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Many Republicans think the impeachment was absolute nonsense, but over 70% of Americans wanted a credible trial, with witnesses, and facts. Sen. Mitch McConnell understood how to use his power, and there was only mindless conformity in his party, and the Senate. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

COMMENTARY: The Impeachment Was Really Just Senators and Lawyers Talking

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Politics has always been about whom is the most articulate, and factual, but the impeachment appeared to be more about talking, and the...

Sen. Mark Warner of Va. (3rd from L) joined World War II veterans at the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Va., on Tues., Feb. 23, 2010, to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the raising of the U.S. flag at Iwo Jima. The Senator's father, Robert Warner of Vernon, CT, (2nd from L) and James L. Wheeler of Falls Church, VA (far L) are both retired Marines who fought at Iwo Jima. (Photo by Riki Parikh/Sen. Warner’s Office)

Black History7 years ago

Sen. Mark Warner Raises Concerns About Trump’s Sincerity toward Black America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "The one thing Americans know from first-hand experience or watching TV is that, in a trial, you present your witness and present documents....

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) (Photo: Marc Nozell from Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA /Wikimedia Commons)

Black History7 years ago

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Sen. Sherrod Brown: GOP Should Allow Impeachment Witnesses but “Republicans are Afraid”

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Republicans are afraid. I mean, they liked the far right-wing judges that Trump gives them, but they’re fearful of him,” Sen. Sherrod Brown...

Protestors rally outside the Mississippi State Capitol building. (Photo by Lerae Funderburg for Steed Media)

Community7 years ago

Activists return to Mississippi with Jay-Z and other celebs to close Parchman

ROLLING OUT — A little over a week ago, the activist group Until Freedom, traveled from New York City to Jackson, Mississippi, in an effort to...

“It is a tragedy and absurdity that we still essentially have debtors prisons here in the United States of America,” Matt C. Pinsker, an adjunct professor of the Homeland Security & Criminal Justice Department at the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University, told NNPA Newswire.

Black History7 years ago

Blacks Make up Majority of Inmates in Mississippi’s Debtors Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — An investigation led by The Marshall Project and the nonprofit Mississippi Today discovered that hundreds of Mississippi residents – the majority being black...

The Entrance to Mississippi State Penitentiary. Today, of the more than 5,000 inmates at Parchman, more than 60 percent are African American. The prison has an 11-to-1 inmate to guard ratio, and no one is safe.

Black History7 years ago

Inhumane Conditions, Violence and Death Represents Everyday Life at Mississippi’s Parchman Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — On Tuesday, January 14, hip-hop superstar Jay-Z sued the head of the Mississippi Department of Corrections and the warden on behalf of 29...

Just weeks before turning two, Rory Norman was tragically killed and became one of the first homicide victims in Dallas in 2020. His mother, Ebony Miller, said that she found her son face down. She turned him over and he was lifeless.

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: Silence the Violence for 2020

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our nation is at war with itself. If you are young, gifted and black, chances are you will not get to be old...

Commentary7 years ago

Cosby Files Appeal to Pennsylvania Supreme Court

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the new petition, filed on Thursday, January 9, 2020, Cosby's lawyers also want the high court to consider the impact of the...

Jared Kushner speaking with attendees at the 2019 Teen Student Action Summit hosted by Turning Point USA at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.(Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America [CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)] / Wikimedia Commons)

Black History7 years ago

EXCLUSIVE Op-Ed: White House Message to Black America

NNPA NEWSWIRE — America represents four percent of the world’s population, yet we detain nearly 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated people. At least 95 percent...

Atatiana Jefferson, a 2014 Xavier University biology graduate, worked in the pharmaceutical industry and was contemplating becoming a doctor.

Black History7 years ago

Remember Atatiana Jefferson

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Nobody looked at this video and said there’s any doubt that this officer acted inappropriately,” Forth Worth Police Chief Ed Kraus noted. “I...

Harvey Weinstein in Paris at the César Awards ceremony in 2014. (Photo: Georges Biard / Wikimedia Commons)

Crime7 years ago

Many Say #MeToo is Bigger than Harvey Weinstein, Trial Outcome Doesn’t Matter

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Weinstein case has been categorized by some as one of the most significant #MeToo cases in history. This is because of the...

In the Senate, it will take 67 senators to remove President Trump from office, and from the very beginning of the impeachment proceedings, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been in lockstep with the White House.

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: The Black opinion on Trump’s impeachment

FLORIDA COURIER — As Democrats around the country protest and raise their voices to impeach and remove President Trump, the Congressional Black Caucus and other Black...

According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of December 1, 2019, there were more mass shootings in America (385) than days in a calendar year.

Black History7 years ago

The Black struggle in 2019: Staying aware, facing injustice and fighting for the future

THE FINAL CALL — There was a mass shooting in this country every single day in 2019 and 29 of those 385 mass shootings were also...

Cosby maintains that he had never given women Quaaludes without their knowledge or consent. He said he obtained them because, in the 1970s, "it was the in thing." Both women and men wanted them, similar to the ecstasy craze of the 1980s and 1990s.

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: Bill Cosby Handed Bum Deal from Superior Court

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The primary reason that Cosby and his team cited to justify the appeal is that Judge Steven T. O’Neill allowed the testimony of...

Marc Morial is the president and CEO of the National Urban League

Black History7 years ago

COMMENTARY: Hate crimes demand more action

DAYTONA TIMES — Earlier this week, a man and woman killed a police detective near a Jersey City cemetery and then stormed a nearby Jewish market,...

Black History7 years ago

INTERVIEW: Are Republican Senators in Fear of ‘Don Corleone’ Trump? “Yes!” Says Schumer

NNPA NEWSWIRE — NNPA Newswire interviewed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). The discussion covered a wide range of topics, focusing primarily on the impeachment of...

President Donald J. Trump is introduced on stage Saturday, March 2, 2019, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md. (Official White House Photo by Tia Dufour)

Crime7 years ago

House Judiciary Committee Approves Impeachment of Trump

NNPA NEWSWIRE — After a marathon session that began on Wednesday with the consideration of two articles of impeachment, The House Judiciary Committee gave its final...

Bill Cosby, who in 2018 was convicted and sentenced to prison on aggravated indecent assault charges, has lost his bid for an appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior Court.

Black History7 years ago

Bill Cosby Denied Appeal, But Other Avenues to Freedom Remain

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In my view, the case law which the Superior Court followed in this case does not adequately recognize the overwhelming, prejudicial effect of...

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee

Black History7 years ago

Rep. Waters: ‘The president of Haiti needs to take responsibility for the current political crisis in his country; protests will not stop until he does’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In April of this year, I led a delegation to Haiti, which met with residents of the Lasalin neighborhood of Haiti’s capital and...

Crump explores how marginalized communities largely are overlooked by the institutions charged with protecting them.

Black History7 years ago

Attorney Ben Crump Talks New Book, ‘Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People’

NNPA NEWSWIRE — "It's so asinine that the actions of the killer of [Treyvon Martin] their teenage son will continue to devastate them over and over...

Giving police officers a reason to detain and engage black smokers to find out where they purchased their menthol cigarettes could lead to encounters that are likely to escalate to the unnecessary use of force and arrests. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA)

Black History7 years ago

OP-ED: Law Enforcement Groups Condemn Irresponsible Statement by New York State Assemblywoman Rodneyse Bichotte on the Impact of a Menthol Cigarette Ban

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Those who purport that possession and use will not be criminal must be reminded that possession and drinking of alcohol during prohibition was...

Black History7 years ago

Justice for Rodney Reed!

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “All we want is a fair trial. That’s all we’re asking for,” Rodney Reed’s brother, Roderick, told The Final Call. “We want to...

(From L to R) Andrew Stewart, Ransom Watkins and Alfred Chestnut, were released and exonerated after spending 36 years in prison for a crime they didn't commit. (Photo: CBS News/YouTube)

Black History7 years ago

Three Baltimore Men Exonerated After Nearly Four Decades in Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore City State's Attorney, reopened the case earlier this year because of lingering questions and recent revelations of corruption in...

The majority of the men in Mann Up, a prison program that’s helping to change the lives of African American men with long sentences, including life without the possibility of parole, has received a significant boost with the presence of Bill Cosby.

Black History7 years ago

NNPA Newswire Exclusive: Bill Cosby Counsels Prisoners Via ‘Mann Up’ Program

NNPA NEWSWIRE — In addition to Cosby, who is not officially associated with the program, four members of Mann Up spoke exclusively to NNPA Newswire. “The...

Black History7 years ago

NNPA NEWSWIRE EXCLUSIVE: Bill Cosby Speaks from Prison

NNPA NEWSWIRE — He revisited his famous 2004 “Pound Cake” speech and clarified that he probably should not have addressed that controversial dissertation to all African...