The rocky relationship between journalism and the struggle for African-American equality, like any other courtship, is full of ebbs and flows, fluctuations that often times mirror larger societal changes.
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“Women of Color Connecting” Announces the Adopt-a-Business Program | The Network Journal
The Adopt-a-Business Program supports women of color entrepreneurs by offering 10 winners $1 million in support and resources to grow their existing businesses.
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Black boys need rites of passage programs in 2019 across the country | New York Amsterdam News
The year 2019 is important to African-American men because the opportunities are boundless and amazing. If you can conceive it, you can achieve it. The only barrier holding Black men back is preparation, knowledge and education. The challenge for Black men is Black manhood.
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The Racial Wealth Gap Could Become a 2020 Litmus Test | The Atlantic
With black votes in the balance in the Democratic primary, would-be candidates are already developing aggressive policies to target inequality.
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Black Farmer Says Trump’s Trade War, Shutdown Have Sliced His Profit Margins In Half | Atlanta Black Star
Tanasia Kenney, Atlanta Black Star | Eddie Cotton, 82, Hermanville, MS, clears a field for a fall crop of hay, using a 40-yr-old tractor. He is among thousands of black farmers denied federal loans in past years. “They took away my ability to provide for my family,” he says of the discrimination. ©Robin Nelson/ZUMA. Featured […]
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AG Letitia James announces major win over Trump administration in Census case | New York Amsterdam News
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a victory in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s decision to demand a question about citizenship information on the 2020 census.
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Essence Honors Black Women in Hollywood | Colorlines
Regina Hall, KiKi Layne, Jenifer Lewis and Amandla Stenberg each have their own cover.
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Suspected separatists in Cameroon ‘kidnap 30’ people | Al Jazeera
The people were kidnapped after suspected separatists attacked buses in the country’s troubled Southwest Region.
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Fight For $15 Minimum Wage Back at Forefront in Md. | The Washington Informer
William J. Ford, The Washington Informer | AP Photo/Mary Altaffer. Featured Image [dropcap]ANNAPOLIS[/dropcap]— State lawmakers, activists, business owners and workers held a press conference Monday inside the House of Delegates in support of raising Maryland’s minimum hourly wage to $15. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] Many of the same proponents gathered in the same room at the same […]
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Top 12 Scholarship Programs For Black/ African American Students in 2019 | African American News & Issues
Nationwide — The new year has settled in, and most students are already back to their normal school routine. Also, many are realizing that the summer is fast approaching and…
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