Category: Opinion-OW

During his speech at the 45th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Phoenix Awards Dinner, President Barack Obama celebrated the critical role that Black women have played in “every great movement in American history” and pledged to address challenges they face in the workplace and in the criminal justice system.

More than 23 percent of California elementary school students were truant in 2014-15, with at least three unexcused absences, while about 230,000 of them were chronically absent, missing more than 10 percent of the school year, according to a report released in Los Angeles today by Attorney General Kamala Harris.

Helen Burns Jackson, who at 16 gave birth to one of the most influential civil rights icons in American history, has died. According to her son, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, she listened to all of his weekly radio broadcasts from Chicago in the early days of his career, and she never missed an opportunity to appear with him on television.

The public has long questioned if government creates private-sector jobs. The most honest answer is that local, state, and federal governments often foster the environment that incentivizes or disincentivizes capital investment, business growth, and expanded employment.

The second annual Leimert Park Theatre Festival will feature a series of 16 staged readings beginning tonight with the opening performance and gala at 7 p.m.

A crisis is brewing and having a dramatic impact in our homes and our communities. Between 1980 and 2010, women were the fastest growing population of prisoners. Girls made up the fastest-growing segment of the juvenile justice system. Women and girls of color are being incarcerated at higher rates than ever, but they are not committing more violent crimes.

For the past couple of weeks, America has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act with events all around the country.

Gun owners would be required to store their firearms in locked containers, disable them with trigger locks or keep them within their control under a proposal given preliminary support Tuesday by the Los Angeles City Council.

By Kenya Vaughn
Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American