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The fate of the American middle class is in the hands of regulators

May 5, 2020

By Donnell Williams and Antoine M. Thompson A few weeks ago, Congress passed phase three of its COVID-19 response, the CARES ACT, a $2 trillion stimulus package that has become most well-known for its direct payments of up to $1,200 for many Americans. These payments are a much-appreciated addition to the already

Millions of unbanked consumers may wait months for federal stimulus checks

May 5, 2020

By Charlene Crowell TriceEdneyWire.com As the COVID19 pandemic continues to unfold with surging confirmed cases and ever-rising deaths, the Department of Labor recently announced that more than 22 million consumers filed new unemployment claims since late March. For these and other Americans, the federal government’s one-time financial stimulus is intended

Earl Graves Sr., Black Enterprise founder dies

April 28, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Tributes have poured in for Black Enterprise founder Earl G. Graves Sr., who died two weeks ago at the age of 85. “At 9:22 p.m. this evening, April 6, my father and hero, Earl Graves Sr., the founder of Black Enterprise,

First General Motors-Ventec Critical Care V+Pro ventilators ready for delivery

April 28, 2020

By National Newspaper Publishers Association OKOMO, Ind. – General Motors Co. began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator under contract to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Thousands of men and women at GM, Ventec, our suppliers and the Kokomo community have rallied to

Trump points the finger of blame at another Black man for COVID-19

April 28, 2020

By Frederick H. Lowe NorthStarNewsToday.com Special to the Trice Edney News Wire President Trump has found a Black man other than former President Barack Obama to point the finger at for his and his administration’s failings. Trump is now attacking Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Ethiopian-born head of the World

Congressman Lewis endorses Biden for president

April 21, 2020

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of America’s foremost moral leaders whose work since the civil rights movement of the 1950s made him a national treasure, has formally endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic nominee for President.

Civil Rights lawyers demand state numbers with ‘all deliberate speed’ as African-Americans die disparately from COVID-19

April 21, 2020

By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com It is often said that when America gets a cold, Black America gets pneumonia – or far worse. That has proven to be the case once again in the wake of recent reports that Black people are contracting and dying from the Coronavirus in much

Dean of the civil rights movement, Dr. Joe Lowery, dead at 98

April 14, 2020

By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com Only a few hours after Barack Obama was declared the first Black president of the United States, Nov. 8, 2008, a reporter – on the phone with the Rev. Joseph Lowery, dean of the civil rights movement – asked him how he thought Black leaders

Congressional Black Caucus focuses on economic recovery of African Americans in COVID-19 crisis

April 14, 2020

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor The coronavirus health crisis that hit America in the middle of March has compelled governors to shut down states, requested citizens to stay in their homes and moved Congress to pass an unprecedented stimulus of over two trillion dollars. As the COVID-19 crisis

People facing new ways of life as COVID 19 has changed everything

April 7, 2020

By Hamil R. Harris TriceEdneyWire.com Rev. Grainger Browning, pastor of the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church in Fort Washington, Md., is used to preaching to two packed sanctuaries every Sunday. But two Sundays ago, Browning and a skeletal staff preached to a mostly empty sanctuary while his members watched on