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STUDY: 8 Million Americans Went Into Poverty Due to the Pandemic

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By Victor Omondi – Based on a study conducted by Columbia University, the number of Americans living in poverty rose by 8 million since May, indicating a rise in poverty rates soon after early Coronavirus aid […]

Community

Vote Yes for Safe. Secure. Modern Schools

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By Warren Jones Duval County School Board  Chair – Our school buildings are on average 44-years old. Some have been around 100-years. That makes them the oldest in Florida, as well as the state’s worst […]

National

Compton Mayor Aja Brown Unveils Monthly Stimulus Plan, Which Will Assist 800 Low-Income Residents

October 22, 2020 admin 0

By Victor Trammell – Compton, California’s young, trailblazing, black, and female mayor has revealed her city’s ambitious, new economic relief plan, which seeks to provide monthly payments for nearly 1,000 of Compton’s poorest residents. According […]

National

Judge Rules Prison Inmates are Eligible to receive $1,200 Stimulus Checks

October 22, 2020 admin 0

By A.R. Shaw – Individuals who are serving time in prison are eligible to receive $1,200 stimulus checks. Judge O Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled […]

Entertainment

Niecy Nash to Host Her Own Daytime Talk Show

October 22, 2020 admin 0

Niecy Nash is set to land her own daytime talk show. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the 50-year-old actress is close to getting her own show with CBS Television Distribution. The studio behind “The Drew Barrymore Show” is […]

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My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America

October 22, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Joe Biden –  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 […]

Business

Nielsen’s 10th-Year African American Consumer Report Explores the Power of the Black Community from Moment to Movement

October 22, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — From video streaming, radio listenership and podcasting to buying Black and staying connected to social movements through social media, African Americans are leading the conversation with an unprecedented impact on brands, policies […]

Entertainment

Director Nia DaCosta Planning ‘Viscerally Disturbing’ Reboot of ‘Candyman’

October 21, 2020 admin 0

By rolling | October 21, 2020 |  Nia DaCosta has confirmed that the new Candyman film will include an origin story for the character. The 30-year-old director has overseen the “spiritual sequel” to the 1992 horror classic and revealed that her take […]

Sports

LeBron James on Black Voter Participation, Misinformation and Trump

October 21, 2020 admin 0

By Astead W. Herndon – In an interview, the recently crowned N.B.A. champion discussed the work of More Than a Vote, a collective of athletes trying to combat misinformation among Black communities before Election Day. […]

Editorials

The Gantt Report: There’s Something More Important Than Kamala

October 21, 2020 admin 0

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Lucius Gantt, The Florida Courier – If government-endorsed and recognized White militias, White supremacists, White nationalists, Klansmen, neo-Nazis, skinheads, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Brothers, 13 Percenters and other haters conspire to kidnap […]

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