Customers say they’ve noticed that they’re increasingly asked to tip at self-checkout terminals, despite having no contact with an employee.
Stacy M. Brown
Stacy M. Brown is the NNPA Newswire senior national correspondent. I'm the co-author of Blind Faith: The Miraculous Journey of Lula Hardaway and her son, Stevie Wonder (Simon & Schuster) and Michael Jackson: The Man Behind The Mask, An Insider's Account of the King of Pop (Select Books Publishing, Inc.) My work can often be found in the Washington Informer, Baltimore Times, Philadelphia Tribune, Pocono Record, the New York Post, and Black Press USA.
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Lifetime rates of depression in Black and Hispanic communities surpass Whites, others
Gallup found that White people have always had slightly higher rates of both lifetime and current depression, but African Americans and Hispanics now suffer the most.
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CDC surveillance reveals growing concerns about youth behavior, including their view on sex
Data from around the country revealed that teenagers are battling suicidal ideation, bullying, dating violence, sexual assault, and poor nutrition and exercise habits.
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White ex-Marine charged with manslaughter in death of Black homeless man
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced on Thursday, May 11, that Daniel Penny would be arrested on a charge of manslaughter in the second degree.
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Even CNN employees and Republicans panned Trump’s disastrous town hall
Critics ripped former President Donald Trump’s town hall and noted it was riddled with familiar lies.
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Jury finds Donald Trump sexually assaulted columnist
The jury, which awarded Carroll $5 million in damages, also deemed Trump liable for defaming the writer when he publicly discredited her claims.
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Task force recommends breast cancer screening should begin at age 40
The US Preventive Services Task Force proposes that women with an average risk for breast cancer begin screening at age 40, a change from its 2016 recommendation.
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Active shooter incidents decrease while number killed increases in 2022
An FBI official told reporters on a call that there has been an overall increase in the frequency of active shooter situations over the past 20 years, especially over the last five years.
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African American jobless rate hits lowest in U.S. history
On Friday morning, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that the unemployment rate for African Americans dropped below 5% for the first time in US history.
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Surgeon general warns of high cost of loneliness
The U.S. surgeon general on Tuesday declared widespread loneliness in the United States the latest public health pandemic, comparing its effects on people’s health to those of smoking a pack of cigarettes every day.
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Entertainment icon, human rights activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96
Harry Belafonte, singer, actor and human rights activist, dies at age 96.
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Anchors away: Tucker Carlson out at Fox; Don Lemon fired from CNN
Two embattled news anchors at competing cable networks are out of jobs.
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Biden signs executive order establishing office of environmental justice
‘These communities with environmental justice concerns face even greater burdens due to climate change.’
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Lawsuits pile up against companies who failed to honor DEI pledges after murder of George Floyd
Five shareholder lawsuits allege that Wells Fargo ran afoul of federal law against discrimination.
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White man arrested in shooting of Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell
‘You don’t shoot a child in the head because he rang your doorbell. The fact that the police said it was an error is why America is the way it is.’
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With women imprisonment rising, Black females still feel the brunt of America’s mass incarceration
In 2021, the Sentencing Project reported that the imprisonment rate for Black women was 1.6 times the rate of imprisonment for White women.
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Council votes to return Justin Pearson to Tennessee State House
After Justin Pearson led thousands in a march from the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis to the Shelby County Administration Building, the Board of Commissioners voted to send the ousted Democrat back to the Tennessee State House of Representatives.
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Mass shooting at Louisville bank heightens gun control issue
‘The country will continue to mourn the loss of innocent lives and search for solutions to prevent similar tragedies from occurring in the future.’
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Republicans feeling the heat in Tennessee as council votes to return Justin Jones to State House
The 36-0 vote came after the council suspended its rule that disallowed an individual from being nominated and appointed to the seat in the same meeting.
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American democracy in peril as Tennessee GOP expels two Black lawmakers over gun control protests
American democracy took another hit in Tennessee, where Republicans in the state House of Representatives ousted two Black lawmakers who joined a protest against gun violence.