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Education Experts Push Black Parents to Get Involved with ESSA

By Micha Green (NNPA/ESSA Contributing Writer) Parents, school experts, and civic leaders expressed their concerns about the state of education in the Black community during a...

The NNPA Salutes Century-old, Black-owned Newspapers

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) While the Black Press celebrates 190 years, it’s impossible to ignore the African-American-owned newspapers that have the unique distinction...

Thanks, But No Thanks: CBC Rejects Second Meeting with Trump

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) rejected an offer from the White House to meet with all 49...

Auto Companies Find Success with Diversity Programs

By Bria Nicole Stone (NNPA Newswire Contributor) As tech companies struggle to recruit and hire African-Americans and other minorities, companies in another billion-dollar industry, have embraced...

White House Proposes $9.2 Billion Cut in Education Funding

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) No one ever said that higher education wouldn’t cost money. Across the country, tuition is steadily rising and students are...

NNPA ESSA VIDEO: What You Should Know about the Every Student Succeeds Act

Democrats Play Dog Whistle Politics, Too. Just Ask Bill Cosby.

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Two weeks ago, entertainer extraordinaire Bill Cosby was handed a hung jury in his sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa.,...

NNPA Honors Martin Luther King III with Lifetime Legacy Award

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) honored Martin Luther King III with the 2017 Lifetime Legacy Award, as the...

Chicago Crusader Publisher Dorothy Leavell Elected New Chairwoman of the NNPA

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Shortly, before the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) annual Legacy Awards Gala, NNPA members elected veteran Chicago Crusader publisher...

Jackie Hampton Wins Publisher of the Year, 2017 St. Louis American Dominates NNPA Merit Awards

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Mississippi Link’s Jackie Hampton won Publisher of the Year and the St. Louis American earned 10 awards, including...

NNPA Hosts National Black Parents Town Hall

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) In an on-going effort to increase awareness about the “Every Student Succeeds Act” (ESSA) in the Black community, the...

Ask Dr. Kevin: Understanding Sickle Cell Disease

Ask Dr. Kevin is a new feature brought to you by Pfizer Rare Disease in collaboration with the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) to increase understanding...

Nooses on the National Mall Stoke Memories of “America’s Dark History”

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) U.S. Park Police confirmed that another noose was found on the National Mall, last week, according to ABC News....

PRESS ROOM: NNPA to Honor Martin Luther King III with 2017 Lifetime Legacy Award at Annual Conference

CONTACT: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Email: [email protected] Phone: (202) 588-8764 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON/June 19, 2017/NNPA Newswire/—The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will honor Martin...

Auto Review: 2018 Chevrolet Equinox

By Darrell Larome Williams (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow) The 2018 Chevrolet Equinox should be in every neighborhood across the country. Chevrolet has continued to develop advanced vehicles...

COMMENTARY: South Sudan Has a lot to Offer the Trump Administration

By Bona Malwal (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) I am a native of Sudan and now of South Sudan, and I’ve held several positions inside and outside...

International Response Needed to End Famine Now in South Sudan

By Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) On February 20, 2017, the United Nations declared a state of famine in South Sudan. Man-made crisis and conflict had left...

Mainstream Media is the Public Relations Firm for Russian Intelligence

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The mainstream media has become obsessed with the made up story of “collusion” between Trump and Russia, though there has...

Judge Relents, Mistrial Declared in Cosby Sex Assault Case

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) NORRISTOWN—Saturday morning, Montgomery County Judge Steven T. O’Neill finally bent to the will of the jury and declared a...

NNPA Newswire Exclusive: Cosby Says He Rejected Plea Offer Before Trial

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bill Cosby said he channeled Nelson Mandela when prosecutors offered him a deal just before his trial for aggravated...

Spiritually Speaking: Are You a Card-Carrying Christian?

By James Washington (The Dallas Weekly/NNPA Member) Just how hard is it to be a card carrying Christian these days? Republicans, Democrats, the NAACP, the ACLU...

Hung Jury Might Be Victory for Cosby in Sex Assault Trial

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The jury remains deadlocked in the Bill Cosby trial, as it seems increasingly obvious that the judge in the...

Cosby Trial Day 9: Jury Deadlocked in Cosby Sex Trial

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) NORRISTOWN—At 11:06 Thursday morning and after more than 30 hours of deliberation, the jury in the Bill Cosby sexual...

Our Children Deserve High Quality Teachers

By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Public Awareness Campaign) I am a native Washingtonian. I still live on the same street that my parents brought...

Cosby Trial Day 7: Judge Refuses to Hear Witness that Could Clear Bill Cosby

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Marguerite Jackson’s testimony in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial might have changed the course of history, but the...