DETROIT – Ruben Burks, the first African American International UAW Secretary-Treasurer, died Monday. His work began as an assembler at the former General Motors Fisher Body Plant 2 in Flint in 1955. Burks joined UAW Local […]
By Tamara E. Holmes – COVID-19 — like so many other diseases — is hitting our communities the hardest. Let’s channel that alarm into action with these simple yet lifesaving measures. A couple years after hitting […]
By Bob Nightengale – Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson didn’t ask for the torch to be passed onto him, but he embraces the opportunity, believing it is his time and his place to leave his own legacy. […]
By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer – A flood of new research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fueling hope that it will turn out to be much less […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Kelly Rowland, Halle Berry and Anthony Anderson are among a host of black celebrities taking on the coronavirus epidemic as the disease continues to disproportionately affect minorities in the United States. […]
Houston Forward Editorial Board – The black community is being hit hard by COVID-19. In neighborhood after neighborhood across the country, the virus is claiming the lives of African-American educators, activists, bus drivers, grocery store workers, police officers, preachers, politicians and pioneers . […]
By Kat Stafford – The Congressional Black Caucus PAC endorsed Joe Biden’s presidential bid on Monday, further cementing his support among the nation’s influential Black political leadership. The political action committee’s unanimous endorsement came on the heels of […]
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors – Featuring a broad cross-section of women who have distinguished themselves across a rich variety of careers, our Portraits of Power series is a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Black […]
by Solomon Ali – The face of the American economy is forever changed by this coronavirus pandemic. In three weeks’ time we’ve witnessed financially viable companies go into rapid free fall by the millions, starting […]
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Many Black churches are using conference calls, Facebook Live, Instagram, YouTube and other video conferencing technologies to hold services. A serious complicating factor for all churches is the inability to pass the […]
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