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     Last, we can surely blame the diminished significance of Civics classes in America’s classrooms over the past several decades as being a key culprit. Now, Civics was mandatory as recent as my high school days, but some education “experts” decided to make such courses optional (or obsolete) in the 1990’s as the same pushed STEM education often at the expense of liberal arts classes.

     NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Feb. 26, she visited Southern California to attend a meeting of National Newspaper Publishers Association (Black Press of America) hosted by NNPA Chairman Emeritus and Sentinel Executive Publisher Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., to discuss issues and challenges Black media from across the country are having with doing business with the federal government.

The move officially coronates the twice-impeached and four-times indicted former President Donald Trump, the GOP’s unquestioned leader.

First-time doc director Angela Patton, CEO of Girls for Change, teamed with video music director Natalie Rae (Leon Bridges: Bad Bad News) and they documented the journey of four young girls looking forward to attending a prom in a Washington, D.C. prison. Aubrey, Santana, Raziah, and Ja’Ana are anxious as they prepare for the event. Their dads, Keith, Mark, Alonzo and Frank, are twice as nervous.

Fifty-nine years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders led a nonviolent march from Selma to Montgomery to demand equal voting rights for African Americans.

Mujiba Salaam Parker, “The Empowerment QueenTM” is very grateful that she has paid off her mortgage 27 years earlier than planned. She has written a new report, How I Paid Off My 30-Year Mortgage in Less Than 3 Years! to explain how she was able to overcome her challenging financial situation and then pay off her mortgage in record time. She wrote the report to let homeowners know that they can pay off their mortgages fast too. By doing so, homeowners will save $100,000 or more in interest and mortgage insurance over the life of the loan.

The twice-impeached and four-times indicted former president is facing 91 felony counts, including racketeering and conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Harrison’s journey continued as he served as an aide to the renowned South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn.

Despite its critical role in bridging the digital divide, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has yet to bring a bill for ACP extension to the floor, putting millions at risk of losing affordable internet access.

     It caught your attention because – who, besides politicians, utilities, and creditors sends anything in the mail these days? Still, it was a nice surprise, no matter what, like a throwback or something. And like the new book, “Dear Black Girls” by A’Ja Wilson, every letter means something.