By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a recent hearing for the retrial in his infamous sexual assault case in Norristown, Pennsylvania, embattled entertainer Bill...
By Stacy M. Brown (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) After years of financial trouble and heartbreaking enrollment decline, Cheyney University, one of the oldest Black institutions of...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A scheme designed to evade an important Department of Education rule could soon lead to an estimated 41,000 former Corinthian...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 28, 2017 Contact: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. [email protected], 202.588.8764 WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) today issued an urgent national...
By Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) As I write this, I am preparing to travel with my colleagues to Nigeria, where I will have the honor...
By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a star-studded showcase of social activism, creativity and courage, BET celebrated the achievements of Black women and girls at...
By Danny Glover (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) The history of housing in America is a history of discrimination. Even as people of color have made strides...
By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, During a team meeting at work, I came up with an idea to better assist our members and...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bill Cosby has hired former Michael Jackson attorney Tom Mesereau to lead his defense team going into the November...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 20, 2017 Contact: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. [email protected], 202.588.8764 WASHINGTON—The National Newspaper Publishers Association released the following statement about the death...
By Stacy M Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Legendary civil rights activist and comedian Dick Gregory died on Saturday. He was 84. Friends, family and celebrities took...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Civil rights leaders and members of Congress praised the dismissal of Chief Strategist Steve Bannon from the White House;...
By Congresswoman Joyce Beatty (OH-03) On July 30th, our country marked Medicare and Medicaid’s 52nd birthday—enacted as Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security...
By Othor Cain (The Mississippi Link/NNPA Member) Chokwe Antar Lumumba became the youngest mayor in the history of Jackson, Miss., when he was sworn-in last month...
By Richard Gordon Hatcher (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) Donald Trump once famously asked the African American community: “What do you have to lose?” We now have the...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As millions of students return to school, the nation’s Justice Department (DOJ) is beginning an investigation that could potentially sue...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The United States 6th Circuit Court of Appeals’ reversal of a federal court’s decision in two lawsuits filed by...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Last week, I was scheduled to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in New...
By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) The New York Life insurance company recently hosted a panel discussion on bridging the racial wealth gap in Washington,...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A panel discussion on police brutality, that featured verbal sparring between White House staffer Omarosa Manigault-Newman and veteran journalist...
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) Standards have always been a part of society. From standards of measurement and time to driver’s...
By Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-02) What do countries, states and neighborhoods have in common? People. They all compete for people. Through people, you get innovators, investors,...
By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA Newswire Contributor) For Juan De Marcos González, there are three pillars that are constants in his life: family, spirituality and music....
