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Racial Bias Uncovered in Kidney Transplantation System: Thousands of Black Patients Prioritized After Years of Waiting
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Racial Bias Uncovered in Kidney Transplantation System: Thousands of Black Patients Prioritized After Years of Waiting

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentApril 19, 2024

“Not everyone approaches medicine with a health equity lens. Many clinicians are not aware of existing disparities — how Black patients do not get referred to nephrology as early as white patients and do not have sufficient access to transplant ,” said Dr. Nwamaka Eneanya, an assistant professor at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Health System. “In medicine, the tendency is to say, ‘This is what a study showed, so this is what we should do,’ focusing on biomarkers and statistical tests without examining issues of ethics or health equity.”

THREE LEADERS IN LABOR, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ELECTED TO TOP POSITIONS AT CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST UNION
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THREE LEADERS IN LABOR, RACIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ELECTED TO TOP POSITIONS AT CALIFORNIA’S LARGEST UNION

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 8, 2022

Today, members of SEIU Local 2015, the nation’s largest long-term care union and California’s largest labor union representing nearly 450,000 long-term care workers, announced the appointment of Arnulfo De La Cruz as President of the Union, Carmen Roberts as Executive Vice President, and Blanca Carias as First Vice President of Home Care. 

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.

Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race
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Teachers wary of new laws limiting instruction on race

Kimberlee Krusi and Michael Melia, Associated Press  June 13, 2021

 As middle school teacher Brittany Paschall assembled a lesson plan on the history of the Negro Baseball Leagues, she wondered how she might have to go about it differently next year under a new Tennessee state law that prohibits teaching certain concepts of race and racism.

Experts Say It’s Rare that a ‘Jury of your Peers’ Applies to African Americans
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Experts Say It’s Rare that a ‘Jury of your Peers’ Applies to African Americans

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire CorrespondentJune 3, 2021

“When a juror is unable to relate to a person accused of a crime, the defendant is more likely to face stiffer penalties, up to and including life in prison,” said Charlotte, N.C.-based Attorney Darlene Harris, who after trying a recent murder trial, spoke to a White male juror who shared that a lot of the jurors could not understand the African American defendant.

Many Say Education of King’s Life, Legacy Remains Critical for Young People
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Many Say Education of King’s Life, Legacy Remains Critical for Young People

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMay 28, 2021

Brainly, the world’s largest online learning platform, recently surveyed more than 1,700 U.S. students to understand better what they know – and don’t know – about Dr. King, his life, and his legacy. It turns out; the answer is not much. According to the data, 63 percent of U.S. students incorrectly identified Dr. King’s accomplishments or were not aware of some of the most important things he did to contribute to America’s Civil Rights Movement. 

James Cadogan Named Executive Director of National Basketball Social Justice Coalition
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James Cadogan Named Executive Director of National Basketball Social Justice Coalition

Sentinel News ServiceApril 29, 2021

The National Basketball Social Justice Coalition today announced that James Cadogan has been appointed as its first Executive Director. Cadogan will assume the new position on May 10, 2021 and drive the strategic vision and day-to-day operations of the Coalition. Announced in November 2020, the Coalition will lead the NBA family’s collaborative efforts to address racial inequality and advance social justice by raising awareness, educating and advocating for meaningful policy change in several areas, including voting access and criminal justice system reform at the national, state and local level.

Elizabeth Keckley, Thirty Years a Slave, Four Years in the White House
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Elizabeth Keckley, Thirty Years a Slave, Four Years in the White House

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National CorrespondentMarch 4, 2021

“He came to the bed, lifted the cover from the face of his child, gazed at it long and earnestly, murmuring, ‘My poor boy, he was too good for this earth. God has called him home. I know that he is much better off in heaven, but then we loved him so. It is hard, hard to have him die.’”

“Trump’s White Magic and Carnival Mirrors: Shameless Hustling in the White House”
Dr. Maulana Karenga

“Trump’s White Magic and Carnival Mirrors: Shameless Hustling in the White House”

Dr. Maulana KarengaDecember 3, 2020

In every oppressive society, there are the seeds and signs of its own self-problematizing and self-destruction. It makes problems for itself by its hypocritical, dishonest, and oppressive practices. And it becomes self-destructive in that it produces unresolvable contradictions which divide it against itself and signal it can no longer exist in its current form.