804,000 federal borrowers to receive $39 billion in cancellations By Charlene Crowell | guest oped When the Biden Administration announced its latest initiative to reduce the nation’s unsustainable trillion-dollar student […]
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Black residents In Evanston, IL will finally receive reparations
After 3 years of debate By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America The town of Evanston, Illinois, will be the first city in the U.S. to keep its promise of […]
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Rev. Jesse Jackson retires from Rainbow-PUSH
Founded civil rights coalition in 1971 By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Tributes have continued to pour in for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who announced on […]
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US, —Africa trade agreement
Estimated value of $5.7 billion By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Building on the momentum generated at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held in December 2022, the […]
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Biden floats new plan for student loan forgiveness
Education Department SAVE Plan set to begin this month By Charlene Crowell | Center for Responsible Lending On June 30, a long-awaited and consequential Supreme Court decision denied forgiveness that […]
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Student born with heart defect earns $2.5 million in scholarships
Accepted to 61 colleges By Kristina Dixon | Across Black America Kyanna Woods, an African-American student from Concord, NC Carolina who was born with a heart defect that required open […]
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‘The Talk’ and age-old lessons from elders
A biracial child grows up fast By Terri Schlichenmeyer | OW Contributor Someone who was older than you taught you to tie your shoes. An elder showed you around a […]
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More Black rural women are lacking maternal health aid
Structural inequities revealed By Sarah Jane Tribble | Kaiser Health News As maternal mortality skyrockets in the United States, a federal program created to improve rural maternity care has bypassed […]
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New documentary shines light on historic Negro Baseball Leagues
‘The League’ triumphs at Tribeca Film Festival By Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent On the Black Press of America’s “Let It Be Known” show, renowned filmmaker […]
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Now that SCOTUS has acted…
What’s next Black civil rights? By Dr. John E. Warren | Publisher, San Diego Voice & Viewpoint Newspaper African-Americans in particular and people of color in general have a history […]
