November - 2020

WCP Story of the Week

Resistance to Racial Equality–California’s Proposition 16

President-elect Joe Biden has included working toward racial equity in his administration’s agenda. They outline how he will expand...

NUL is Working with a Landmark Coalition to Ensure a COVID-19 Vaccine is Safe

“Because of the racial inequities we have built into our essential systems, they have become combustion engines of misery. The virus...

Biden Announces Key Staff Appointments

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent President-elect Joe Biden has announced members of his White House senior staff,...

THE POWER OF TRUST AND TRUTH

By Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director National Institute on...

Being Accountable Starts With Us

Part 5 of a 5-Part Series on the Lack of Accountability in Government in Mount Vernon by Former Mayor André Wallace Before we wrap up...

NO TIME TO REST

Now that the 2020 election is over, people have been celebrating in the streets across America. But as we survey the rubble that is left...

Thanksgiving 2020: Grateful for New Hope and New Direction in Our Nation

This hasn’t been a normal year, and it isn’t going to be a normal Thanksgiving. Instead of looking forward to family and feasting, many...

Monsters Are Scary. So Are Brilliant Black Women.

I was frightened of monsters when I was a child. Not so sure why, but my brother, who loved to plague me, used to tell me they were...