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Dr. Kevin Williams Issues Caution to African Americans About Rare Heart Disease
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Dr. Kevin Williams Issues Caution to African Americans About Rare Heart Disease

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 27, 2021

With the most recent collaboration between Pfizer Rare Disease and the Black Press, the organizations embarked on a mission to educate and raise awareness to transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy – or ATTR-CM. “ATTR-CM is a rare, life-threatening, underrecognized, and underdiagnosed type of amyloidosis that affects the heart and it is associated with heart failure,” Dr. Kevin Williams, Pfizer’s chief medical officer, told the NNPA in a live interview.

Chicago Mayor Says She Will Give One-On-One Interviews Only to Journalists of Color
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Chicago Mayor Says She Will Give One-On-One Interviews Only to Journalists of Color

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 27, 2021

Mayor Lightfoot has made gun violence a priority, and she noted the importance of speaking to journalists of color. Her decision has sparked outrage in White media circles, but others applauded Mayor Lightfoot. “With this outrage, y’all are implying that Black and Brown journalists aren’t capable of asking the hard questions,” the Chicago-based Black-owned media platform, The TRiiBE, tweeted.

NNPA EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Val Demings Will Run for Senate
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NNPA EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Val Demings Will Run for Senate

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 20, 2021

Electing a Black woman to the U.S. Senate this cycle is a top organizational priority, Quentin James and Stefanie Brown James, the co-founders of The Collective PAC, proclaimed on Tuesday, May 18. “We are proud to stand with Val Demings (D-Fla.),” the couple, who represent the PAC, stated.

Black, Latino and Female Officers Use Less Force than Whites
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Black, Latino and Female Officers Use Less Force than Whites

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 20, 2021

“When I got the paper, I literally at one point said, ‘hot damn,’” says Phillip Goff, a behavioral scientist at Yale University who wrote a commentary on the study published in the same issue. “I was a skeptic about demographic reform previously, and now I am a convert.… Demographics reform in policing actually has the potential to dramatically change behavior.”

Environmental Racism is Real, Destructive and Deadly
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Environmental Racism is Real, Destructive and Deadly

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire CorrespondentMay 20, 2021

While the study takes a somewhat different approach in examining disparities in air pollution exposure by examining consumption of goods and services, “its findings once again reveal blacks and Hispanics bear a disproportionate ‘pollution burden’ or costs, while Whites experience ‘pollution advantage’ or benefits,” Dr. Bullard said. 

Conoco Phillips Heads Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in the Oil and Gas Industry
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Conoco Phillips Heads Diversity and Inclusion Efforts in the Oil and Gas Industry

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 20, 2021

At ConocoPhillips, Shawn Green and Maalika Moore-Thomas each take an optimistic approach to recruiting some of the best minority talent and minds. Green, the manager of global services and technology, and Moore-Thomas, the senior supplier diversity coordinator, also keep a steady eye on diversity and inclusion with ConocoPhillips’ contractors and suppliers.

A Transformational President
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A Transformational President

Congressman James E. Clyburn (D-SC)May 13, 2021

It was much more than a political assessment when I declared 15 months ago that “we know Joe, and most importantly, Joe knows us.” Joe Biden is succeeding because of he understands the needs and aspirations of the American people. His bold and inclusive initiatives are restoring the faith of those who have been hardest hit by the current health and economic crises and raising the hopes of those who had already been hard hit by injustices in our society long before these crises struck.

DOJ Seeks to Clean up Police Departments Around the Country
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DOJ Seeks to Clean up Police Departments Around the Country

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 13, 2021

“… if the U.S. Justice Department develops evidence that a local or state entity like a police department is failing to abide by the U.S. Constitution or other federal laws, it can go to federal court and seek an order of some kind requiring the entity to cease its illegal activity and perhaps implement some measures to prevent its recurrence,” Caitlin Kizielewicz, a spokesperson for the Crime and Justice Research Alliance, told NNPA Newswire.

General Motors Announces 400 Percent Increase in Ad Spending with Black-Owned Media
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General Motors Announces 400 Percent Increase in Ad Spending with Black-Owned Media

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentApril 15, 2021

General Motors officials said it would be more productive to host a series of meetings involving a more extensive mix of Black-owned media publishers and executives. “To ensure that our conversations are both substantive and constructive, we are going to postpone and reschedule it into a series of smaller conversations that take place over the next few weeks,” GM global Chief Marketing Officer Deborah Wahl told the executives.

President Issues Executive Orders on Voting on Anniversary of Bloody Sunday
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President Issues Executive Orders on Voting on Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentApril 8, 2021

“The right to vote is the foundation of American democracy. Free and fair elections that reflect the will of the American people must be protected and defended,” President Biden remarked during the Martin & Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast. “But many Americans, especially people of color, confront significant obstacles to exercising that fundamental right. These obstacles include difficulties with voter registration, lack of election information, and barriers to access at polling places.”