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Trump Won the Election, but White Supremacy Won’t Win Forever

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Contributor) I began election night with exuberance. I was among the many who forecast a Hillary win. The only disagreement among...

Virginia Resident, Ex-Offender Voted for the First Time on November 8

By Jazmin Goodwin (Howard University News Service) ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Every Election Day for nearly 30 years, people have told Terry Garrett, that she couldn’t vote....

Former Pro Baseball Player Omar Washington Training Black Youth for the Big Leagues

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Omar Washington, a former professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox is on a...

Ask Alma: My Family Treats Me Like Trash and I’m Ready to Cut Them Off

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I am 40 years old and have finally decided to cut my mother, father, sister and oldest...

Blackonomics: Elections Won’t Change Anything, Until We Vote with Our Wallets

By Jim Clingman (NNPA Newswire Film Critic) By the time you read this, I trust you will have wiped away the slime and the grunge, regurgitated...

Film Review: Arrival

Film Review: Loving

The 2016 Presidential Election Exposed America’s Racist and Sexist Patriarchy for the World to See

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Just a few days before the corrosive 2016 election, it occurs to me that no matter what the outcome, our...

New York AG, CFPB Join Forces to Fight Illegal National Debt Collection Scheme

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) A new federal lawsuit alleges that since at least 2009, two major players in the debt collection industry have illegally...

PRESS ROOM: #HowDoUFeel? Movement Gives a Voice to Millennials about the Elections

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New RNC TV Ads Do Little to Reach Black Voters

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Seven Reasons Why Blacks Should Vote for Trump and Conservatism on November 8

By Harry R. Jackson, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) We are in the middle of one of the most volatile and unpredictable presidential elections in living...

#WoC4Hillary Show Their Support for Clinton in Washington, D.C.

By Brittany Bullard (Women of Color for Hillary) The election of the nation’s first woman president is no small feat, particularly in an election year fraught...

Women of Color Rally for Hillary Clinton’s White House Bid

By Edwina Pratt (Women of Color for Hillary) One of the highest forms of praise any leader can ever hope to receive is the endorsement and...

In Jacksonville, Black Women are the Focal Point of Efforts to Elect Hillary Clinton

By Erika Adams (Women of Color for Hillary) With roughly one week until Election Day, Women of Color for Hillary, a national grassroots and digital network...

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the Frankensteins that Washington Created

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) How ironic that this week Americans celebrated Halloween. This is the time of year when a lot of children and...

New Poll: 84 percent of Black Voters Think Donald Trump is Racist

HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll: 90 percent of Black Voters Will Cast Ballots for Clinton

What You Need to Know about the NAACP’s War on Charter Schools

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The call for a moratorium on charter schools by the NAACP is a case of “Throwing the baby out with...

We Need Less Division and More Unity in our Politics and our Country

By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) This presidential cycle has arguably brought out the very worst in our nation. Insults are hurled and people’s character is...

Days Before the Election, Clinton Talks about Criminal Justice, Jobs and Education with the Black Press

By Cash Michaels (The Carolinian, NNPA Member) [RALEIGH] In an exclusive interview with North Carolina’s African-American press, Hillary Clinton said that even though she is running...

A Week after the Election, the State of the Black World Conference Convenes in Newark

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I’m writing two weeks before the November 8 election, writing and praying that Election Day comes sooner than it is...

PRESS ROOM: Nearly 90 percent of Black Voters Favor Clinton over Trump in New HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Howard University, announced the results of the 2016 Howard...

Ask Alma: Instead of Spending Quality Time with his Kids, My Son Drops them off at My House

By Alma Gill (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Dear Alma, I need your advice. I love my son with all my heart. He’s been a good son and...

As For-profit College Enrollment Climbs, Blacks Graduate with More Debt

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) With 44 million consumers owing about $1.4 trillion in student loans, a new report by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...