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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Rule That Would Prevent 700K From Receiving Food Stamps During Pandemic
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Federal Judge Halts Trump’s Rule That Would Prevent 700K From Receiving Food Stamps During Pandemic

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentOctober 29, 2020

If the 2020 election’s importance wasn’t apparent to those casting ballots, a federal judge’s decision on Sunday might have underscored the urgency.
In a decision that had far-reaching consequences during a deadly pandemic that’s cost more than 219,000 Americans their lives, the court ruled on Oct. 19 against President Donald Trump’s order to strip food stamps from nearly 700,000 people.

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award
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Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Receives NNPA 2020 National Leadership Award

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentSeptember 17, 2020

Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has introduced several bills, including the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act, H.R. 71, the Federal Prison Bureau Nonviolent Offender Relief Act of 2015, and H.R. 4660, an Amendment to the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2015 affirming the authority of the Attorney General to reduce prison overcrowding by developing and implementing lawful policies relating to requests for executive clemency from deserving petitioners.

WATCH: L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks about importance of testing COVID-19
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WATCH: L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks about importance of testing COVID-19

Khari Jones, Jr., Contributing WriterAugust 12, 2020

The Martin Luther King Jr., community hospital is now operating at high-quality services to help an underserved community. United Health Care donated 10,000 COVID safety kits to the MLK outpatient center. Those safety kits contain hand sanitizers, masks, hand tools, toilet paper, and educational materials on how to stay safe during the Coronavirus.

Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri
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Protest leader Bush ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri

SUMMER BALLENTINE, Associated PressAugust 6, 2020

Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay Tuesday in Missouri’s Democratic primary, ending a political dynasty that has spanned more than a half-century.

LA Activists Drill Down on Who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why
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LA Activists Drill Down on Who Deserves Reparations for Slavery and Why

Aldon Thomas Stiles, California Black MediaJuly 23, 2020

As state and federal lawmakers grapple with whether or not the State of California — and the United States as a whole — should take a closer look at what it owes the descendants of enslaved Africans in the United States, a group of Black California activists are getting ahead of the conversation. They are distilling the case for reparations down to why African Americans deserve to get paid for centuries of free labor and the Jim Crow laws and other forms of state-enforced discriminatory practices that followed. They are also specifying which segment of Black Americans should get those payments. 

Get Connected and Get Counted
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Get Connected and Get Counted

Senator Holly MitchellJuly 23, 2020

Have you heard about the 2020 Census? I am sure you have received mail, phone calls, or maybe drove past a billboard with information on the Census. Do you still wonder what it is about and who gets counted? The new baby just born yesterday? She gets counted. Your Uncle Leroy who is 108 years old? He gets counted, too!

We Must Ensure Young Adults Can Access Public Support During COVID-19
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We Must Ensure Young Adults Can Access Public Support During COVID-19

Jeffery T. D. WallaceJuly 16, 2020

While President Franklin Roosevelt and a Democratic-led Congress were crafting the New Deal in the 1930s, and defending its Depression-era social programs against Republican opposition, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt amplified the voices of America’s youth when she expressed that she was terrified of losing an entire generation. America’s youngest workers, predominately in low-wage, low-skilled jobs, were most severely impacted then and during every major economic downturn since. The New Deal operationalized the most comprehensive relief, reform and recovery effort in U.S. history. It was inclusive of youth, providing young men and women with access to employment opportunities and financial assistance, though not equitably. Because of segregation, African Americans received less financial support than their white counterparts, even when they applied for it. 

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Congressional Black Caucus Focuses on Economic Recovery of African Americans in COVID-19 Crisis

Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire ContributorApril 2, 2020

The first draft of the COVID-19 Senate stimulus bill focused money to bailout large corporations and the top one percent. But after days of negotiation that included President Trump big footing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the legislation was changed to focus more on the needs of main street Americans.

150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested: The Black fight for the franchise
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150 Years After Ratification of the 15th Amendment, Black Votes Are Still Contested: The Black fight for the franchise

Mel Reeves, Minnesota Spokesman-ReviewMarch 12, 2020

“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” So reads the 15th Amendment, ratified on February 3, 1870, the third of what came to be known as the Reconstruction amendments.

Big Insurance Must Help End Surprise Medical Billing
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Big Insurance Must Help End Surprise Medical Billing

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEOFebruary 27, 2020

Known as “surprise medical billing,” these unexpected costs arise when a patient goes to a hospital for emergency or non-emergency care, only to find out afterwards that one of the medical providers who administered care was not covered in the patient’s insurance network.