The Black Church Faces an Atypical Crisis
Lisa Olivia Fitch, Editor in Chief, Our Weekly News NNPA NEWSWIRE — Blacks in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected during the pandemic. Although African Americans only compose 6 percent of the population in the state of California, Blacks comprise 10.6 percent of the COVID-19 deaths. This has been attributed to the fact that a...
Georgia Republicans want to include police as protected minority in newest proposed Hate Crime Law despite protests
With just a few days left in the Georgia General Assembly, state Senate Republicans had mostly ‘ a take it or leave it’ position and is, in essence, daring Georgia voters to vote them out in November. Georgia Republicans continue to be resistant in passing a serious Hate Crime Law, as the Senate Judiciary Committee...