Category: Featured News, Health, Politics, State/National News
Medicaid Provides Health Coverage for 28 Percent of Black Adults and 57 Percent of Black Children
By Dawn Godbolt, Ph.D. – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Medicaid plays a significant role in providing health care to...
NAACP Names Interim President and CEO
By Frederick H. Lowe – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, has named...
Nevada Parole Board Votes Unanimously to Grant O.J. Simpson Early Release
By Staff – A four-member parole board voted unanimously to grant O.J. Simpson early release from his 33-year prison sentence...
Liberian Quiltmaker to Be Featured in BBC Documentary
(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN) – Two women whose widely divergent paths converged in Windsor Castle when a finely embroidered quilt passed from...
Study: Blacks Comprise Majority of Defendants Who are Wrongfully Convicted
By Frederick H. Lowe – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – African-Americans comprise the majority of defendants wrongfully convicted...
Update: Appeals Court Overturns Former Speaker Sheldon Silver’s Conviction
By Staff (Update, July 17) – A federal appeals court has overturned former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s 2015...
Harvard Study: Steep Declines in Black Home Ownership in Major Cities
News Analysis By Charlene Crowell – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – For the 12th consecutive year, America’s national...
Scholarship and Police Training Fund Will Keep Philando Castile’s Name Alive
By Frederick H. Lowe – Police have shot and killed at least 175 black men so far, this year, but it’s probably safe to say...
Memorial Acknowledges African and Caribbean Troops Who Fought for Britain in Both World Wars
By Frederick H. Lowe – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Sir Michael Fallon, Britain’s Secretary of Defense, recently unveiled...
More Than 100 Federal Agencies Fail to Report Hate Crimes to the FBI’s National Database
By A.C. Thompson and Ken Schwencke – (TriceEdneyWire.com) – In violation of a longstanding legal mandate, scores of...
