Survey: 32 percent of families spend 20 percent or more on child care
For the fourth year in a row, Care.com's Cost of Care Survey spoke in-depth with more than 1,000 parents nationwide about their child-care spending...
Missing pre-teen Abbiegail Smith found dead
KEANSBURG, N.J. — Eleven-year-old Abbigail Smith has been found dead after being missing for less than 24 hours. The child was last seen in...
Senate Health Care Bill Would Devastate Communities of Color
Today, the Center for American Progress published two separate briefs – the first one titled, The Senate Health Care Bill Would Devastate Communities of...
Black College Student Competing In Polo Tournament Will Make History
by Associated Press"As a mother of three children on a single income, I saw it as an opportunity to make their lives better," said...
Trump’s Ugly Mid-Year Report on Civil Rights
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media | "The White House judges nominees on the merits of their character and not on the clients they...
Louisiana Has One of the Highest Rates of Firearm-Related Child Deaths
Della Hasselle, Louisiana Weekly | In March, 10-year-old Justin Simms and 6-year-old Jumyrin Smith were discovered dead alongside their mother Monique Smith in New Orleans...
New NNPA Chair Presents Bold Vision for Group’s Role in U.S. Education Policy
By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA/ESSA Media Campaign)Dorothy Leavell, the newly-elected chairwoman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), said that she wants the...
Morgan Challenges Medical Marijuana Smoking Ban
Dara Kam, The News Service of Florida (Tallahassee) | Saying Floridians knew what they were voting on in November, Orlando trial lawyer John...
Georgia Teen Ava Le’Ray Barrin Is The 14th Transgender Person Murdered In 2017
Georgia teen Ava Le'Ray Barrin was shot and killed Sunday morning in the parking lot of the Atlanta apartment complex where she lived. She...
Cosby Mistrial Declared; Retrial Promised
Hopelessly deadlocked. The jurors who heard the Bill Cosby sexual assault case say that after 6 days of deliberation they cannot come to a...



