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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.

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Hiring Black Census Employees in California Could Avert an Undercount in 2020

Jade K. Lee, California Black MediaJuly 4, 2019

The California Census Office believes there will be higher participation among African Americans during next year’s census if “trusted messengers” help get the word out and go door-to-door conducting pre-surveys, educating people and helping some fill questionnaires in Black communities.

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Congressman Bobby Scott Refused to be Distracted as He Spearheads Two Important Bills

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMarch 14, 2019

The congressman’s comments and the advancement of the Rebuild America’s School Act comes as a new report revealed that White school districts receive $23 billion more in funding than non-white districts despite serving the same number of students.