Primarily Black neighborhoods in Jacksonville, Fla. By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The Justice Department’s (DOJ) Combating Redlining Initiative announced the recovery of over $107 million […]
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Russell Westbrook at Jesse Owens Park
Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. The County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation, the LA Clippers Foundation, Clippers guard and Los Angeles native Russell Westbrook will celebrate the […]
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USC coed victim of rape
Lyft driver is suspect An investigation was continuing today into an alleged rape by a Lyft driver of a USC student outside her apartment near the University Park campus. The […]
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Bayard Rustin was important advisor to Martin Luther King Jr.
Black and gay in 1960s By Dwight Brown | NNPA News Wire Film Critic He was Martin Luther King’s (MLK) chief lieutenant. Why is he only getting attention now? Bayard […]
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Fearless Fund and fight for Black economic advancement
Fight for women’s economic rights by Kerry Mitchell Brown | Guest Contributor Edward Blum, the conservative lawyer who led the fight to overturn affirmative action, has a new target in […]
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Black Community’s Retirement Woes Leading to New Ways to Save Money
Money Hacks A recent study has outlined a disturbing trend across the nation: Increasing retirement woes among Black people, coming from several angles that indicate some could choose to work […]
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City of Compton Hosts Compton’s Youth Track Champions for a Celebratory Banquet
Record breakers On Saturday, Nov. 4, from 11:30 A.M to 12:30 P.M, City of Compton Mayor Emma Sharif will be hosting a memorable Champion Track Banquet to celebrate the youth […]
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‘Bertie’ Bowman, longtime aide to Congress, dies at age 92
Worked for four future presidents Herbert “Bertie” Bowman died on Oct. 25 at the age of 92. Bowman, who came to Washington as a teenager, worked his way up from […]
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Model’s body found in refrigerator
A pregnant model who was found dead inside a downtown Los Angeles apartment last month had been bound, beaten and wedged inside her own refrigerator, according to the autopsy report […]
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African-American women are not receiving a key HIV tool
PrEP remains elusive By Sam Whitehead | KFF Health News Alexis Perkins thought her OB-GYN’s office in Atlanta would be the place to get a prescription for the type of […]
