Small Business Assoc. Administrator Jovita Carranza announced on April 4, 2020, that SBA issued guidance clarifying that all faith-based organizations impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19) are eligible...
California Black Media (CBM) has released their updated and comprehensive, “Counting Black California-Counting the Hard to Count” study, identifying areas in the state where African Americans...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Using modeling that displays their 30-day recommendations to avoid gatherings and travel Dr. Birx displayed a chart that revealed the possibility of up...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After speaking with small business owners, including minority small business owners, who are facing incredible challenges and uncertainty, I pushed for and helped secure...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I am very pleased and very happy to take the time to endorse a friend, a man of courage, and a man of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Continuing to deport migrants to Haiti would have implications for the U.S., as well, because Haiti’s health-care system is so drastically compromised, and...
NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the city’s bus service have made it...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We must not forget the many ways that Black bodies were used for medical experiments, from the use of Black women's genitalia to...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As of March 31, the Mississippi State Department of Health’s website was reporting 1,073 total cases statewide and 22 fatalities. Marshall County,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Minority and low-income Americans suffer from a significant lack of access to quality health care. They are also more likely not to have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "In 2002, the hosts were cats. Then for MERS, the host was camels," noted Dr. James Hildreth the president of Meharry Medical College....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the Census Bureau post-enumeration survey, 800,000 African Americans went uncounted. What does this mean? It means once again, the voice of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Let’s just be as direct as possible and stop beating around the bushes. The Administration made a move while the entire country has...
Responding to the economic devastation that is hitting working-class communities in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Oakland City Council has passed what may be...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Mail service continues and now advocates are doing what they can to encourage people to fill out CENSUS forms knowing so many Americans...
Oakland, CA – March 31, 2020, the City of Oakland announced the availability of emergency grants to help vulnerable small businesses weather the impacts of COVID-19....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jeffrey L. Boney, a multi-award-winning writer for the Houston Forward Times and the National Newspaper Publishers Association, is in the intensive care unit...
NNAP NEWSWIRE —Another $10 million has been designated for the Minority Business Development Agency within the Department of Commerce to provide grants to Minority Business Centers...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — At present the CDC has noted that those with chronic lung disease, moderate to severe asthma, serious heart conditions, those immunocompromised including cancer...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Several other provisions asked by members of the Congressional Black Caucus were an expansion of unemployment benefits to $600 per week in addition...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Earlier, several civil rights organizations noted watching with vigilance as Senate negotiations and, later, voting in both chambers took place. "We know that...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Republicans even conceded that Mr. Trump, his grafter family, other cabinet heads and senior leaders, along with their families, cannot benefit from this...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In New York and other locations, public safety prohibits large gatherings, causing St. Patrick's Day parades to be canceled. Broadway is likely to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “HU Facts: Howard University operates a world-class medical simulation center, 6,000 square foot state-of-the-art simulated learning environment, offering resources to advance a comprehensive...