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by Dana Givens – November 24, 2020 – Former New York City Mayor David N. Dinkins has passed away at the age of 93 in his Manhattan residence of natural causes on Monday. The New […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent – “It’s more important than ever to double down on personal safety and public health precautions. Wear a mask, wash your hands, maintain […]

By Victor Trammell – On Friday (November 20), lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse (pictured left), the teen suspected in the Kenosha, Wisconsin murders, which occurred during summer protests over the Jacob Blake police shooting, has been […]

By Kevin B. O’Reilly – News EditorBuilding on its June pledge to confront systemic racism and police brutality, the AMA has taken action to explicitly recognize racism as a public health threat and detailed a plan […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE — By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent“Perhaps the biggest looming pardon question is whether Trump will consider granting himself a pardon, amid state investigations into his business and finances and […]

By Associated Press Associated – NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first […]

By Scottie Andrew, CNN – The first Black woman to be crowned Miss Mississippi USA is now the reigning Miss USA. Asya Branch, a student at the University of Mississippi and Booneville native, was crowned […]

By Stacy Brown – NNPA NEWSWIRE — Three of the Trump’s appointees, Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, and Neil Gorsuch are viewed as more likely than their colleagues to support the now lame-duck President’s […]

Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith’s research promotes health and healthcare equity for structurally marginalized populations.     By Bruce C.T. Wright, NewsOne Joe Biden has quickly gotten to work as the president-elect while his […]