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When It Comes to Black Republicans, There Is No Surrogate for Experience

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...

A Trump Win in November Could Tear this Nation Apart

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Alright, team, we are getting close to the finish line: Election Day November 8. We have witnessed the first...

The NAACP’s Proposed Moratorium on Charter Schools Doesn’t Make Sense

By Larry Lee (Sacramento Observer, NNPA Member) Access to a good education can reap tremendous benefits in the lives of individuals and in society. That’s why...

San Diego’s Refugee Community Mourns the Tragic Loss of Alfred Olango

By Chida Warren–Darby (The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, NNPA Member) On Tuesday, September 27, thirty-eight year-old Alfred Olango was gunned down in El Cajon, Calif.,...

Recent Police Shootings Driven by Terrorism, Not Racism

By Armstrong Williams (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It seems as though the nation’s cities and major metropolitan areas are sitting in anxious anticipation for the next police...

CFPB Fines TMX Finance $9 Million Over Misleading Loans

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Many consumers breathe a sigh of relief when their car loans are finally paid off. Gaining title to personal vehicles...

Clinton and Trump Have to Address the Nation’s Poor and Hungry in the Next Debate

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) There is no question that Hillary Clinton “won” the first presidential debate of this election cycle. She was knowledgeable, composed,...

Film Review: The Birth of a Nation

This Is Why Black Americans Must Demand Equality in the Auto Industry

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) There are nearly 47 million Black Americans living in the United States that have...

Ask Alma: I Offered to Relax My Sister-In-Law’s Natural Hair and Now She’s Mad at Me

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, Recently, my brother relocated to where I live and my sister-in-law and I have become better friends....

LIVESTREAM: 2016 Rainbow Push Coalition Global Auto Summit

PRESS ROOM: Hyundai Hope on Wheels Announces Winners of $7.5 Million in Pediatric Cancer Research Grant Awards

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hyundai Hope on Wheels Announces Winners of $7.5 Million in Pediatric Cancer Research Grant Awards During National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month Efforts build...

PRESS ROOM: Minister Louis Farrakhan Says President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Minister Louis Farrakhan Says President Obama Should Pardon Marcus Garvey Contact: Richard B. Muhammad The Final Call Newspaper Phone: (312) 480 9775 E-mail:...

Love Him or Hate Him, Donald Trump Has Transformed Politics Forever

By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As my readers know, I don’t pay much attention to polls. I think they are a total waste of time...

Blackonomics: What the Kaepernick Protest Tells Us about Black Power and Money

By James Clingman (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Turnabout is fair play. Why can’t more of us see that economics is the key to our freedom and the...

Three Things The CFBP Has to Get Right When It Comes to Debt Collection

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) When it comes to consumer complaints on credit and lending, debt collection generates more criticism than any other industry. This...

Citizen Newspaper Publisher William Garth, Sr. Dies at 79

By Lisette Gushiniere (Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, NNPA Member) William Garth, Sr., the CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., (CCNG) and Chairman of the...

Managing Pain and Opioid Addiction in the Black Community

By Patricia Maryland, Dr.PH (NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist) As America grapples with prescription opioid addiction, an epidemic shattering communities across our nation, healthcare providers face a...

Changing America’s Narrative: The New Black History Museum Opens on the National Mall

By Marian Wright-Edelman (President, Children’s Defense Fund) “In the shadow of the Jefferson Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, the King Memorial, and the front yard of the...

Keith Lamont Scott Video Footage Too Little Too Late

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Keith Lamont Scott was killed by a police officer on Tuesday, September 20, in Charlotte, N.C. The officer, dressed in...

Give Communities of Color a Voice in Reshaping Education

By Wade Henderson (President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights) For the first time in our nation’s history, the majority of students...

Silicon Valley Is Too Exclusive and Still Far Too White

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Silicon Valley has ushered in social media, driverless cars, and missions to Mars, contributing...

Legendary Publisher of the Chicago Citizen, William Garth, Sr., Dies at 78

Mr. William Garth, Sr. was the Chairman of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., Garthco, Inc. and Founder/Chairman of the QBG Foundation, as well as Chairman...

Thousands Attend Grand Opening Ceremonies for the New Black History Museum

By William J. Ford (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) When Carolyn Tillery walked around the Washington Monument on the National Mall on Saturday and stared at...

Breaking the Cycle: Young Mother of Seven Turns Life Around at McDonald’s

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Ten years ago, Cameo Faust, a single mother of seven, was working at an Atlanta-area McDonald’s, struggling to make...