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Economy and Race Relations Seen as Growing Concerns Ahead of Election
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is not surprising that voters overall rate the economy as the most important issue impacting their vote for president this year given the fragile state of the U.S. economy and their...
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COMMENTARY: A [White] House in Pandemic Cannot Stand
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Richard Stengel, an under Secretary of State in President Barack Obama’s administration and an editor at Time, suggested that Trump’s condition may have approached a fatal point,...
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As Clinical Trials Halt, U.S. COVID Cases Surge
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The difficulty in producing a vaccine for the deadly virus comes as a new wave of COVID-19 infection has begun. Data provided by Johns Hopkins University in Maryland revealed that the...
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CDC Greenlights Evictions Despite Continued Pandemic
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A study conducted by Harvard University’s Department of Housing Studies revealed that half of Americans who rent are either severely rent-burdened or moderately rent-burdened. For...
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Ask Dr. Kevin: Heart Failure and ATTR-CM Among African Americans: A Community...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the U.S., African Americans experience disproportionate rates of cardiovascular disease, including heart failure and stroke ix,x and according to one study, were 45 percent more...
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EXCLUSIVE OP-ED: My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to whitewash our history—and deny the...
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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Rule That Would Prevent 700K From Receiving Food...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As the pandemic worsened, businesses shuttered, and unemployment reached record levels, the President announced the implementation of a new rule that would have required more food stamp...
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ELECTION 2020: For Millions of Americans, the Future of Health Care is What’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Right now, under the Affordable Care Act, it is your right to have access to lactation support and counseling without cost-sharing for as long as you are breastfeeding. If the ACA gets...
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ELECTION 2020: For Many Voters, “It’s [Still] the Economy, Stupid…”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Today, nearly 1-in-5 Black workers are employed in the public sector. The legacy of Black government workers is particularly strong in the Postal Service, where 27 percent of postal...
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OP-ED: Black Voters Cannot Afford Four More Years of Trump
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black Americans, millions of whom were already struggling before the pandemic struck, cannot afford to lose anything else and we absolutely cannot afford another four years of President...
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Breast Cancer Awareness Still Up Front in Compton Despite COVID
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — “Cancer is not cancelled due to COVID, and neither is our fight to end it,” said CUSD Board of Trustees Vice President, Satra Zurita, who co-hosted the 9th Annual Compton Walk...
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Seventh grader becomes health advocate, raises funds for Children’s Miracle...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The seventh grader appears on OLOL commercials, posters, and websites. He has participated in the hospital’s media-thons, events, fundraisers, and the grand opening for the new...
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Standing With Hope – A ‘Real’ Life Story
TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Core Civic’s managing director of communications Steve Owen stated, “Faith-based programs like Standing With Hope serve as a wonderful outlet for inmates at our facilities. Standing...
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Opportunities to Support a Child’s Healthy Lifestyle
NORTH DALLAS GAZETTE — A healthy lifestyle can begin at home with active family activities and a balanced nutrition plan. Obesity may be influenced by a combination of a lack of sleep, too much time...
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U.S. Tops A One Day Record of 100,000 New COVID Infections
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found that nearly 300,000 more people in the United States died from late January to early October this year than the...
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COVID-19 Worsens Debt Collector Harassment
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recalling its earlier research on the family wealth lost as a result of the Great Recession, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), holds that the effects of families of color losing...
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Obesity warps the shape and function of young hearts
MILWAUKEE TIMES WEEKLY — “If the obesity epidemic increases, or indeed maintains its current trajectory, it is likely that the future risk of cardiovascular events such as stroke and coronary heart...
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Black Men Receive Good News in Prostate Cancer Treatment
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black men remain more likely to develop more aggressive types of prostate cancer as prostate cancer death rates in African Americans are more than double those of every other racial and...
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Karen Jackson, Sisters Network Founder inspires others in new Book
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Four-time breast cancer survivor Karen Jackson’s new book, In the Company of My Sisters: My Story, My Truth, speaks about her life dedicated to assisting other breast cancer survivors....
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Supreme Court Scheduled to Hear Arguments That Will Determine the Fate of the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three of the Trump’s appointees, Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch are viewed as more likely than their colleagues to support the now lame-duck President’s...
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