Year: 2023

• General

New Super PAC Aims to Empower Black Voters and Secure House Leadership

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Stacy M. Brown To bolster Black voter participation and secure a groundbreaking achievement in House leadership,...

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• Regular Column
• Social Justice

Missouri School District Reverses Anti-Racism Resolution Amid Growing Political Backlash

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Three years after George Floyd’s tragic death sparked...

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• Health
• Regular Column
• Social Justice

Racial Disparities in Melanoma Survival Rates Sound Alarm for Black Men

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Stacy M. Brown A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD)...

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• Health
• Regular Column
• Social Justice

Henrietta Lacks’ Family Settles Lawsuit with Biotech Company

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Stacy M. Brown Living relatives of Henrietta Lacks have reached a confidential settlement with Thermo Fisher...

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• Regular Column
• Social Justice

Texas Police Mistakenly Hold Black Family at Gunpoint Due to Clerical Error

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Stacy M. Brown Police officers in Frisco, Texas, mistakenly held a Black family at gunpoint after...

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• Regular Column
• Social Justice
• Special Supplement

American Exceptionalism Excludes Women

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Julianne Malveaux Our United States of America loves to brag about our advancements. We are the...

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• Black History
• Regular Column

The Retirement of Rev. Jesse Jackson: You Can’t Bury Hope or History

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

by Julianne Malveaux On July 16, Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson announced that he would pivot from his...

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• Business
• Social Justice

Unions Flex Muscle Not Seen in Decades

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

By Peter White In the hottest labor summer in 40 years, unions are demanding better contracts for...

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• Regular Column
• Social Justice

Brutal Atrocity in Northeast India Highlights Vulnerabilities of Women Around the World

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

By Sunita Sohrabji FREMONT, California — A group of women, with a few men among them, gathered...

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• Health

Is it Hot, or is it Just Me?

aavjtp1 August 1, 2023

By Ethnic Media Services By Macy Yang | Hmong Daily News Extreme heat is among the deadliest...

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