NAACP Unveils Black Policy Agenda Ahead of State of the Union

NAACP Unveils Black Policy Agenda Ahead of State of the Union

Editorial credit: Al Teich / Shutterstock.com By NAACP WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Biden’s final State of the Union address before elections in November, the nation’s largest civil rights organization has unveiled their Black Policy Agenda: State of The Union Edition. The agenda, which is first-of-a-kind for the organization, encapsulates the issues that are top-of-mind for Black America, […]

Attorney General James Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Children from Harmful Effects of Asthma and Allergy Drug Singulair

Attorney General James Calls for Urgent Action to Protect Children from Harmful Effects of Asthma and Allergy Drug Singulair

Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take urgent action to address the potential dangers of the asthma and allergy drug montekulast, known by the brand name Singulair. Singulair has been linked to harmful behavioral and mental health issues […]

Memory Loss: Alzheimer’s in Black Communities

Memory Loss: Alzheimer’s in Black Communities

By Linda Nwoke, Exclusive to New Black Voices Alzheimer’s disease is among the top seven in the United States with no cure, and despite the introduction of exciting treatments that slow its progression, the absence of a cure has remained a challenge. Generally, any form of memory loss affects an individual’s daily activities and is […]

Reading Octavia Butler in the Age of the Polycrisis

Reading Octavia Butler in the Age of the Polycrisis

Editorial credit: hamdi bendali / Shutterstock.com By Julia Tong | February 15, 2024 | Ethnic Media Services It is 2024, and America has collapsed. A dysfunctional, authoritarian government is unable to reign in rampant unemployment and poverty, skyrocketing drug abuse, and crime. The earth’s temperature continues to climb, while desperate people scramble for food, water, […]

What Exactly Is a Sanctuary City and What Does That Mean for NYC?

What Exactly Is a Sanctuary City and What Does That Mean for NYC?

By Gwynne Hogan Rachel Holliday Smith | February 13, 2024 The January brawl between NYPD officers and migrants in Times Square that went viral has sparked a national firestorm over long-standing sanctuary city policies that restrict cooperation between federal authorities and local law enforcement. Republicans seized on the attack to argue that sanctuary laws should be changed. […]

Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade

Completing an Unprecedented 10 Million Immigration Cases in Fiscal Year 2023, USCIS Reduced Its Backlog for the First Time in Over a Decade

WASHINGTON— Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is releasing end of fiscal year (FY) 2023 data that illustrate the agency’s progress in meeting its strategic priorities. The USCIS workforce has worked tirelessly over the past year to uphold America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility by reducing backlogs, improving customer experience, addressing […]

Mark Cuban Challenges CEOs to Find a Top-Performing Company without Diversity Programs: ‘Why Do You Think They Have Done So Well?’

Mark Cuban Challenges CEOs to Find a Top-Performing Company without Diversity Programs: ‘Why Do You Think They Have Done So Well?’

Editorial credit: Joe Seer / Shutterstock.com By Emma Burleigh and Ruth Umoh | MSN, originally featured on Fortune.com Mark Cuban doubled down on his defense of DEI as a business strategy earlier this week and took some of his fellow billionaires to task on their immigration stances. In a weekend post on X, its owner […]

Opinion: Before Nassau Throws a Party, We Must Serve Our Most Vulnerable

Opinion: Before Nassau Throws a Party, We Must Serve Our Most Vulnerable

By Siela A. Bynoe The practitioners who deliver physical, speech, and occupational therapy services to babies and toddlers under age 3 with disabilities and developmental delays have not gotten a raise from Nassau County in nearly three decades. As homelessness continues to grow, Nassau has slashed its funding to the Department of Social Services (DSS) […]

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