In late October of year, then candidate Trump gave a speech in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in which he outlined his plan for his first 100 days in office. It included three major areas of focus: c...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/trumps-first-100-days-what-black-americans-should-hope-for/
After President Donald Trump’s shocking defeat of Hillary Clinton, you would think members of the mainstream media would take a good look in the mirror to begin to evaluate how they got the out...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/dont-be-played-by-the-liberal-media-an-open-letter-to-all-minorities/
After watching part of the presidential debate; I asked myself that question. While the economy has recovered significantly from the Great Recession of the late 2000s, a disturbing trend is emerg...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/can-we-close-the-black-economic-gap/
“You’re getting your inheritance early.” Those were my father’s words to me as he explained that he was taking money that he might have left me in his will and spending it on my private s...
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Last week, I discussed the unique position Republicans find themselves in with minorities this election cycle. Their presumptive nominee is exceptionally unappealing to people of color, while the...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/is-donald-trump-a-racist-part-ii/
At first glance it would seem that the Republican Party is determined to ignore the minority vote this election year. After all, its presumptive nominee is a man with unprecedented unfavorable ra...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/is-donald-trump-racist-part-i/
Donald Trump’s highly publicized meeting with a group of black pastors was met immediately with reactions ranging from skepticism to condemnation. Critics were immediately justified when numero...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/did-trump-put-the-black-vote-in-play/
As technology changes, so does the job market. Two centuries ago, most low skilled workers would have found work as farmhands, while a century ago they would have been employed in a factory. Toda...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/technology-can-bring-money-to-inner-cities/
Ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, causing over $100 billion in property damage. The category 5 storm also took over 1400 lives, making it one of the five deadliest in Am...
https://blackcommunitynews.com/tragedy-reset-new-orleans-school-system/
This summer, President Obama made history by becoming the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. He met with inmates at the Federal Corrections Institute in El Reno (30 miles west of ...
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