Proclaiming that healthcare is a right and not a privilege, President Joe Biden said his administration is committed to ensuring that every American has access to the quality, affordable health care they need. The president noted that since his American…
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Power of trust and truth
Sharing, trusting scientific facts about COVID-19 helps turn tide for communities of color
by Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director National Institute on Minority Health, Health Disparities •
COVID-19 has killed more than 250,000 people in the U.S., and the death toll continues to rise at a rate of about 1,000 per day. We know, however, that families and communities don’t count their losses in thousands or hundreds.…
My plan to lift every voice in Black America
by Joe Biden •
There is injustice in America. There is discrimination. There is a legacy of racism and inequality that lives still in our institutions, our laws, and in too many people’s hearts that makes it harder for Black people to succeed. These…
One North Carolina city council approves reparations – sort of
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire senior correspondent •
Lost in the aftermath of the demonstrations stemming from the police killing of George Floyd and the pandemic is the issue of reparations for African Americans. Asheville, a North Carolina city where Black people make up just 11% of the…
Companies owned by Women of color account for 89% of all new women-owned businesses
by Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire senior correspondent •
Crystal Etienne is a businesswoman, wife, and mother of two children. She’s also the founder of Ruby Love, a $10 million personal care company that she built in just four years. “My dream was to always work for myself,” Etienne,…
Black leaders call out ‘big insurance’ over surprise medical billing
by Hazel Trice Edney •
(TriceEdneyWire.com) — Prominent figures in the African American community are calling on Congress to rein in large insurance companies as lawmakers look to address an increasingly urgent problem in the health care market that falls especially hard on working families,…