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Young adults in Seattle talk about what they think are some solutions to curb gun violence.

7 inspiring panelists, 10 of the nation’s leading Black publishers, 4 innovative hosts and moderators and 2 Emmy award-winning producers will conduct an interactive...

Hundreds of thousands of small businesses, including 40 percent of Black-owned companies, have closed, resulting in permanent job loss. Some of the hardest-hit industries include the leisure industries -- travel, dining, and more. Women, especially women of color, heavily populate some of these industries. While COVID hit women of color harder than others, recovery will not make these women whole.

Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County (BLMSKC) -- a grassroots, volunteer-run, social-justice nonprofit organization focused on the empowerment and liberation of Blacks and other people of color through advocacy and direct action – announced the launch of the Black-Led Community Investment Fund with nearly a quarter-million dollars in grants to seven local, community-based organizations.

For many communities facing food insecurity, COVID-19 has made a challenging situation even more difficult with meal and food bank programs impacted by the...

By Barrington M. Salmon NNPA Contributor President Donald Trump and Congressional leaders announced the $2 trillion economic stimulus package—the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES)...

The 2020 Census count impacts the federal funds that communities receive each year for programs and services that are critical for schools, students, and...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent African Americans were more likely to be unemployed than Americans overall in 2018 than they were in 2013, according...

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior Correspondent From a dowdy provincial city in the 1980s, Philadelphia has become a world-class urban center through gentrification – primarily...