Black Press of America

Tag - economic justice

Children in HeadStart by Vince Alongi

Head Start Is a Jump Start for Women’s Economic Security

by Jason Roberts

8 min read

3 weeks ago

William J Barber II Poor People Campaign

OP-ED: The Good News In 2024: Poor People Are the New Swing Vote

by Jason Roberts

7 min read

3 months ago

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz pictured, 1963. Photo: Repository American Jewish Historical Society. Digital images created by the Gruss Lipper Digital Laboratory at the Center for Jewish History. / Wikimedia Commons)

Dr. King’s Economic Justice Movement Rekindled

6 min read

1 year ago

Islamic banking can increase access to financial services for minorities, who frequently lack access to traditional banking services due to income inequality. Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA

COMMENTARY: Faith and Fortitude — How Black Muslims’ Core Values Can Transform the Racial Wealth Landscape

7 min read

1 year ago

Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist, and an award-winning columnist.

COMMENTARY: Chaos or Community, Circa 2023!

6 min read

2 years ago

Reproductive Justice is about more than our bodies, it’s about economic justice, voting rights, housing justice, environmental justice, LGBTQ liberation, immigrants’ rights and the decriminalization of Black people.

Top three reasons to invest in Reproductive Justice during Black History Month

5 min read

3 years ago

Voting rights activists have been putting pressure on Congress to end the filibuster and make it harder for state legislators to change voting laws that place barriers in front of the ballot box.

March on Washington 2021 Focuses on Voting Rights

4 min read

3 years ago

The fight against injustice can only succeed if it is linked with a vision of justice. The reallocation of resources is both a means to realize that vision and a measure of its success. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

PRESS ROOM: From Disinvestment to Reinvestment

6 min read

3 years ago

In both the Playbook and the focused work on tax justice, Countess says, the Project aims to provide information and analysis that is both thoughtful and actionable. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

PRESS ROOM: Transnational Solidarity: Linking Local Issues and Global Problems

5 min read

3 years ago

SCLC is planning a new Poor People’s Campaign focused on empowerment, education and food for those in poverty. A campaign against poverty and opposition to war were Dr. King’s agenda items before his 1968 murder. (Photo: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Me-morial, Washington DC / 23econfoey / Wikimedia Commons)

No War on Poverty: The King Holiday and American Hypocrisy

13 min read

5 years ago

After a torrent of recent racial invective by the current President, commentators on both sides of the political isle are routinely referring to the President’s statements as the most racist they have seen in a lifetime.

Trump’s Latest Racist Attack Hits Baltimore as He Continues to Build Steady Narrative of Hate

6 min read

5 years ago

Accordingly, the NAACP’s mission remains to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of minority group citizens of United States and eliminate race prejudice. (Photo: The Oklahoma Eagle)

The Storied History of the NAACP

by Stacy M. Brown

7 min read

5 years ago

With the average borrower earning $25,000 to $30,000 a year, whatever difficulty led them to a payday loan store or web site, made their lives even worse. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

COMMENTARY: Capitol Hill hearing takes up the war between the needy and the greedy

by Charlene Crowell

7 min read

5 years ago

Attending the Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Avoice Heritage Celebration are (left to right:) Julianne Malveaux, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Dorothy R. Leavell, NNPA Chairman of the board and Publisher of the Chicago and Gary Crusader Newspapers.

COMMENTARY: The Congressional Black Caucus: Not Always in Headlines, but Never on the Sidelines

by Julianne Malveaux

6 min read

6 years ago

In the Trump Era, Consumer Protection Agency Changes Course

by eic_nnpanewswire

5 min read

6 years ago

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Calls for “Full-Scale” Boycott of BMW

by eic_nnpanewswire

5 min read

7 years ago