The pandemic is still teaching us lessons on discrimination
Across the country, studies reveal that Black and Latinx people make up about 80 percent…
racial disparity
What can we do from crisis to hope: How COVID-19 has critically affected our Black children
Among children who lost a parent to COVID-19, 20 percent were Black children, which means…
Next Stepp continues to fight health inequities amid controversy
The Next STEPP Pregnancy Center, located at 1210 22nd St. S, educates, supports and…
Local coalition of pastors address vaccine disparity
A group of local pastors, led by Rev. Dr. Wayne G. Thompson, held a press conference on…
City’s disparity study reviews relevant procurement policies
Eleanor Mason Ramsey, Ph.D., president of Mason Tillman, and attorney Don O’Bannon…
Progress for whom?
The Gas Plant District was the name of the area that Tropicana Field now sits atop.…
Increasing equity within Pinellas’ Spanish-speaking communities
Carl Lavender, Chief Equity Officer, Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg and Jessica…
A history of policing in America
Slave patrols and Night Watches, which later became modern police departments, were both…
Diffusing racial dynamite
The conditions appear to have been long set in places like Ferguson, Missouri, where…
We need a new voting-rights movement
BY: PENIEL E. JOSEPH This time next year, be prepared for rousing speeches,…
An open letter to black America: Why you should want the Redskins’ name changed, too
BY GYASI ROSS Ross, Author, attorney, and member of the Blackfeet Nation and Suquamish…
Differences in black and white
BY GEORGE E. CURRY, NNPA Columnist Public opinion polls confirm a fact that has been…
Coroner rules black man shoots self in chest while handcuffed
A 22-year-old African-American shot himself in the chest when his hands were cuffed…
How Ferguson Has Exposed a Civil Rights Generational Divide
This past week’s racial crisis in Ferguson, Mo., has uncovered a divide within the…
From ‘hands up, don’t shoot’ to ‘hands up, vote’
BY BENJAMIN F. CHAVIS, JR., NNPA Columnist Out of every momentous national tragedy that…