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ICO Rallies Around Police Accountability
By Dianne Anderson Some of the most disturbing images Patrick Kennedy has seen lately is wrapped around religion, condoning violence and intolerance with Jesus as the ... -
Health Insurance Rates for 2019 to Increase 8.7 Percent
Covered California announced proposed health insurance rates for 2019 that will average single digits. The comparatively modest 8.7 percent average rate change, which some healthcare analysts ... -
Opposition Mounts for Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire If President Donald Trump’s last Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch is any indication, his latest pick in Brett Kavanaugh will do the ... -
OpEd: Congress Must Stop Family Separation
By Rep. Barbara Lee Like many Americans, the treatment of children and families at the border has shaken me to my core. San Diego-based U.S. District ... -
You Don’t Have to Break the Bank to Give Back
By Dr. Harry L. Williams Earlier this year, a man named Jack Weldon Patrick passed away in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. A long-time lawyer, Patrick was remembered ... -
A Hit – The Essence Music Festival
By Jesse B. Johnson, Jr. The 2018 Essence Music Festival held at the Mercedes Benz Superdome and Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, ... -
Study on Aggressive Prostate Cancer in African-American Men
The largest coordinated research effort to study biological and non-biological factors associated with aggressive prostate cancer in African-American men has begun. The $26.5 million study is ... -
Rep. Barbara Lee Considers Run for Democratic Caucus Chair
By Freddie Allen Editor-in-Chief, NNPA Newswire Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) said that she’s seriously considering running for Chairman of the Democratic Caucus, the fourth-highest ranking position ... -
Waudieur “Woodie” Rucker Hughes Leaves Legacy of Service
By Dianne Anderson Civil rights activists are reflecting this week on the passing of local legend, Riverside Chapter NAACP President Waudieur Rucker Hughes and her many ... -
Remarks by President Barack Obama at the 2018 Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
July 17, 2018 Johannesburg, South Africa PRESIDENT OBAMA: (Cheers and applause.) Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you so ...
