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Students rally in protest of policies that criminalize youth of color

On Monday, March 4, youth of color from across the country held a rally on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol followed by a march

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Supreme Court Justice equates Black voting rights with ‘racial entitlements’

By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In the oral arguments two weeks ago before the Supreme Court to determine whether a key

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The elusive ‘Black Agenda’
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — A few weeks after President Barack Obama won four more years in the White House, dozens of Black leaders crowded around a podium ...
The one trillion dollar lie
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such ...
Black history and women’s history
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Women and Black people have offered so much to our nation that we deserve to be honored or at least remembered in a special ...
Blacks are overrepresented in residential mental health facilities
By Adam Stulhman and Ann-Marie Mesquita New america Media HARTFORD (New American Media) — African Americans are over-represented among in-patient or residential psychiatric care facilities, according to a recent report by the ...
Guns, not the Klan, are the real threat
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Chicago suffers unbearable levels of gun violence, yet the victims remain largely silent. They travel from funeral home to graveyard, rather than march from ...
Jesuit commemorates 50th anniversary of integration
By Philip Stelly Contributing Writer Editor's Note: In the original print version of this story, the date of integration for New Orleans public schools was incorrectly stated as 1961. We have corrected ...
Lessons from Mark Essex and Christopher Dorner
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Over a 43-year career in journalism, I have been blessed with some memorable experiences: I have covered presidential and vice presidential campaigns, I have flown on ...
Turning the clock back on Voting Rights
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Shelby County, Ala. is suing the Justice Department because they think that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (and its reauthorization in 1982 and ...

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