Tag: equity
President Biden Taps Meharry Medical College President for COVID Task Force
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Meharry Medical College President and CEO Dr. James Hildreth has been named by President Joe Biden...
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Leads U.S. Reparations Bill H.R. 40
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee knows that there has never been another time in which she has...
Disenfranchised and Marginalized Communities See Hope with Biden, Harris
On his first day, just hours after taking the oath of office, President Biden signed a host of executive orders – one of them aimed at ensuring racial equity. “It is, therefore, the policy of my administration that the federal government should pursue a comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality” President Biden proclaimed.
Essential Workers, Others at High-Risk Push Back on State’s Age-Based Vaccine Rollout
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
COVID-19 vaccine distribution has been a complex puzzle for California’s state and local governments so far, with efforts to...
Black Leaders: Biden Order Is First to Recognize America’s History of Housing Injustice
Quinci LeGardye | California Black Media
Black Leaders and civil rights groups – including the NAACP and the Greenlining Institute -- are hailing a memorandum...
