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The Today Show: UCLA Basketball Player LiAngelo Ball: Being Jailed In China Was ‘Horrible’

Baton Rouge Businesswoman Designs “TransfHERmation” program for Young, Black Girls

By Candace J. Semien (The Drum/NNPA Member) At a time when many messages for young girls seem to be conflicting, Baton Rouge teens are experiencing an...

TV One Cancels Roland Martin’s NewsOne Now

OP-ED: Don’t Delay, Sign-up for Affordable Healthcare Today

By Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-S.C., Chairman, Democratic Faith Working Group) The deadline to enroll or modify healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act is December...

OP-ED: I’m Passing the TMCF Baton to DSU President Dr. Harry L. Williams

By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (Former President & CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) If you are like me, watching the Summer Olympics has always been a...

OP-ED: Is Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Weak on Student Loan Protections?

By Charlene Crowell (Communications Deputy Director, Center for Responsible Lending) In case you haven’t yet heard, Richard Cordray, the first-ever Director of the Consumer Financial Protection...

Black Faith Leaders Encourage Their Flocks to Sign Up for Obamacare

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Editor-In-Chief) Faith leaders in the Black community are encouraging members of their congregations to sign-up for healthcare coverage during the Affordable...

CNN Money: African American Coder Blazes Trail in Tech

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OP-ED: Hundreds Rallied for Meek Mill, but What about the Rest?

OP-ED: If Black Lives Really Matter to Black People, Then It’s Time to Stop Watching the NFL.

CBC Members Met with FBI Director Christopher Wray about the FBI’s Controversial “Black Identity Extremists” Report. This Is What They Learned.

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) FBI Director Christopher A. Wray failed to explain why the agency he leads changed the name of a domestic...

PRESS ROOM: Congressman Elijah Cummings to Honor 1st African American Billionaire Reginald F. Lewis

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2017 MEDIA CONTACTS LMarilyn Crawford Email: [email protected] Phone: 646-630-0012 Lilly Black Phone: 212-756-8958 SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: @RFLBillionDollarDeal Facebook: RFL Billion Dollar...

What Everyone Can Learn from the Texas ESSA State Plan

By Lynette Monroe (Program Assistant, NNPA ESSA Media Campaign) Education officials in Texas put a lot of work into the Every Student Succeeds Act state plan...

Ask Alma: My Ex Takes Care of Our Daughter, Financially. Now He Wants to See Her. Should I Let Him?

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma: I had a baby in my twenties when I was dealing with this guy, who was in the...

Poll: 70 percent of Marketplace Enrollees Satisfied with Obamacare

By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) As President Donald Trump continues to sow confusion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a recent poll by the Kaiser...

Core DJs Group Hosts Annual Summit in Phoenix

By Arizona Informant Staffers (Arizona Informant/NNPA Member) More than 700 of the nation’s most influential DJs, artists, publicists, models and program directors came together for The...

Why Ending AIDS in Africa Matters to Black Americans

By Dr. Djibril Diallo (Regional Director for Western and Central Africa, UNAIDS) World AIDS Day (December 1) is fast approaching and a recently launched initiative aimed...

Report: HBCUs Generate $14.8 Billion in Economic Impact

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) generate $14.8 billion in economic impact annually, according to a stunning new report...

Op-Ed: Payday Lenders Want to Charge Triple-digit Interest on Your Loans. The U.S. Congress You Elected Wants to Help Them.

By Charlene Crowell (Communications Deputy Director, Center for Responsible Lending) “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is a well-known adage. In recent weeks,...

Why We Need More Black Men in Early Childhood Education

By Royston Maxwell Lyttle (Principal, Eagle Academy Public Charter School/Grades 1-3) As educators, we have an obligation to give our students every opportunity to succeed. Parents...

You Better Watch Your Mouth: Dental Care in the Black Community

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) From the time I was a little girl, to just a day or so ago, someone has always told me...

Bishop William J. Barber II to Meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day

By Cash Michaels (The Wilmington Journal/NNPA Member) In an exclusive interview with The Wilmington Journal, Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, the president of Repairers of...

Rev. Jesse Jackson Announces Parkinson’s Diagnosis

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Reverend Jesse Jackson’s Parkinson’s disease diagnosis caught many by surprise, but those who know him said they’re confident that...

OP-ED: We Have to Focus on the Real Causes of Health Disparities in the Black Community

By Uni Blake (Scientific Adviser, American Petroleum Institute) The health of African American communities is a genuine cause for concern in our country, but attacking the...

The Black Press Mourns a New York Beacon

From Crusader Staff Report (Crusader Newspaper Group/NNPA Member) The Black Press lost one of its most devoted freedom warriors, last week. Walter “Ball” Smith, the publisher...