Leaders in education, civil rights, religion, housing discuss the State of Black America at Annual NNPA Conference By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Four, preeminent Black leaders in America today, addressed the challenges and celebrated the success stories of the African American community, during […]
By Hazel Trice Edney Pelosi, known for her fiery remarks, was perhaps at her most passionate last week in the midst of public and legislative debate concerning the “DREAMers†and following Trump’s “S***hole†description of El Salvador, Haiti and African countries while expressing the […]
By Vinette K. Pryce Special Assignment When a woman in the third row at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) took a knee during the singing of the national anthem on the day honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. it clued the audience that […]
Dear Mr. President, As former U.S. Ambassadors to 48 African countries, we write to express our deep concern regarding reports of your recent remarks about African countries and to attest to the importance of our partnerships with most of the fifty-four African nations. Africa is […]
By J. Zamgba Browne Chief Correspondent Sen. Cory Booker this week sharply criticized Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen; calling her “complicit” in President Trump’s bigotry for saying she doesn’t remember him making racist comments about Africa and Haiti at a White House meeting. Secretary Nielson, […]
(GIN) – Under a so-called “infiltrator’s law”, more than 1,000 African asylum seekers in Israel face deportation from Israeli detention centers starting in March. Speaking at a recent Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the harsh enforcement policy. “We are not acting against refugees,” […]
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