By Lauren Poteat NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent Dave Chappelle, the legendary, no holds barred comedian, was awarded the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Gifted with a spirit of perseverance, determination and extreme creative intelligence, the award recognizes Chappelle as one of the world’s greatest humorists. Bestowed only on
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia African American teenagers in the United States historically have had lower suicide rates than their White counterparts – until now. A new study analyzing suicide among American teens by a team led by researchers at the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia In the century following the Civil War, as many as 5,000 people of color were murdered by mobs who believed in the cause of White supremacy. On average, mobs killed nine people per month during the 1890s. Over the next 20
By Barbara Reynolds TriceEdneyWire.com For a nation built on truth, abolitionist, freedom fighter, ex-slave Harriet Tubman should have the acclaim of a Paul Revere, or Patrick Henry whose courageous lines “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” guided the American Revolution. Tubman, whose battle cry was to ‘’live free or
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia WASHINGTON — By a party line vote of 232-to-196, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives took the historic step of passing a resolution formalizing the parameters of the next phase of the impeachment inquiry. An important move in a process that could
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A speech denouncing France’s colonization of Africa and her continued efforts to unite Africa and the African Diaspora has cost Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the African Union’s Ambassador to the United States, her job. The African Union has given her until Nov. 1 to
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia A new partnership between NBA great Shaquille O’Neal and Miles College will help bring a Papa John’s Pizzeria to every Historically Black College and University Campus in the nation. “Historically Black Colleges and Universities have paved the way for African Americans and
By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com It’s no secret that Amazon has been promoting DIY (Do It Yourself) surveillance products to consumers, such as its very own smart doorbell, Ring. But what Amazon shoppers and most everyday Americans are just starting to find out is that the real target customers for
By Christine Sexton News Service of Florida An algorithm that dictates assignment of many Medicaid patients to health plans could cause another high-stakes tussle among plans that have received an estimated $90 billion worth of contracts to manage care in Florida’s Medicaid program. The state Agency for Health Care Administration
News Service of Florida Florida’s medical marijuana laws should be enough to shield the growing industry from prosecution across northern Florida. U.S. Attorney Lawrence Keefe of the Northern District of Florida said that while marijuana remains illegal under federal law, he will not waste resources on issues declared legal and
