NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Part of the reason the system is broken is that the very people it is intended to help and serve are not being served,” said Dr. Tammy Lewis Wilborn of Wilborn Clinical Services LLC. “Their emotional and psychological needs are not being addressed. Some young people have spent most of their lives in foster care and they are not receiving the social skills to be able to function.”
Stacey M. Brown
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President Biden Poised to Sign $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As the President said last week, once the rescue plan is signed, we’ll be able to start getting payments out this month,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Wednesday. “Treasury and IRS are working tirelessly to make that happen. They are building on lessons learned from previous rounds to increase the households that will get electronic payments, which are substantially faster than checks,” Psaki added.
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Inspired by Langston Hughes, Jazz Artist Candice Hoyes Talks New Music
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I’m fortunate that I had Black books in my home. It really shaped me and the ideas I want to put across. I always had a special connection to Langston Hughes and his poetry. I live in Harlem now not far from the Langston Hughes home.” Candace Hoyes also lists Sade, Anita Baker, and Billie Holiday among her inspirations.
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The ‘Roots’ of Slavery and its Lasting Effects
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Still, those names come with a price because many agree that hate is as American as Apple Pie and baseball. And, victims of such hate not only include the once enslaved African American, but America is a country where it once was illegal for all women to vote.
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From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Slavery was abolished in 1865 with the end of the Civil War and passing of the 13th amendment, but America found what many see as a disingenuous way of continuing its slave master ways – mass incarceration.
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From Slavery to Civil Rights and Environmental Racism
NNPA NEWSWIRE — With President Donald Trump castigating the science of global warming, it’s little wonder that today’s environmental policies not only target people of color when it comes to the placement and operation of unhealthy facilities, they also exclude people of color from being a part of the policy making process — even though they are the ones who are usually most directly negatively impacted by environmental injustices.
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Actress, Influencer Lends Voice to Domestic Violence in Black Communities
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A survivor of parental abuse, Samantina Zenon sought mental help while in college after what she called a life-changing emotional meltdown. Now, she’s offering help to other sufferers by having a dialogue with survivors, hoping to help people in need heal so that they can also experience their dreams.
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The Capitol Riots and a Tale of Two U.S. Government Coup Attempts
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After fanning false and racist beliefs that the newly elected government would promote a Black uprising, upend their way of life, endanger white women, and bring about an unfathomable new American reality in which Black men – not white – governed, white leaders pledged harm.
