Op-Ed
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Feb- 2020 -19 February
OP-ED: By the Content of their Character
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the summer of 1963, Reuther teamed up with Dr. King in Detroit for The Walk to Freedom, the largest Civil Rights demonstration in U.S. history at…
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11 February
OP-ED: Black Life Journeys Matter
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The NNPA began a unique and important partnership with Compassion & Choices to acquire a more in-depth awareness and knowledge about how Black Americans and others are…
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10 February
OP-ED: Plantation Politics in Minority Broadcasting
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Earlier this month in Congress, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hold a hearing, “Lifting Voices: Legislation to Promote Media…
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6 February
OP-ED: Commemorating our past, starts with cementing our present-day legacy
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The obstacles put in place by those that wish to see us disenfranchised – from the Census to the ballot box – only prolong the inevitable changing…
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Jan- 2020 -31 January
COMMENTARY: Unions Put America First and Goal
NNPA NEWSWIRE — For working men and women, the game is always the same. We take the field against management and the companies who put profits ahead of the very…
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29 January
COMMENTARY: The Martin Luther King They Love
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Whites framed their malice toward King as something other than racism. They did not oppose MLK because he struggled for black freedom and equality. Rather they detested…
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29 January
COMMENTARY: Young voters are going to be key to winning 2020
THE ATLANTA VOICE — In 2018, the youth vote increased in all 42 states for which youth voting data is available, according to the analysis by researchers at Tufts’ Center for Information…
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27 January
OP-ED: Hidden Tax Increases on Airlines Tickets Won’t Fly
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most Americans have probably never heard of the PFC, now capped at about $4.50 per person for each leg of a flight. But working families across the…
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19 January
OP-ED: Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 19th Amendment was adopted Aug. 18, 1920, after the required number of states ratified the constitutional measure. Though many Black women led suffrage campaigns, the 19th…
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16 January
OP-ED: In Honoring King’s Legacy, We Must Commit to The Work That Cost Him His Life
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King’s belief in universal programs as the key to our nation’s shared prosperity has long been central to the African American tradition. For centuries, Black men…
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