By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The criminal trial of Bill Cosby ended on Monday after defense called just one witness—a detective who had earlier...
By Noni Marshall and Alexa Imani Spencer (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellows) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) kicked off the second year of the “Discover The Unexpected”...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. died on March 31, 2017 at the ripe old age of 96. He was the most...
By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) When considering the implications of Bill Maher’s latest antics, it is important to level set. Maher has, over the years,...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) For more than 17 years, Nicole Henry has been singing and performing in front of fans, friends, family members...
By Rushern Baker (County Executive, Prince George’s County, Md.) UNCF’s iconic, “A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Waste,” advertising campaign remains the gold-standard for shining...
By Floyd Alvin Galloway (Arizona Informant/NNPA Member) The Arizona Confederate monuments controversy has risen once again. Two years ago, it was over the naming of the...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black workers continued to experience lackluster job growth under the Trump Administration, according to the latest jobs report from...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) On the fifth day of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial, the prosecution called Veronique Valliere to the stand....
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As the Senate Banking Committee turns its attention to reform the nation’s secondary mortgage market, civil rights leaders recently spoke...
By Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) Austin, Ill., the community where I live, in the heart of the congressional district I represent, includes the zip code...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) NORRISTOWN—Without taking the stand, Bill Cosby may have raised reasonable doubt in his sexual assault trial on Thursday, June...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In Norristown, Pennsylvania—a small, but not quite sleepy town just south of Philadelphia—Bill Cosby stands trial, accused of sexually...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The third day of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial was a decidedly bad day for the iconic comedian,...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) When he was running for President of the United States, “45” asked African-Americans what we had to lose by electing...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) (Warning: Contains some graphic descriptions) NORRISTOWN—The Bill Cosby trial was turned on its head on Tuesday as the prosecution’s...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) (Warning: Contains some graphic descriptions) NORRISTOWN—On the first day of the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial, Kristen Feden, a...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Dr. Kevin Williams, the chief medical officer for Pfizer’s rare disease unit, plans to help educate the masses about...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The Republican Party continues to miss the mark when it comes to engaging the Black community. For those Republicans, who...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) President Donald Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos continue to make misleading statements about Common Core State Standards (CCSS),...
By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) Los Angeles has lured another Black icon away from the Windy City. The company that now owns EBONY and Jet...
By Reverend Al Sharpton, National Action Network and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., National Newspaper Publishers Association Rapidly shifting U.S. demographics are fueling the urgency of...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Graça Machel, one of the world’s leading advocates for women’s and children’s rights who, for decades, has fought for...
By Johnny C. Taylor, Jr. (President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund) As the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), I’m spending...
By Marian Wright Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) Our nation’s budget should reflect our nation’s professed values, but President Trump’s 2018 Federal Budget, “A New Foundation...
