National News

By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor Police killings in the United States have been massively undercounted according to a study by the University of Washington. The study was published on September 27 in the […]

Associated Press The next-to-last child tax credit payment will start hitting accounts on Nov. 15. And, unless Congress decides to extend the monthly payments, the final installment will come in December. Typically, the child tax […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA The racial awakening after the death of George Floyd didn’t prove as much of an arousal for mainstream media, after all. By contrast, Floyd’s murder and the global protests that […]

By: Atlanta Daily World | Black Information Network ATLANTA DAILY WORLD — The newly revamped Public Service Loan Forgiveness program will eliminate federal loans for all applicants after borrowers make 10 years of payments. An […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday, October 6, announced an overhaul of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Pro- gram. Education Department officials said they […]

By Deb Kiner The former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a Pfizer board member said on Sunday that a COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could be ready as […]

By Leada Gore The IRS has a backlog of more than 35 million unprocessed tax returns, according to a government watchdog group. A report from the National Taxpayer Advocate found the backlog generally involved returns that require manual […]

 By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA columnist A new investigation by the nonprofit The Marshall Project and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveal the depth of police brutality and unpunished violence that […]

By Leada Gore Some of the more than 10 million Americans who overpaid taxes on unemployment benefits this year will start receiving refunds this week, according to the Internal Revenue Service. Under President Joe Biden’s American […]