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Valeisha Butterfield Jones Named As Recording Academy’s First Diversity &...
Valeisha Butterfield Jones has been named the Recording Academy’s first Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer. By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior Correspondent Valeisha Butterfield Jones, a leader, a...
View ArticleCensus Bureau To Deliver 2020 Census Questionnaires In Puget Sound
The U.S. Census Bureau, in coordination with federal, state and local health officials, will begin to drop off 2020 Census questionnaire packets at front doors of households in Everett, Tacoma and...
View ArticleDrop In Vaccinations Leave Children Vulnerable To Other Diseases
Immunization rates among children appear to be dropping during the COVID-19 pandemic. This leaves children and communities at risk. Providers in Washington’s Childhood Vaccine Program reported they...
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Inslee Announces Statewide Contact Tracing Initiative
Gov. Jay Inslee On Tues., Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee announced the launch of a statewide contact tracing plan that will allow more businesses to open and more people to be active in public while...
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Malik Yusef Raised More Than $10,000 To Help Slow COVID-19 Behind Bars
Multi-Grammy award winner Malik Yusef, who has written and produced music with Beyonce, Jay-Z and Rihanna, has created a concert series. Photo Courtesy: Armani Sharpe of A Smoking Mirror. By Benjamin...
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Implicit Bias A Driver of COVID-19 Among African-Americans
Dr. Melva Thompson-Robinson By Khalil Abdullah Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Ethnic Media Services (Trice Edney Wire) – Dr. Melva Thompson-Robinson knows the data on the disparate impact of...
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Seattle Medium Launches COVID-19 Local News Fund
In an effort to remain viable and continue providing the African American, underserved, minority and other disenfranchised communities in the Pacific Northwest with critical information and news...
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Old, Sick And Incarcerated
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Contributor Julianne Malveaux There were 4623 incarcerated people over 65 in federal prisons during the first week of May. Until May 12, Paul Manafort, Mr. Trump’s one-time...
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Nation’s Largest Subprime Auto Financing Company To Pay Up To $6.4M To...
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson OLYMPIA — Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson recently announced that Santander Consumer USA Inc., the nation’s largest subprime auto...
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What About Our Children?
Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq. By E. Faye Williams (Trice Edney Wire) – Like many who’ve had to shelter-in-place, I’ve had time for introspection and reflection. I’ve had to limit contact with family...
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