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Health and Welfare
By Dr. E. Faye Williams
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Two points loom significant as I begin my thoughts for this week. First, my NCBW predecessor, Dr. C....
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...
Electoral College Seals President-Elect Biden’s Election Victory
Stacy M. Brown | NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
On Monday, December 14, the nation’s Electoral College officially stamped Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as...
Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic Decathlon Champion, Dies at 86
BETH HARRIS | AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Rome Olympics and helped subdue Robert...
New Coronavirus Vaccine Requires ‘Trust’ of African American Community
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent
News that Pfizer and BioNTech’s announcement that their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90 percent effective...