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Elizabeth Warren Celebrates Black Lives Matter Movement in Subtle Way at the DNC

August 20, 2020 admin 0

By Rebecca Shabad – The letters “BLM” were seen sitting in cubbies over Warren’s shoulder as she delivered her speech Wednesday night. WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., subtly celebrated the Black Lives Matter movement with […]

Lenders Deny Mortgages for Black Homeowners at a Rate 80 Percent Higher Than Whites

August 20, 2020 admin 0

By Diana Olick, CNBC – This Black borrower has an outrageous story about his mortgage refinance. “I started to realize maybe, maybe I need to not disclose my race.” When the coronavirus struck the U.S. in […]

Georgia Teachers Go Viral with Rap Videos Promoting Virtual Learning

August 20, 2020 admin 0

By Terry Shropshire – With the state of Georgia reportedly now leading the nation with the highest number of coronavirus cases, the prospect of sending students back to school is fraught with peril and uncertainty. But two Albany, […]

Black Babies are More Likely to Survive When Cared for by Black Doctors, Study Finds

August 19, 2020 admin 0

Black newborns are more likely to survive during childbirth when cared for by Black doctors, according to a new study. In the United States, Black babies die at three times the rate of white newborns […]

Blacks More Likely Targeted Than Whites Despite Traditional Police Training

August 19, 2020 admin 0

By Arthur Dobrin D.S.W. – There’s a difference between training and the real-world. Anti-bias training is touted as a way of combating racial biases among police officers. But research shows that the effect of such training isn’t […]

Rush Limbaugh Under Fire for Calling Kamala Harris Obscenity On Air

August 19, 2020 admin 0

By Terry Shropshire | August 18, 2020 – Longtime radio host Rush Limbaugh reportedly used a brazenly sexist obscenity to describe presumptive vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris and also referred to her as a “mattress.” According to Newsweek and the New York Daily […]

Black Teen Told to Cut His Locs by Texas School Wins Court Ruling

August 19, 2020 admin 0

By Janelle Griffith – Kaden Bradford and his cousin, DeAndre Arnold, 18, made national headlines in January after they said they were not allowed to return to class unless they cut their hair. A federal […]

What To Watch In Today’s Elections In Alaska, Florida And Wyoming

August 18, 2020 admin 0

By Geoffrey Skelley and Nathaniel Rakich – Primary season is winding down. – From sea to shining sea (via purple mountains majesty), today’s primary elections have it all. To have a prayer in November, Alaska Democrats may have to nominate … candidates who are […]

March on Washington Reconfigured to Comply with Virus Rules

August 18, 2020 admin 0

By Aaron Morrison And Ashraf Khalil WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid widespread protests and unrest over the police killings of Black Americans, a national commemoration of the 1963 civil rights March on Washington is being reconfigured to […]

Trump Administration Ramps Up Efforts to Dismantle Post Office

August 17, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “They have withheld that money. They have broken the law,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Karen Bass told BlackPressUSA during a livestream interview […]