In Remembrance of Bernal E. Smith II, The New Tri-State Defender Publisher

TSDtv: Inside Shelby County Juvenile Court (Part 2)

TSDtv: Inside Shelby County Juvenile Court (Part 1)

Puerto Ricans Suffer Apocalyptic Nightmare After Hurricanes

By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s been nearly a month since two, historic hurricanes savaged Puerto Rico, and despite the utter devastation left after...

Out of the Shadows: Overt Racism Flourishes in the American South

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Race relations in the United States, especially in the South, are plagued by troubling examples of the challenges that...

HBCUs State of the Union

States Ignore Social Competency for Students in ESSA Plans

By Lauren Poteat (NNPA/ESSA Contributor) According to a recent report by Education Week, states have largely ignored a critical mandate of the Every Student Succeeds Act...

2017 NNPA Leadership Awards

Colbert Asked Ta-Nehisi Coates If He Had Hope for Better Race Relations in America. He Said No.

NNPA, Chevrolet Honor the 2017 Discover The Unexpected Journalism Fellows

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Chevrolet recently recognized the achievements of eight students from Historically Black Colleges...

The Juice Is Loose: After Nine Years, O.J. Released from Prison

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) After serving the better part of a decade in prison, NFL Hall of Famer and cultural icon O.J. Simpson...

More than 50 Dead, 400 Injured in Las Vegas Mass Shooting

YOUR VOICE – What issues should the new mayor of Atlanta address?

Scenes from . . . the Best In Black Awards 2017!

NNPA Honors Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Activists and Business Executives with 2017 Leadership Awards

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Congressional Black Caucus Chair Cedric Richmond and Federal Communications Commission Chair Mignon Clyburn were among eight honored with the...

Rep. Al Green Meets with the Black Press on Capitol Hill

By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) During an on the record meeting with publishers of Black-owned newspapers on Capitol Hill, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) discussed a...

Deyonta Davis

NNPA, Pfizer Release Groundbreaking Poll about Sickle Disease in the Black Community

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A new poll about sickle cell disease (SCD), presented by the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Pfizer revealed...

PRESS ROOM: NAACP Condemns Irregularities at Kharon Davis Trial

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Malik Russell, [email protected] One Black Juror out of 12 jurors and Allegations of Inappropriate Conversations BALTIMORE, Sept. 21, 2017/NNPANewswirePR/The NAACP issued the...

WATCH: Chicago Activist Andrew Holmes Says No One Forced Kenneka Jenkins into Freezer

The NNPA Salutes the Living Legacy of Dick Gregory

The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) pauses to express our heartfelt condolences to the family of Dick Gregory, and to express forthrightly on the public record...

WATCH: Mother of Chicago Teen Found Dead in Freezer Speaks Out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rikkhsz_ew

It’s Time for Congress to Pass a Hurricane Harvey Emergency Funding Package

By Rep. Al Green (TX-09), Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (MS-02) and  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18) Historically, during times of national emergency, Americans unite to meet the...

Prosecutor in Cosby’s Sex Assault Case Urged Penn State to Honor Coach Joe Paterno

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Montgomery County District Attorney prosecuting Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case encouraged administration officials at Pennsylvania State University to...

NNPA/ESSA Parent Video – Linda Banks