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Civil Rights Groups Urge Black Parents to Lead on ESSA State Plans

By Shayla Simmons (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Sirraya Gant, the mother of two sons who graduated from high schools in Washington, D.C. said that getting involved in...

National Network of State Teachers Take on the “Every Student Succeeds Act”

By Elizabeth Primas (NNPA/ESSA Program Manager) The National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY) recently held their annual five-day conference in Washington, D.C. to...

Procter & Gamble’s ‘The Talk’ Ad Stirs Race Debate

The NOKOA Newspaper Is in Trouble. Here’s How You Can Help.

By Akwasi Evans (NOKOA The Observer/NNPA Member) Have you missed us, lately? We had a lot of news we wanted to share with you, but we...

President Trump “Jokes” about Police Brutality in Long Island Speech

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a speech at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, N.Y., President Donald Trump seemed to openly endorse...

Thurgood Marshall College Fund Deepens Corporate Diversity Recruitment

By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President & CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) While “Diversity” is not a new term for the business world, it appears to...

Russell Simmons Inspires Youth with “Keep The Peace” Program

By Shaquille Woods (Los Angeles Sentinel/NNPA Member) Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons recently hosted an event for RushCard’s “Keep The Peace” initiative at the University of Southern...

President Obama’s Policies Still Drive Economic Growth

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In May of 2017, the Black unemployment rate hit its lowest level in 17 years: 7.5 percent. Then, in...

Gwendolyn Brooks Won the Pulitzer Prize while Living in a Housing Project

By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) Gwendolyn Brooks’ apartment was dark on May 1, 1950. The brilliant, award-winning Black poet, who wrote about life on Chicago’s...

Film Review: Detroit

Education Policy Experts “Disappointed” by Some ESSA State Plans

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Education policy experts have expressed serious concerns about some of the state plans submitted under the Every Student Succeeds...

Ask Alma: I Can’t Have Kids and I Haven’t Told My Fiancé

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I’m getting married in three weeks and I couldn’t be happier. My fiancé is the best man...

Despite Unequal Treatment, Black Women Will Rise

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Many women’s organizations commemorate Equal Pay Day, which this year was April 5. It meant that women, in general, would...

Portland Lawmakers Pass Racial Profiling Bill

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to improve the relationship between law enforcement and the Black community, state lawmakers in Oregon recently...

Consumers Look for Satisfaction with Updated Financial Rule

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The song, “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” may have been recorded decades ago, first by Otis Redding and later by...

Fake Feminists Give Real Feminists a Bad Name

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Recently, while in Paris, President Trump complimented France’s first lady on how beautiful she looked, and feminists around the world...

Howard University Student Uses Journalism to Give Back

By Alexa Imani Spencer (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow) Born on a warm July day during the summer of 1997, Noni Marshall entered the world destined to create,...

The Every Student Succeeds Act Focuses on Accountability and School Performance

By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) Sixteen states and the District of Columbia submitted their proposals for implementation of the Every Student...

NAACP Focuses on Millennials for Future Growth

By Lauren Poteat (NNPA Newswire Contributor) As Derrick Johnson assumes the role of interim president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP),...

Spiritually Speaking: Do You Love You?

By James Washington (The Dallas Weekly/NNPA Member) The road to spiritual salvation is sometimes so obvious, so apparent that we just miss it. Like most of...

NAACP Names Derrick Johnson as Interim President

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The NAACP has named Derrick Johnson, the vice chairman of their board of directors, the organization’s interim president. The...

Black Publishers Push for Report on Federal Ad Spending

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is set to begin work on a report detailing advertising spending by federal agencies—particularly...

ESSA Encourages States to Innovate Education Policy

By Courtney Borchert (North Dallas Gazette/NNPA Member) Texas will implement the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in school districts this academic year. The federal law grants...

What’s Next for O.J. Simpson?

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) O.J. Simpson will be a free man on October 1. On Thursday, July 20, a Nevada parole board unanimously...

I Worked on Indiana’s ESSA Plan. This Is What I Learned.

By Shawnta S. Barnes (NNPA/ESSA Guest Columnist) Back in May, I traveled to Chicago and saw “Hamilton: An American Musical” about founding father Alexander Hamilton. During...