health care, and he’s doing so by proposing a change to the Affordable Care Act to allow more people eligibility for premium tax credits. Under the President’s plan, families would receive tax credits if the […]
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Posted inNational News
Obama returns to the White House for the first time in five years
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia For the first time since he left office on Jan. 20, 2017, former President Barack Obama returned to the White House to promote and recognize the 12th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. The occasion marked Obama’s first appearance in Washington since the inauguration of […]
Posted inSports
Excitement builds for shocking Tiger Woods return at The Masters
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Professional golf’s most storied event could have the game’s most electrifying player tee off. Just one year removed from a horrific car accident that left him worried about losing a leg, Tiger Woods is preparing a comeback for the ages at this year’s Masters, which […]
Posted inCoronavirus
Univ. of GA Study: White Americans show less concern about Covid if they believe it’s “not a White people problem”
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia White people were more likely to ignore safety precautions like wearing masks and social distancing during the pandemic when they realized the various and disproportionate ways COVID-19 affected African Americans and other minorities. Psychologists at the University of Georgia’s Department of Social Science & Medicine […]
Posted inNational News
Black unemployment rate improves amid historic jobs report
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia America, and most notably -Black America- is back to work, declared President Joe Biden as he announced one of the most robust job reports in modern times. “History has been made here,” the president declared. The economy created 467,000 jobs in January, and the unemployment […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland kicks off Disney’s Dreamers Academy 2022
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA Newswire) – Grammy-winning superstar Kelly Rowland said she knows the importance of dreaming big. The Atlanta-born co-founder of the pop supergroup Destiny’s Child told NNPA Newswire that she was and remained inspired by other Black women. “Whitney Houston made me realize I can achieve my […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Dushko Vulchev of Maine, indicted for federal hate crimes in alleged arson of predominantly Black Massachusetts church
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia A federal grand jury indicted Dushko Vulchev, 45, of Houlton, Maine, on four counts of damage to religious property involving fire and one count of use of fire to commit a federal felony. Vulchev was indicted for his connection with a fire that destroyed a predominantly […]
Posted inWashington D.C. News
Howard University receives $2M to digitize Black newspaper archive
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Howard University has received a $2 million donation to digitize its Black Press Archives, which contains more than 2,000 newspaper titles including publications like the New York Amsterdam News, Chicago Defender, Washington Informer, the AFRO American Newspapers, and other historically Black publications. The University said […]
Posted inNational News
Lower chamber of the U.S. Congress passes anti-lynching bill, nearly 67 years after Emmett Till death
By Stacey M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime. Named in honor of Emmett Till, a Black teen who suffered a horrific murder at the hands of White men in Mississippi in 1955, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act outlaws lynching. Specifically, […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Ahmaud Arbery killers found guilty of hate crimes in federal court
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire senior national correspondentMinnesota Spokesman-Recorder A federal jury found Travis McMichael, Gregory McMichael, and William “Roddie” Bryan guilty on all counts of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. The verdict came on the eve of the second anniversary of Arbery’s murder. The McMichaels and Bryan chased Arbery through their mostly White Georgia […]
Posted inNEWS
In Memoriam: Renowned Black journalist, broadcaster Askia Muhammad dies
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – Askia Muhammad, a renowned journalist, photographer, poet, and Black Press columnist, has died. “With deep sadness, the family of Askia Muhammad announces his passing of natural causes today at the age of 76,” WPFW-Radio in Washington, D.C., said in a statement on Feb. 17. […]
Posted inNEWS
MLK family asks for no celebration until lawmakers pass voting rights legislation
By NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Stacy M. Brown Prayer breakfasts, marches, parades, and an uptick in volunteer efforts to support the annual Day of Service have remained staples of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But the late civil rights icon family has asked that observers strike a different tune in 2022. King’s family has requested […]
