Supporters say the plan will also help save lives. The NTSB’s push for legislation comes as truck driver deaths sit at the highest level in more than three decades. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s most recent report showed that 885 large truck occupants died in 2018 – an increase...
CDC Director Urges Parents to Get Their Teens Vaccinated
In an e-mail statement, Dr. Rochelle Walensky urged parents who may have questions to speak with their child’s health providers or with local pharmacists or health departments. “I strongly encourage parents to get their teens vaccinated, as I did mine,” Dr. Walensky asserted. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior...
Black Man Forced into Slave Labor Wins $550K Judgement
Bobby Paul Edwards, who “employed” Christopher Smith at his J&J Cafeteria in Conway, S.C., from 2009 to 2014, has now been ordered to pay the former employee nearly $550,000 in restitution. By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia In a story that proved as appalling as many of the...
President Biden Unveils Ambitious ‘American Family Plan’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia President Joe Biden unveiled a massive $1.8 trillion federal investment plan that directly supports education, childcare, and paid family leave. The President’s first address to Congress on Wednesday, April 28, came one month after the administration proposed a nearly $2 trillion...
Department of Justice Announces Investigation into Louisville Police
By Lauren Victoria BurkeNNPA Newswire Contributor Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on April 27 that the U.S. Justice Department will investigate police in Louisville, Kentucky. On March 13, 2020, 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor was fatally shot after three plainclothes members of the the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) entered her apartment searching...
U.S. House Prepares Historic Session on Reparations Legislation
The commission’s mission includes identifying the role of federal and state governments in supporting the institution of slavery, forms of discrimination in public and private sectors against freed slaves and their descendants, and lingering adverse effects of slavery on living African Americans and on society. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA...
SCLC Wants President Joe Biden to Use Executive Order to Restore the Gutted 1965 Voting Rights Act with Expansion
From the NNPA Newswire The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) called on President Joe Biden to use an executive order to restore Section 4 and Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Officials of the organization, which was co-founded and first led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said...
53 Years After MLK’s Assassination, Children of Civil Rights Icons Fight Voter Suppression
Bernice A. King joined the children of late civil rights champions the Rev. C.T. Vivian, and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, in blasting voter suppression laws that have cropped up since the 2020 election. By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Fifty-three years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King...
Faith Leaders Nationwide Decry Immorality of the Filibuster on Poor People’s Campaign Moral Monday
Faith leaders from across the nation gathered online and in-person On Monday, April 5 to stand against the immorality of the filibuster and its racist history. Representing religions across the board, the faith leaders participated in the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Monday Program: Make Holy Trouble program that took place...
Black Execs Denounce Voter Suppression
With at least 250 new laws proposed in 43 states, the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose membership include 800 current and former Black CEOs, senior executives, and board directors at Fortune 1000 and Global 500 companies, and entrepreneurs at top-tier firms, has issued the following...