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WATCH: Detailed Walkaround of the 2016 Toyota Prius Three Touring

Black Women’s Roundtable Launches National Vote Effort

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) and the Unity’16 Campaign of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) recently...

U.S. Court of Appeals Hits Consumer Financial Agency, Rejects $109 Million in Fines

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) After returning billions of dollars in restitution that helped more than 25 million consumers plagued with financial struggles, the Consumer...

Hillary’s E-mails, Trump’s Secret Tapes and Social Security

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Since our political discussions are now X-rated, so much so that we must ask children to leave the room before...

Film Review: Moonlight

Ask Alma: I Hate the Way My Husband Kisses, But I Don’t Want to Hurt His Feelings

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My husband and I have been married for two years. He’s a great husband. He takes care...

Four Ways President Obama Can Help Blacks in His Last 100 Days in Office

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) The countdown to President Obama’s last one hundred days began on October 13. Already, the President has committed to spending...

#BlackoutBR Protests, Boycotts Continue in Baton Rouge over Alton Sterling Shooting

By Meghan Ellis (The Drum, NNPA Member) BATON ROUGE — As shootings continue to plague cities across the country, frustrated citizens are continuing their fight for...

Race and Beyond: Say It Ain’t So, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Sam Fulwood III (Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress) Out in the wilds of the Internet exist two sets of memes establishing Supreme Court Justice...

Haitians Urge People Not to Donate to Red Cross and Help Local Companies Instead

[THEATLANTABLACKSTAR.COM] As the death count after Hurricane Matthew approaches 900 and reports of deadly cholera outbreaks begin to surface, Haitians have sent out desperate pleas for...

This Is Why Increasing Diversity in Healthcare is Essential for the Black Community

By Dr. Patricia Maryland (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) Diversity is good for communities, companies and our nation. A plurality of viewpoints, experiences and beliefs has the...

The Fake Outrage over Trump’s “Access Hollywood” Comments Is Ridiculous

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) To paraphrase Winston Churchill, never has so much been said by so many about so little. This feigned outrage at...

CBC Members Join the Call for Payday Lending Reform

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Within days of the October 7 deadline for public comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s proposed payday rule, 104...

White Acceptance Will Never Lead to Wealth in the Black Community

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Black folks in America have been so successfully programmed that many of us are still psychologically enslaved to the point...

Film Review: Kevin Hart Kills in New Stand-up “What Now?”

Farming Is the Key to Economic Growth in the Black Community

By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It is clear that it when it comes to jumpstarting the economy, generating jobs and wealth for the average American,...

Ask Alma: Should I Be Worried about My Husband’s “Mancations” with his Best Friend?

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I’ve been married for six years and I love my husband so much. We met when he...

Republicans Are Willing to Dance with the Devil to Win the White House

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is anticipating a Trump win in November. Or, at least, he is preparing...

Film Review: Ava DuVernay Tackles Mass Incarceration and more in “The 13th”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v66f3wu2ckk

PRESS ROOM: DNC Partners with the NNPA to Reach Black Voters

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2016 CONTACT: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Phone: 202-588-8764 E-mail: [email protected] WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA),...

WATCH: Young Girl Gives an Emotional Speech about Police Brutality that Will Break Your Heart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rssjxu6je4

Alicia Garza on What’s Missing from the Black Lives Matter Movement

[BLACKYOUTHPROJECT.ORG] The Oakland-based organizer and activist Alicia Garza, who is also the originator of the Black Lives Matter rallying cry and one of the founders of...

Hurricane Matthew’s U.S. Impacts: Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Damaging Winds, Flooding Rainfall

[WEATHER.COM] Hurricane Matthew is set to deliver a devastating blow to eastern Florida starting Thursday night, and then will hammer areas farther north up the coast...

Blackonomics: If Clinton Loses in November, Don’t Blame Black Voters

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Now that the dust has settled around President Obama’s comments at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Phoenix Awards Dinner, let...

President Obama Says 3rd party or Protest Voting is Supporting Trump – Is He Right?

[THEGRIO.COM] In an interview on Steve Harvey’s radio show, President Obama said that anyone who votes for a third party candidate or stays at home is...