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A Nation in Freefall While the Powerful Feast: Trump Calls Affordability a ‘Con Job’

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — There are seasons in this country when the struggle of ordinary Americans is not merely a condition but a kind of weather that...

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

Millions Suffer as Trump’s Economy Crumbles

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America’s economy is not collapsing by accident. Under President Donald Trump, Russell Vought, and Stephen Miller, a deliberate plan has taken hold, a...

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

White America Faces Reality of Trump’s Cruel Shutdown as SNAP Benefits Vanish

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — America is being strangled by its own government. Forty million people who depend on food stamps to survive are about to lose them...

#NNPA BlackPress2 months ago

New Social Security Rules Could Leave Black Retirees Further Behind

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The country’s most dependable safety net is changing again, and this time, many fear it will fall hardest on the people who have...

#NNPA BlackPress3 months ago

Report Warns about Shifting Racial Job Trends Across the Nation

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — While the overall unemployment rate held steady between June 2024 and June 2025, joblessness among Black workers rose by more than half a...

#NNPA BlackPress6 months ago

Obesity Tied to Diet More Than Declining Activity

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Among African American adults, nearly 48 percent are clinically obese, including 37.1 percent of men and 56.6 percent of women, according to the...

#NNPA BlackPress8 months ago

Five Years after George Floyd, Racial Justice Hopes Fade

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Support for Black Lives Matter, which surged in 2020, has dropped to 52%. Favorability has remained highest among Black adults (76%), Democrats (84%),...

#NNPA BlackPress8 months ago

100 Days of Chaos: Trump’s Return Feels Like a Sequel No One Asked For

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — “These are just the first effects of Trump’s reckless and regressive tariffs—the beginning of higher costs that families will face due to the...

#NNPA BlackPress8 months ago

The Department of Education is Collecting Delinquent Student Loan Debt

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Department of Education will withhold money from tax refunds and Social Security benefits, garnish federal employee wages, and withhold federal pensions from...

#NNPA BlackPress10 months ago

Recently Approved Budget Plan Favors Wealthy, Slashes Aid to Low-Income Americans

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The most significant benefits would flow to the highest earners while millions of low-income families face cuts

#NNPA BlackPress1 year ago

Head Start Is a Jump Start for Women’s Economic Security

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Childcare is work that supports all other work. Mothers, who do most of the caregiving, too often must choose between staying home or...

#NNPA BlackPress2 years ago

COMMENTARY: Faith and Fortitude — How Black Muslims’ Core Values Can Transform the Racial Wealth Landscape

NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s no longer a choice but an obligation to take the current economic state of our community into consideration. We need to be...

Wealth inequality in Silicon Valley is more pronounced than in the U.S. overall, or globally, with the top 1% of households holding 48 times more of the total wealth than the bottom 50%, according to the report. That compares to 23 times nationally and globally, the report said.

Business3 years ago

Silicon Valley’s Vast Wealth Disparity Deepens as Poverty Increased

A new study of Silicon Valley wealth, income and other economic measures shows vast disparities in one of the country's wealthiest regions, with the top 10%...

These programs, including LA County’s Breathe program, are modeled after a universal basic income program that was tested in the city of Stockton. The Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) provided $500 to 125 low-income residents for 24 months.

Activism3 years ago

California Cities are Pilot Testing Guaranteed Basic Income Programs

“The course of this pandemic has revealed the large number of County residents who are living on the brink of the financial crisis, with insufficient savings...

Cheryl Sudduth, a Bay Area community organizer and international negotiator, is seeking election as the first U.S. Representative for California’s new 8th Congressional district.

Bay Area4 years ago

Bay Area Activist Seeks Congressional Seat in Newly Formed District 8

Last year, the California Black Census and Redistricting Hub pushed the California Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw a new congressional district to create consolidate the voting power of these diverse...

The COVID-19 death rate is 15% higher for Black Californians than the statewide average. Nationally African Americans account for 12% of the country’s population, but they make up about 14% of COVID-19 related deaths.

Activism4 years ago

White House Praises California Model; Says Equity Is Critical in COVID Fight

California was among the first states to start tracking racial data to determine why the disease, based on early infection patterns, was disproportionately impacting Blacks, Latinos...

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Activism4 years ago

COMMENTARY: After Jan. 6, An MLK Day Deadline for Voting Rights and Democracy

This is a dangerous thing that goes beyond mere policy matters. First the Cruzes fall in line. Then the people. Republicans are not shy about what’s...

#NNPA BlackPress6 years ago

Trump Administration Cuts Food Stamps for at Least 700,000 Americans

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Brandon Lipps, the deputy undersecretary for the USDA’s Food Nutrition and Consumer Services, spoke with reporters for under...

Community11 years ago

OP-ED: We Must Build Pathways Out of Poverty

By Congresswoman Barbara Lee An article in the recent Post Newspaper, “Oakland is Losing Its Racial, Age and Economic Diversity,” highlights the growing crisis of...

World11 years ago

Rising Inequality Holding Back Economic Growth, Report Warns

GREG KELLER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The widening gap between haves and have-nots in much of the developed world not only raises concerns about the...

World11 years ago

Rising Inequality Holding Back Economic Growth, Report Warns

GREG KELLER, Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The widening gap between haves and have-nots in much of the developed world not only raises concerns about the...

Politics11 years ago

Obama Defends ‘Respectability Politics’ Speeches Criticized by Black Progressives

(Slate) – President Obama appeared on a Georgetown-sponsored public policy panel Tuesday and, in addition to making everyone laugh a few times, he participated for about...

Politics11 years ago

Obama: Stereotypes on Left, Right a Hurdle to Ending Poverty

NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It wasn’t your typical panel discussion: President Barack Obama sat down Tuesday with leading thinkers from the left and...

Op-Ed11 years ago

Challenging Economic Racism in America — Part II

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There are many different manifestations of racism in America and throughout the world. But there is not a...

Op-Ed11 years ago

Black Families Must Focus on Asset Building

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist As the wealthy few continue to prosper, the rest of the nation is caught in a financial tug-of-war between stagnant...