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BREAKING: Ohio State University: Suspect killed, 10 hospitalized after campus attack

[CNN.COM] (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:07 p.m. ET] The suspect in the Ohio State University attack ran into a group of pedestrians on a street corner...

BREAKING: Active shooter reported at Ohio State University; 8 hospitalized, 1 critical

[CNN.COM] (CNN) — At least eight people were taken to hospitals after an active shooter was reported on the Ohio State University campus Monday, authorities said. One...

Voting Rights Activists Speak on the Aftermath of the 2016 Elections

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a recent forum on the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders...

HBCU Students Speak with Charles Koch Before Annual Gala

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) held its annual fundraising gala recently in Washington, D.C. Before the packed and...

Film Review: Almost Christmas

PRESS ROOM: MY STYLIST AT MACY’S PERSONAL SHOPPERS BRAVE THE BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MY STYLIST AT MACY’S PERSONAL SHOPPERS BRAVE THE BLACK FRIDAY CROWDS AT MACY’S HERALD SQUARE TO SAVE CUSTOMERS TIME AND MONEY WHILE SHOPPING...

Access to High Quality Education Is Not Just an American Problem

Why I Support the #FeesMustFall Movement By Angelo Louw (NNPA Newswire Guest Contributor) “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the...

Ask Alma: How Do I Get My Boyfriend to Leave the Streets Behind?

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I can’t give you all the details, but let’s just say my boyfriend is doing something that...

No Ma’am, Trump Does Not Deserve a Chance

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I was sitting at a Starbucks trying to mind my own business and right next to me two individuals...

Civil Rights Groups Furious in Opposition to Jeff Sessions Nod for U.S. Attorney General

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first sentence from the statement by Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson that was released hours after...

Blackonomics: It’s Time to Give Our Money Marching Orders

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In April 2005, I wrote an article titled, “Billion Dollar March,” at the behest of “The Ice Supreme Man” Ashiki...

We Must Be at Our Best When Things Get Bad

By Hank Sanders (Alabama State Senator) I desperately called on my dear mother. Across the chasm of her death nearly 20 years ago, she reminded me...

What Will You Lose If Consumer Financial Protection Goes Away?

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As Americans adjust to the realities wrought by the recent elections, one of the most important consequences has yet to...

Democrats Could Lose Even More in 2018

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The apprehension that I felt upon Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election has only increased as he has announced...

Sore Loser Liberals Turn to Attacking Trump’s Cabinet Picks

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Blacks voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton. Republicans engaged in voter suppression tactics nationwide. Clinton won the popular vote. Trump’s chief...

PRESS ROOM: CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield and Rep. Robin Kelly Condemn Discriminatory Housing Practices of Facebook Advertising

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressional Black Caucus Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01), and Congresswoman Robin Kelly (IL-02) condemn Facebook and CEO Mark...

PRESS ROOM: Lee Daniels to Be Honored and Jussie Smollett to Host Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception and Award Presentation

Lee Daniels to Be Honored and Jussie Smollett to Host Heroes In The Struggle Gala Reception and Award Presentation to benefit the Black AIDS Institute FOR...

PRESS ROOM: MBA Presents Wells Fargo Home Lending with Diversity & Inclusion Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced that it has given Wells Fargo Home Lending an inaugural Diversity & Inclusion...

Gwen Ifill, Award-winning Journalist and Author, Dead at 61

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Gwen Ifill, who earned dozens of accolades and awards for her deft work as moderator and managing editor of...

The Black Unemployment Rate Is Double What Whites Experience

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black workers lost ground last month, as the unemployment rate increased from 8.3 percent in September to 8.6 percent...

PRESS ROOM: NASCAR Chevrolet Diversity Scholarship Winners Announced

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Black America’s Resilience Will Keep Us Struggling Forward

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Nobody said that the road to freedom, justice and equality would be easy. In the...

Memo to Hillary Supporters: Trump Won, Stop Whining and Grow Up

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A few years ago, I wrote one of the most difficult columns that I have ever had to write. In...

The Three Elections that Shaped Obama’s Legacy

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first backlash election of the presidency of President Barack Obama’s time in office was 2010 when Democrats in...