Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.
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CHAVIS: America Should Embrace Prison Returnees in Our Communities
There is one emerging issue in the District of Columbia that in my long career in the field of civil…
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CHAVIS: Stop Excluding People of Color in Environmental Policies
Protecting the environment should be about protecting people, regardless of the color of their skin, their ethnicity or race, where…
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CHAVIS: Big Insurance Must Help End Surprise Medical Billing
It is a serious financial problem that far too many African-Americans — from impoverished individuals to working-class families — face…
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CHAVIS: Black Life Journeys Matter
This is the time for understanding and learning from the past to change the present and to ensure a better…
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CHAVIS: Hidden Tax Increases on Airline Tickets Won’t Fly
Why is it that poor people are always asked to pay more in America?
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CHAVIS: Stop the U.S. Congress From Raising Air Travel Taxes
Working families in the African American community and beyond have a hard enough time keeping up with daily expenses. Every…
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CHAVIS: Stop Invisible Lynchings in America
I know that this is a controversial subject that many would prefer to remain silent about. But as Dr. Martin…
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CHAVIS: James Clyburn for Speaker of the House
It is appropriate for me to support and express, on behalf of the 220 Black-owned newspapers and media companies affiliated…
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CHAVIS: Trump Attacks Black Press with Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint
Amid the rush to comprehend the ramifications of a full-scale international trade war initiated by the errant and backward tariff…
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CHAVIS: Discovering the Best of Black America in 2018
The value and mission of the Black Press of America today is more strategically important than ever before, for Black…
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