Children’s Defense Fund: State of America’s Children Reveals that 71 Percent of Children of Color Live in Poverty
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Part One of an ongoing…
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Pamela Smith Named First Black Woman Chief of U.S. Park Police
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Pamela A. Smith, a 23-year…
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Black Press Week Shows Power of African American Newspapers
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The National Newspaper…
Read MoreU.S. Navy’s first Black female pilot talks making history
Brenda Robins has had a love for flying since she was 9-years-old and that love for the skies led her…
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D.C. program teaching filmmaking to combat gun violence
Washington D.C. had close to 200 homicides in 2020 that were linked to gun violence and one native is…
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Dr. Oz talks lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Mehmet Oz urges communities of color, particularly the Black community, to get the COVID-19 vaccine. …
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Florida governor urges CDC to end no-sail order for cruise ships
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is urging the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to end its…
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Former President Obama’s grandmother in Kenya dies at 99
Former President Barack Obama’s grandmother, Sarah Obama, died on Monday at a Kenyan hospital,…
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WHO draft report says animals likely source of COVID-19
By KEN MORITSUGU and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A joint World Health Organization-China…
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UK agency: Vaccination rates lowest among older Black people
By Associated Press Undefined LONDON (AP) — New figures from Britain’s statistics agency showed…
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Indians gather for Holi celebrations as virus cases surge
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hindus threw colored powder and sprayed water in…
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Biden to unveil proposals aimed at fixing transit, social infrastructure
President Joe Biden is set to unveil two infrastructure proposals in the next few weeks to address the…
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