By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is an old African proverb that says: “Where you put your wealth signifies where and how your life’s...
[PRESS RELEASE FROM HILLARY FOR AMERICA] At a rally at Clark Atlanta University today, Hillary Clinton unveiled some of the first components an extensive agenda to...
By Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Atlanta Daily World ATLANTA — Leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received a rousing reception...
Atlanta (CNN) – Black Lives Matter protesters interrupted Hillary Clinton on Friday while she was speaking at a historically black university here. The protesters began chanting...
LOS ANGELES, CA (October 27, 2015) – Submissions for the 47th NAACP Image Awards closes on Wednesday, November 4, 2015. All entries must be submitted online...
By Linda Poulson Special to the NNPA News Wire from the AFRO The mobile group messaging app GroupMe, owned by Microsoft, is claimed to have been...
By Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA News Wire Service from The St. Louis American A year ago following the unrest, Emerson embarked on a program...
By Ashley Mahoney Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Charlotte Post A Hollywood breakthrough does not come along every day for a Salisbury native....
By Chelsea Lenora White Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Houston Forward Times R. Kelly took a trip back to his hometown in Chicago...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist This really struck me in the immediate aftermath of the South Carolina flood. I have two friends—a couple—who live in...
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Nissan, Toyota and Hyundai are the latest automakers to respond to the recently released Rainbow PUSH Automotive Project, which...
By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black America needs more good news and positive news. Too often headlines in American media have the proclivity...
By Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire Service from the HU News Service WASHINGTON — House Democrats, including California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, came to...
By Courtne Dixon Special to the NNPA News Wire Service from HU News Service WASHINGTON – The Black Lives Matter movement, who many have embraced and...
[ESPN.COM] – Flip Saunders, who tallied more than 1,000 victories over a 35-year coaching career that included successful stops with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Detroit Pistons,...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” –Theodore Roosevelt “History is important....
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist In contrast to the more entertaining Republican presidential candidate debates, the first Democratic presidential candidate debate was more absorbing. We heard...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The CNN Democratic debate was nothing short of embarrassing, insulting, and dismissive of Black people. While the men did not wear...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist On Friday, September 25, 2015 America lost a special leader. I have had the pleasure of working with three of...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The old adage, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’ seems somehow an apt description for what a...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It has been both interesting and unsettling to watch the attacks from the political Right on the Black Lives Matter...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The Civil Rights Movement in the United States identified a long list of issues that were broadly considered the...
By Phill Wilson NNPA Columnist The world lost a hero, the AIDS community lost a leader, the Black AIDS community lost a giant and many of...
(Miss Open) – “These are the things that make women self conscious, that create the unrealistic ideals of beauty that we have,” Zendaya said on Instagram...
