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Study Finds Community College System Fails to Produce Equitable Outcomes for Black Students
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Study Finds Community College System Fails to Produce Equitable Outcomes for Black Students

Stacy M. Brown NNPA, Senior National CorrespondentOctober 13, 2022

According to a new report from the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies on the state of Black students at community colleges, an alarming 70 percent of Black students experienced food or housing insecurity or homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The report highlighted that while Black students remain disproportionately represented in community colleges, policy barriers prevent the system from producing equitable outcomes.

App-based Work Essential for Black Californians
Opinion

App-based Work Essential for Black Californians

Rev. Jonathan E. Moseley, Contributing WriterMay 30, 2022

The growth of app-based work here in California has provided major benefits for the state’s Black community, especially during the financial challenges stemming from the pandemic.

My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America
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My Plan to Lift Every Voice in Black America

Joe BidenOctober 22, 2020

President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to whitewash our history—and deny the daily reality of being Black in America. He actively appeals to white supremacists and fans the flames of hatred and division in our country, because he thinks it benefits him politically. He ignores the most basic job of every president: the duty to care for all of us, not just those who voted for him.

Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns
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Black Workers More Likely to Face Retaliation for Raising Coronavirus Concerns

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior CorrespondentJune 25, 2020

For instance, Amazon fired Black and brown workers who have organized to demand more substantial health and safety protections. Thousands of Instacart workers, many of whom are women of color, are reportedly waiting for face masks and hand sanitizer promised months ago.  Three out of every four Black workers who took the survey said they showed up to work during the pandemic even though they believed they might have been seriously risking their health or the health of family members. Less than half of white workers said they had done the same.

Black Workers, Labour Unions and Justice
Larry AubryOp-EdOpinion

Black Workers, Labour Unions and Justice

Larry AubryAugust 10, 2017

For Black unionists, labor reforms, like those in education, law enforcement and politics, are more rhetoric than reality.  They must understand that reform emanates from privileged conversations and closed door decisions by leaders who do not l look like them. And given Blacks’ continuing low priority status in unions, it’s safe to conclude organized labor’s high-level decisions routinely do not take Black workers’ needs and concerns into proper consideration.  

Economic Justice-Solving L.A.’s Black Job Crisis
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Economic Justice-Solving L.A.’s Black Job Crisis

Charlene Muhammad, Contributing WriterMarch 29, 2017

Los Angeles is in the throes of a Black jobs crisis, indicates a new study released by the UCLA Labor Center, the Los Angeles Black Worker Center, and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment. “Ready to Work, Uprooting Inequity: Black Workers in Los Angeles County,” was authored by Saba Waheed, Tamara Haywood, Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, Psalm Brown, and Reyna Orellana.  It details how the lack of access to quality jobs negatively impacts the Black community, Their report, launched at Holman United Methodist Church and via live stream on March 21 under the hash tag #HealBlackFutures, argues for the