BlackPressUSA Newswire

Ask Alma: My Father Refused to Help Me Pay for College

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, My parents divorced when I was nine. It was cool, because I spent a lot of time with...

This Is Why We Have to Invest in Effective Teachers

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) While millions of children (and teachers) welcome the call to go back to school in August and early September, all...

Black Republican Surrogates Like Pastor Mark Burns Need a Permanent Timeout

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I am really getting fed up with the constant drumbeat of criticism of Donald Trump’s campaign, especially the criticism coming...

Oprah Winfrey is Taking Sex Tips from ‘Queen Sugar’

[FORWARDTIMES.COM/NNPA MEMBER] Oprah Winfrey is learning a thing or two from her network’s new drama series ‘Queen Sugar.’ The veteran talk show host revealed to Entertainment...

Hillary Clinton Rolls Out Mental Health Care Plan

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton released a health care proposal designed to support millions of Americans suffering...

Jamal Bryant’s AME Church Joins Colin Kaepernick’s Protest by Sitting During National Anthem

[CHRISTIANPOST.COM] Pastor Jamal Bryant is going above and beyond to show his support for NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick by not only wearing his jersey during a...

The NNPA Launches Historic Black Voter Turnout Project for 2016 Election

By Benjamin Chavis (President and CEO of the NNPA) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) proudly asserts that, “We are the authentic voice of Black America.”...

Comcast’s Internet Essentials Helps Low-Income Families Bridge the Digital Divide

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In five short years, the cable giant Comcast has achieved incredible success with its Internet Essentials program, connecting 750,000...

Black Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 percent in August

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) The unemployment rate for Black workers improved from 8.4 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August, according to...

At New Museum, a Pop-Up Support System for Black Lives Matter

[NYTIMES.COM] In the New Museum’s lobby on Thursday night, a circle of women, all dressed in red, swayed from side to side, clapping as they chanted...

‘Handkerchief Head’ Mark Burns

[TNTRIBUNE.COM/NNPA MEMBER] I don’t like name calling and disparaging anyone’s character not, and it’s not because I am a man of God. I say this because...

WATCH: New #HiddenFigures Trailer Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe

PRESS ROOM: CAFÉ MOCHA SALUTE HER: BEAUTY OF DIVERSITY TOUR PRESENTS INAUGURAL TOYOTA GREEN AWARD

Honoree Jerri Evans, Continues Family Legacy Bringing Healthy Food Choices to Underserved Communities FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The concept of “going green” is still new in many...

‘A Different World’ Still Pulls Fans into HBCU Experience

[DIVERSEEDUCATION.COM] If Dr. Bill Cosby’s greatest contribution to the Black community was his creation of The Cosby Show, then the spin-off to the popular 1980s television...

Film Review: Southside With You

Film Review: Hands of Stone

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Why Do Black Businesses Struggle to Grow?

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The most recent data on minority-owned firms in the United States was collected in 2012 (and released at the end...

Veteran Black Journalist George Curry Will Always Be with Us

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) On Saturday, August 20, I was at my mother’s house in Virginia when I received a text message, late...

PRESS ROOM: Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit to Refocus Diversity on Ethnic Minority Growth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DETROIT, MI – The Rainbow PUSH Automotive Project, an initiative of the Citizenship Education Fund, proudly announces the 17th Annual Rainbow PUSH Global...

Ask Alma: My Friend Kisses Me on the Lips When We’re Hanging Out

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I’ve been friends with a woman for over 10 years. We went to high school together. I left...

Two Brothers Charged in the Shooting Death of Dwyane Wade’s Cousin

[CHICAGOCRUSADER.COM/NNPA MEMBER] The two brothers charged with killing the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade will appear in court Monday. Police arrested 26-year-old Darwin Sorrells and...

We Must Support the Freedom-Fighting Legacy of George E. Curry in the Black Press

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) The freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement of Black people in America and throughout the...

It’s Time for the GOP to Put Veteran Black Republicans Back in the Game

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Imagine the Chicago Bulls of the NBA during the early Michael Jordan years. He was their top draft pick...

PRESS ROOM: Teen Driving, Not Sex, Drugs or Academic Performance, Tops Parents’ List of Concerns

10 Chevys Now Offer Technology to Help Parents with Biggest Worry FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DETROIT – In the month of August this year more than 360,000...

Trump Supporters Think They’re on a Reality Show

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) There is something that I have found particularly odd in this election season and there have been many things...