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Joe Biden takes firm stand against police murder of George Floyd

June 30, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After going out to personally meet with demonstrators in Delaware, presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has taken a firm stand against the police killing of George Floyd and the overall plight of African Americans who’ve been targeted, brutalized and killed

USF CEO Lois Johnson offers win-win solutions for lenders and borrowers

June 30, 2020

As the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the health of Americans, one of its toxic side effects is also threatening the financial health of home owners all over the country. At one of his daily press briefings, President Donald Trump suggested that a 90-day forbearance should be made

Vanessa Williams is making a difference with thousands of Black mayors

June 30, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Vanessa R. Williams has earned the description of the “glue that holds 650 African American mayors together.” In a lengthy conversation with Black Press USA, it was easy to see why. “I came into this organization as a new executive director,

Floyd murder unleashes Black parents’ worst fears

June 23, 2020

By Barrington M. Salmon TriceEdneyWire.com Dr. Narketta Sparkman-Key has been crying just about every day since she saw the video of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans

Black Lives Matter founder finds hope in global protests over George Floyd’s alleged murder

June 23, 2020

By Gail Berkley The Sun Reporter For Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza the global outpouring of protests and activism following the alleged murder of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody has been heartening and makes her hopeful for the future. At the same time, she said, “It’s bittersweet

Can Joe Biden win? The jury is out

June 16, 2020

By Barrington M. Salmon TriceEdneyWire.com Former Vice President Joe Biden has the most delegates going into this summer’s Democratic Convention and is the presumptive nominee for president. But there is no consensus about whether Biden will be able to beat President Donald Trump in November. Political analyst Dr. Avis Jones-Deweever

Trump administration officials to Black America: ‘Coronavirus pandemic is your fault’

June 16, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to a top official in President Donald Trump’s administration, the poor health of African Americans is the primary reason for the nation’s devastatingly high coronavirus deaths. As the president tepidly tries to win Black voter support by touting his record

Officer in George Floyd death arrested as Obama shows leadership while Trump calls for ‘shooting’ of protestors

June 9, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Derek Chauvin, the officer who was seen on video pressing his knee into the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd, was arrested last Friday. The arrest comes as protests take place in many places around the nation, including in Los Angeles,

New prosecutor in Ahmaud Arbery case refutes conflict of interest complaint

June 9, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Discovering the hard-cold truth of why unarmed African Americans are being regularly gunned down by law enforcement officers and private citizen vigilantes — and why it is so difficult to bring the perpetrators of these killings to justice — has experienced

The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis

June 2, 2020

By Lisa Fitch OW Editor-in-Chief Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing networks. “We’ve got to shop for each other, we have to