BlackPressUSA Newswire

Civil Rights Groups Furious in Opposition to Jeff Sessions Nod for U.S. Attorney General

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first sentence from the statement by Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson that was released hours after...

Blackonomics: It’s Time to Give Our Money Marching Orders

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In April 2005, I wrote an article titled, “Billion Dollar March,” at the behest of “The Ice Supreme Man” Ashiki...

We Must Be at Our Best When Things Get Bad

By Hank Sanders (Alabama State Senator) I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me...

What Will You Lose If Consumer Financial Protection Goes Away?

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As Americans adjust to the realities wrought by the recent elections, one of the most important consequences has yet to...

Democrats Could Lose Even More in 2018

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The apprehension that I felt upon Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has only increased as he has announced...

Sore Loser Liberals Turn to Attacking Trump’s Cabinet Picks

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Blacks voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton. Republicans engaged in voter suppression tactics nationwide. Clinton won the popular vote. Trump’s chief...

PRESS ROOM: CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield and Rep. Robin Kelly Condemn Discriminatory Housing Practices of Facebook Advertising

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemn Facebook and CEO Mark...

PRESS ROOM: Lee Daniels to Be Honored and Jussie Smollett to Host Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception and Award Presentation

Lee Daniels to Be Honored and Jussie Smollett to Host Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception and Award Presentation to benefit the Black AIDS Institute FOR...

PRESS ROOM: MBA Presents Wells Fargo Home Lending with Diversity & Inclusion Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced that it has given Wells Fargo Home Lending an inaugural Diversity & Inclusion...

Gwen Ifill, Award-winning Journalist and Author, Dead at 61

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Gwen Ifill, who earned dozens of accolades and awards for her deft work as moderator and managing editor of...

The Black Unemployment Rate Is Double What Whites Experience

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black workers lost ground last month, as the unemployment rate increased from 8.3 percent in September to 8.6 percent...

TSDtv: Interview w Breast Cancer Crusader Paulette Leaphart & Tiara's Teardrop founder Tammy Coleman

PRESS ROOM: NASCAR Chevrolet Diversity Scholarship Winners Announced

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Black America’s Resilience Will Keep Us Struggling Forward

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Nobody said that the road to freedom, justice and equality would be easy. In the...

Memo to Hillary Supporters: Trump Won, Stop Whining and Grow Up

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A few years ago, I wrote one of the most difficult columns that I have ever had to write. In...

The Three Elections that Shaped Obama’s Legacy

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first backlash election of the presidency of President Barack Obama’s time in office was 2010 when Democrats in...

Trump Won the Election, but White Supremacy Won’t Win Forever

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Contributor) I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary win. The only disagreement among...

The Atlanta Voice Newspaper Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

Virginia Resident, Ex-Offender Voted for the First Time on November 8

By Jazmin Goodwin (Howard University News Service) ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Every Election Day for nearly 30 years, people have told Terry Garrett, that she couldn’t vote....

Former Pro Baseball Player Omar Washington Training Black Youth for the Big Leagues

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Omar Washington, a former professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox is on a...

Ask Alma: My Family Treats Me Like Trash and I’m Ready to Cut Them Off

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I am 40 years old and have finally decided to cut my mother, father, sister and oldest...

Blackonomics: Elections Won’t Change Anything, Until We Vote with Our Wallets

By Jim Clingman (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) By the time you read this, I trust you will have wiped away the slime and the grunge, regurgitated...

Film Review: Arrival

Film Review: Loving

The 2016 Presidential Election Exposed America’s Racist and Sexist Patriarchy for the World to See

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our...