NNPA NEWSWIRE – Farrer’s efforts and those of her colleagues on the Executive Committee are primary reasons that the Black Press remains the trusted voice inside and outside the communities they serve. She said it is the transformative vision of NNPA leaders that catapult Black-owned newspapers and media companies in the NNPA family.
NNPA Second Vice Chair Reflects on Success of the Black Press
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Community, Featured, Lauren Victoria Burke, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics
COMMENTARY: After Record Turnout in 2020, Texas Set to Pass Most Restrictive Voting Laws in the U.S.
NNPA NEWSWIRE – The new Texas bill, SB7, mandates that you can vote with gun permit but not student ID, no online voter registration, individuals must be deputized to register voters, voters under 65 can’t use fear of COVID to vote by mail. In addition, Texas has closed 750 polling places since the U.S. Supreme Court under John Roberts destroyed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with their Shelby vs. Holder decision in 2013.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Community, Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Stacy Brown
Have You Seen Them? Missing People of Color Continue to Receive Less Priority Than Their White Counterparts
NNPA NEWSWIRE – Specifically, 156,000 African American children under 18 are missing and unaccounted. Most are forgotten, even by law enforcement officials charged with solving the mostly cold cases. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) continues its series on the plight of missing African American girls and boys who have disappeared. Throughout the series, which began in 2019, a common theme emerged: Black children who go missing receive far less media coverage and police priority than White children.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Advice, Commentary, Community, Dallas Weekly, Featured, James Washington, Lifestyle, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Religion
COMMENTARY: Choose Confidence and Discipline Over Arrogance and Ego. It’s on You
NNPA NEWSWIRE – I just happen to believe that without spiritually based confidence and discipline, it is practically impossible to stand up to the daily challenges of life and the temptations that sometimes control our out-of-control behavior. You see, the good news of the gospel is that wherever the Holy Spirit chooses to take up residence, change must occur.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Commentary, Community, Featured, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Roger Caldwell
COMMENTARY: Black Men Must Talk About Drugs Ravishing Our Community
NNPA NEWSWIRE – It is no mistake that drugs are so prevalent in the Black community, that our children can direct a stranger were to purchase drugs. The most amazing thing about drugs in the Black community is that nothing is done, because everyone is scared, others don’t care, so it is accepted.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Commentary, Economy, Featured, Julianne Malveaux, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics
COMMENTARY: 100 Days of Biden-Harris
NNPA NEWSWIRE – I see the $6 trillion price tag on the Biden legislation as more of an investment than simple spending. A better-educated workforce earns more money, pays more taxes. A healthier workforce means less absenteeism, more efficiency, and productivity. Quality childcare means more women in the workforce —millions of women left in the wake of COVID. The investment makes sense to build our labor force back better.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Commentary, Community, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Featured, HBCU, Health, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Roger Caldwell
COMMENTARY: Blacks in Florida Lag Behind Every Community in Getting Vaccinated
NNPA NEWSWIRE – No one in Florida really knows who to trust and believe when it comes to information, about the vaccine numbers. Based on the census in 2020, the total statewide population is 21,477,737. According to the census as of April 28, 2021, 36% of Florida’s White population has been vaccinated; 24.4% of Florida’s Hispanic has been vaccinated, and 17.3% of Florida’s Black population has been vaccinated. The total people vaccinated statewide, as of April 28, 2021 is 8,684,024.
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Featured, Homeownership, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire, Politics, Ray Curry
2021 Fair Housing: Restoring HUD Rules and Revenues
NNPA NEWSWIRE – “By guaranteeing affordable mortgages for White families and excluding Black families or limiting Black families to purchase in less economically advantageous neighborhoods, the government created, encouraged, and reinforced intense residential racial segregation throughout the nation,” said Richard Rothstein, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.’s Senior Fellow Emeritus. “White flight,” or the creation of White suburbs, was also undergirded by massive federal investments in the construction of the interstate highway system. The federal government often took possession of homes and land in Black communities by claiming eminent domain in order to construct highways as physical barriers between White neighborhoods and areas with a large presence of African Americans or communities of color.”
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Commentary, Entertainment, Featured, Movies and Film, National, News, NNPA, NNPA Newswire
FILM REVIEW: A Quiet Place Part II
NNPA NEWSWIRE – Evelyn Abbott (Blunt) is a survivor. She walks perilously around her deserted environs with her deaf teen daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds), tween son Marcus (Noah Jupe) and her baby, always looking over her shoulder, scared creatures will hear and kill them. She hauls their rifle and a makeshift baby carriage. The two older kids carry what’s left of their valuables and a speaker that can emit ear-splitting noises. Their mission is to find a safe haven and other survivors. And if they can locate help, how will they be received? “You can’t stay.”
Posted in#NNPA BlackPress, Community, Economy, Featured, Financial Management, National, News, NNPA, Politics, racism
A year of COVID-19 brought record consumer debt and collection complaints
NNPA NEWSWIRE – “Systemic racism has fostered a debt collection landscape in which people of color are more likely to be contacted by collectors and more likely to be impacted by lawsuits resulting in wage garnishment and bank levies,” states CRL. “State laws differ in terms of how much money is “protected,” or is unable to be seized by a debt collector, to leave money for a family’s basic needs. Federal protection is urgently needed.”
