Substance Abuse Fuels Incarceration Rates for Black Men

By Freddie Allen

NNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A recent study reports that treating substance abusers, especially African Americans, could save the nation billions of dollars at a time when all eyes are glued to debates over how to solve the country’s national debt.

The study by researchers at Meharry Medical College School of Medicine in

By George E. Curry

NNPA Editor-in-Chief

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After blinking during in a New Year’s Day showdown with President Obama that could have triggered across-the-board spending cuts and significant tax increases, Republicans are poised to seek deep cuts in spending that would violate the “balanced” approach to the deficit that the president has advocated.

By Freddie Allen

NNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After a four-hour meeting of some the best minds in civil rights, business, education and the media, dozens of Read more...