FILM REVIEW: Black Films Thrive at Sundance Film Festival 2022

NNPA NEWSWIRE — At the last minute, due to Omicron concerns, the 2022 Sundance Film Festival morphed from an in-person and virtual event to a purely...

Bakari Sellers Reflects on History and the Future

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sellers notes how his life has been bookended by tragedy – the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre and the 2015 Charleston Massacre, where he lost...

Rep. Adams and Williams Focus on Student Loan Debt, Biden Extends Moratorium

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Reps. Adams and Williams are leading on a series of bills focused on assisting borrowers with student loan debt. High student loan debt...

Raiders Owner Mark Davis Open to Colin Kaepernick Playing

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kaepernick, 34, has been speaking out a lot lately about wanting to play in the NFL again. Though he has been quiet over...

Harvard Releases Report Detailing Connections to Slavery

NNPA NEWSWIRE — At minimum, 41 prominent individuals connected to Harvard University were connected to slavery. This includes four past presidents of Harvard University. The report...

DNC Chairman Jamie Harrison Addresses African American Mayors Association

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because the midterm elections are occurring two years after the last CENSUS count, redistricting is still being decided in several states. Harrison is...

Cosby Documentary by Kamau Bell is Ratings Flop, Janet Jackson Doc Scores Big

NNPA NEWSWIRE — During an interview shortly before the documentary aired on Showtime, CBS correspondent Jericka Duncan asked Bell about why Cosby’s side was not included...

Trailblazing Black Press Journalists Remembered with Special White House Correspondents Honor

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne, pioneering African American journalists that penned articles for the Chicago Defender, earned recognition from the White House Correspondents...

Inside Queen Hippie Gypsy, Oakland’s First Black Woman-Owned Botanica

By Makiah Hiley Known as “the hood alchemist,” Lilly Ayers founded and runs Oakland’s first Black woman owned crystal botanica, Queen Hippie Gypsy. Located in Downtown...

PRESS ROOM: The Bridge Forum Brings Back ‘Mental Health’ Event to go Beyond the Stigma in Arizona

“This is a national issue because of the growing mental health crisis in communities across the United States and underserved communities,” Dr. Chavis asserted. “The NNPA again...

Every 28 hours. A breakthrough that’s overdue.

By Makiah Hiley A decade after the Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) opened class enrollment it is putting on its first all-Black theater production, Every...

Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver’s Pivotal Gift to Historic Thurgood Marshall Center Trust in Washington, DC

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We’d like to thank The Penny and Robert Sarver Charitable Foundation for their generous donation to assist in upgrading the HVAC system at...

Youth Boxing Suffers TKO After City Shutters Program

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In his article, “Norfolk Shutters Historical Anti-Violence Boxing program,” businessman Joshua Clark brings attention to the loss of the boxing outlet for area...

Zelasia Boston Takes 1st Place for the District Science and Engineering Fair

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Zelasia Boston won 1st place for the District Science and Engineering Fair, then advanced to the Regional level. A panel of three judges...

PRESS ROOM: Adrian Matejka Joins Poetry Magazine as New Editor

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I couldn't be more humbled or excited to be the new editor of Poetry. The 19-year-old version of me, thumbing through the magazine’s...

Blacks in Virginia Beach Are Closing the Wealth Gap

NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the personal finance website Smart Asset, Virginia Beach also has the seventh-highest median Black household income, at roughly $65,600, and the...

Viola Davis Red Carpet Jewelry Supports #BlackisBrilliant Campaign

NNPA NEWSWIRE — With #BlackIsBrilliant, De Beers Group provides a platform for Black designers to create one-of-a-kind pieces with natural diamonds from Botswana, emphasizing the Red...

African American Museum & Cultural Center in the Works

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On June 12, the community is invited out to an AfroNoon celebration at White Park in downtown Riverside at Market and 9th Street....

Allen-Jones Scholarship Boosts Support For 1st-Generation Students

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “From her earliest years at UAA, I admired how Vara brought diverse perspectives together and created a shared vision for supporting students to...

COMMENTARY: An Extraordinary Life, Linking Past and Present

NNPA NEWSWIRE — I was trained to fight by my grandmother, Mamie Bland Todd. She would often remind me, “Pessimists are right more often, but optimists...

André De Shields Stars in ‘Hadestown’ on Broadway

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites...

Study: Race Is Central to Identity for Black Americans and Affects How They Connect

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Pew Research Center conducted an analysis online between Oct. 4, 2021, and Oct. 17, 2021, surveying 3,912 Black U.S. adults and explored...

Conversations w/ Al McFarlane

4-22-22 Conversations With Al McFarlane – The Healing Circle

4-22-22 Conversations With Al McFarlane – Northside Urban Coalition Meeting