Remembering Hattie Carroll, King’s Legacy and Women of the Movement By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Hattie Carroll (1911-1963) was a 51-year-old restaurant server who was … [Read more...]
Racism in the Workplace and the Whitewashing of the #MeToo Movement
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) was the first member of the Congressional Black Caucus to leave his job after the “MeToo” hashtag galvanized women … [Read more...]
You Better Watch Your Mouth: Dental Care in the Black Community
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) From the time I was a little girl, to just a day or so ago, someone has always told me to watch my mouth. Why? My mouth runs and sometimes it … [Read more...]
The Black Church and the Future of Obamacare Why Black Faith Leaders Must Lead the Fight for Healthcare Access
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) First of all, despite the Trump Administration’s efforts to kill (“repeal and replace”) the Affordable Care Act, it is still the law of the … [Read more...]
Did the FBI Just Declare War on Black People? Loving Your Blackness Could Make You a Target of the FBI
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) While White men are beating Black men on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, while a “lone” White wolf is shooting people from the … [Read more...]
The American Flag Is Soaked in Black Blood
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I am not sure why the national anthem and the so-called American flag are part of our nation’s sports pageantry. Before 2009, while the national … [Read more...]
Don’t Let “45” Take Credit for President Obama’s Economy
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The income, poverty and health insurance data released by the Census Bureau on September 13 confirms what many of us already knew. President … [Read more...]
Despite Unequal Treatment, Black Women Will Rise
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Many women’s organizations commemorate Equal Pay Day, which this year was April 5. It meant that women, in general, would have had to work all … [Read more...]
Why I’m Proud of the B-CU Grads that Protested Betsy “DeVoid”
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I could not be more proud of the students at Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU) than if I had raised them myself. Responding to the university’s … [Read more...]
Black Women Leaders Outraged By Police Violence Against S.C. Student
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) Leading Black women across the nation are expressing outrage this week over the videotaped violent incident showing a White police officer in … [Read more...]