Victories in Florida comes as African Americans have continued to stun at the polls with wins by London Breed in San Francisco, Stacey Abrams in Georgia...
DNC Chair Tom Perez issued the following statement on the results of Tuesday night's Democratic primary races in Florida...
“John McCain’s integrity and courage were his greatest virtues. His national leadership example is still needed today not only in the U.S. Senate, but also in...
“I think we have as a country has been involved for so long in the War on Drugs and the War on Crime that we have...
The recipient of the 2015 National Medal of Freedom, and a 2016 People Magazine honoree as being among the 25 Women Changing the World, Johnson enjoyed...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — John McCain, the venerable Republican senator and war hero who was a fixture on Capitol Hill for decades, died Saturday at his Arizona home...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — More than 20 performing artists, activists, and family members will celebrate the life and legacy of Aretha Louise Franklin, known as the Queen...
“This is yet another example of Secretary Betsy DeVos’s disdain for our nation’s public schools and underscores the urgent need for Democrats to remain steadfast in...
This #ReproductiveJustice Day of Action coincides with a broader week of action to illuminate the devastating impact a Kavanaugh Supreme Court will have on women.
Derrick Johnson, the president and CEO of the NAACP, says that the targeting of the African American flyers is sickening and utterly unacceptable.
Marian Wright Edelman says that we owe all of the children who have fought for civil rights a debt of gratitude. In July, thousands of students...
One year after Heather Heyer, a 32 year-old White woman was killed by a Neo-Nazi as she protested against racism, socioeconomic and racial tensions remain high...
Panelists and civil rights leaders encouraged people of color and millennials, in particular, to Stop Hate and Vote, during the 109th NAACP annual convention.
Ron Dellums, the former California Congressman and a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died on July 30, 2018. He was 82.
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), which represents over 200 Black-owned media companies across the U.S., recognizes that civic-minded, young Black people are an important part...
Hip-hop legend MC Lyte is the national spokesperson for the NNPA’s Discover The Unexpected Journalism Fellowship program. The NNPA DTU Journalism Fellowship was designed to give...
The Justice Department recently reopened the 1955 Emmett Till case.
NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., delivered inspirational remarks during the 109th NAACP Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas.
Two CVS managers involved in an incident at a store on Chicago’s North Side are no longer working for the company, according to a statement released...
Dana Blair is the Road Trip Navigator for the NNPA’s 2018 Discover The Unexpected Journalism Fellowship program.
Civil rights groups and congressional Democrats plan to oppose Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, President Donald Trump’s second Supreme Court nomination.
