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Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Longtime South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn has announced his resignation from his House leadership position, effective immediately, while simultaneously committing to run for reelection. Clyburn, a […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The “White lady walks into the police station, and then shoots it up and still is alive.” Also, “she called for help and ended up dead. My […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Taraji P. Henson’s powerful statement that highlighted the glaring wage disparities faced by Black women in Hollywood perhaps pales in comparison to the meager salaries those in […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Recent research conducted by Scientific American Online supported fears that facial recognition technology (FRT) can worsen racial inequities in policing. The research found that law enforcement agencies […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The collateral consequences of a criminal conviction often amount to a lifelong disadvantage, particularly for African Americans. According to the Sentencing Project, in 2010, one in three […]

Data News Staff Edited Report Dexter Scott King, the younger son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King died Monday after battling prostate cancer. The King Center in Atlanta, which Dexter […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent As the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, civil rights icon, diplomat, and former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young reflected on King’s legacy and progress in […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In a critical assessment of the Biden-Harris reelection campaign, South Carolina Democratic Rep. James Clyburn, a key party influencer, and former President Barack Obama have each expressed […]

Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor New Colorado Buffaloes Coach Deion Sanders has been named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsman of the Year.”After all the controversy that came with his decision to leave an HBCU, Jackson State […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlit two revolutionary cell-based gene therapies, Casgevy and Lyfgenia, marking a significant leap forward in treating sickle cell disease […]