NNPA NEWSWIRE — The healthcare system has long been inequitable – low-income individuals, people of color, and those without means, time, or money to travel to a physical facility, face significant challenges in getting the care they need. This situation worsened as the world shut down last year.
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OP-ED: Black America Supports Biden’s Build Back Better and Infrastructure Bills
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Now is the time for the Congress of the United States to act and to vote to pass President Joe Biden’s bold and consequential legislations: Build Back Better Framework and Infrastructure bills. Surveying across African American communities throughout the nation reveals overwhelming support for President Joe Biden’s legislative initiatives.
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OP-ED: Mills College in Oakland — Former Black Women’s Collective President Weighs in
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Let’s take a closer look at the current deal the administration has with Northeastern. It is truly nonsensical. First, it is troubling that the AAMC has yet to be presented with a strategic plan or detailed proposal for this “alliance” in practice. From what I gather, Northeastern is trying to absorb Mills. This is not a partnership or an alliance, but an acquisition that could lead to the dissolution of Mills in a very short time, similar to the situation with NCH, without any third-party oversight to hold NU to its end of the bargain.
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OP-ED: Access Is Always Appropriate — Even in a Pandemic
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In Florida, the legislative session is a sparse 60 days. During the 2020 session, legislators barred the public from feasibly attending committee hearings. The public was unable to access the state building and were forced to go to offsite locations like the convention center and log onto remote access software to share public testimony. They were not able to log on from the comfort of their homes, and there were no accommodations for persons with disabilities.
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PRESS ROOM: TRiBL Founder & CEO Ikechi Nwabuisi Lays Out Plan for the New Black Wall Street
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We must channel our consumer buying power of $1.4 trillion to create the new Black Wall Street. Now is a great opportunity for us to embrace what Tulsa’s Black Wall Street symbolized: Black excellence; the power of community; and the importance of unity. Ever since the death of George Floyd, we are realizing that we have to fight for social justice, but we also have to do what our predecessors did in Tulsa: They created a blueprint for wealth creation within our community. BankGreenwood.com reports that, a dollar circulates six hours in the Black community, 20 days in the Jewish community and 30 days in the Asian community.
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OP-ED: Medicare Restrictions on Obesity Care Perpetuate Harmful Stigmas
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Not only does obesity impact 1-in-3 Americans, it also takes a disproportionate toll on communities of color since almost half of Black Americans are living with obesity. Obesity is also a leading risk factor for COVID-19; 78% of people who were hospitalized, placed on a ventilator, or died from the pandemic were overweight or living with obesity. And we know that COVID-19 disproportionately impacts Black and Latino communities, who are nearly three times as likely to be hospitalized for severe cases of COVID-19 than whites.
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OP-ED: Don’t Raise Taxes on the Investments Black-Owned Businesses Depend On
NNPA NEWSWIRE — 58% of Black-owned businesses reported being financially distressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. From February to April 2020, Black business ownership dropped by a crushing 41%. And although the total U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.4 in July of this year, it remained a staggering 8.2 percent for Black workers. Which begs the question of why then are politicians even considering instituting economic policies that would harm Black-owned businesses, as opposed to helping them?
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COMMENTARY: Labor Day the March Begins!
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Proclamation 95, like the 13th Amendment that it 31 years later, favored the fundamental freedoms of enslaved workers in deference to the liberties slaveholders exercised for almost 300 years. W.E.B. DuBois once remarked that he saw the American Civil War as a “General Strike.” Throughout the bloodiest war in our history, an estimated 198,000 Black men traded their “pruning hooks” for military issued muskets. These men made up 10% of the Union Army, and another 19,000 served in the Navy. Although Labor Day was created in 1882 by unions, it didn’t gain national acceptance until some blood was shed.
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Op-Ed: Fixing New York City’s Homelessness Crisis Is an American Priority
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In particular, African Americans, Latinx Americans and other people of color are disproportionately, devastatingly impacted by COVID-19 and are also disproportionately entrapped with homelessness across America. The New York City homeless rates are at the tipping point of this growing national problem.
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OP-ED: Grassroots Organizers Should Be Celebrated in Georgia’s 95% Voter Registration Rate
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is a constant dance Georgia organizers must play to make sure that all who want to vote have a full and fair opportunity to do so. The ever-present reality of voter purging, combined with a looming threat that AVR may not always be an option, means that organizers are working overtime to uphold democracy and make sure that the voices and votes of everyday people are heard.
