PRESS ROOM: CRL Statement on the Federal Reserve’s Plan to Revamp the Community Reinvestment Act

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The CRA is a civil rights law designed to expand financial opportunity. The law requires banks to meet the credit needs of the...

OP-ED: The United States Postal Service Delivers Much More Than Mail

NNPA NEWSWIRE — And true to its roots, the revitalized United States Postal Service (USPS) knew how to make a buck. The reorganization legislation called for...

Report Reveals Alarming Amount of Systemic Police and Prosecutorial Misconduct

NNPA NEWSWIRE — While researchers of a new report released on Tuesday, Sept. 15, said it’s hard to summarize the enormity of the harm Burge and...

Attorneys for Bill Cosby Lay Out Why Supreme Court Should Toss Conviction

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Cosby’s lawyers remain convinced that since Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele invited the testimony of five women who allegedly had encounters with...

AUTONETWORK: 2020 Hyundai Venue

NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Venue’s design was comprised of small body forms, mostly squares. But it looked measurably better than that sounds. Its side profile featured...

PRESS ROOM: U.S. Bank donates $5 million to local communities as part of Rebuild and Transform Fund

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today we are proud to share the details of our philanthropic giving to 10 additional markets across the country that historically experience low...

PRESS ROOM: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.® Does It Again and Raises $1 Million in Support of HBCUs

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We did it, we did it again!” Dr. Glenda Glover, AKA International President and Chief Executive Officer shared with excitement in a video...

COMMENTARY: Trump Brands Black U.S. Senator to Crime and Avoids Denouncing Violence

NNPA NEWSWIRE — During the week of the Republican convention fear was a reoccurring theme that never left the stage. Trump has steadfastly avoiding being critical...

As 2020 Debate Schedule Released It’s Clear Harris Improved Enthusiasm Gap for Biden Campaign

NNPA NEWSWIRE — Over the last few months, Biden has received impressive polling results. More importantly, Biden has done well in polls in states he must...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM REPLAY — REP. BRENDA L. LAWRENCE (D-MI)

#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM REPLAY! — “We’ve never had this happen before. The way democracy is supposed to work with checks and balances is that the House passes...

PRESS ROOM: XFINITY Kicks Off Virtual Voter Empowerment Series With Town Hall Featuring Civil Rights Leader Rev. Al Sharpton in Partnership With the League of Women Voters

The three-part Xfinity 1VOICE 1VOTE series, presented in partnership with the League of Women Voters, kicks off on Thursday with a voter empowerment town hall. The...

PRESS ROOM: Citi Launches More Than $1 Billion in Strategic Initiatives to Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap

According to the recently published Citi GPS report “Closing the Racial Inequality Gaps,” if the U.S. had closed key racial gaps for Black Americans in wages,...

Readjusting: Best Practices For Managing Your Business’s Finances In Today’s Economy

One of the best perks of getting to know your banker is the ability to get help tailored to your business as your needs continue to...

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Officers in Breonna Taylor Case Escape Indictment

NNPA NEWSWIRE — “They didn’t want to charge anyone with the murder of Breonna Taylor,” said Steve Romines, the attorney for Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. Officer...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM THURS. 8.20.20 7PM ET — MAYSA

American jazz singer, Maysa, is well known by fans of smooth jazz both for her solo work and for her work with the British band Incognito....

#FIYAH! REPLAY — REP. ANTHONY BROWN (D-MD)

#FIYAH! LIVESTREAM REPLAY — Congressman Brown serves as the Vice Chair of the House Armed Services Committee, where he helps shape the policies to ensure we...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM THURS. 8.20.20 4PM ET — WYNTON MARSALIS

Wynton Marsalis’s exploration of socio-cultural and political issues has yielded some of his most inspired and provocative work over the last four decades including the GRAMMYⓇ...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM TUES. 8.18.20 3PM ET — JERMAINE DUPRI

After discovering rap duo Kris Kross at an Atlanta mall in 1991, then-19-year-old producer Jermaine Dupri helped write their massive single “Jump,” and “Warm It Up,”...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM WED. 8.19.20 11AM ET — ISIAH THOMAS

THOMAS NBA Hall of Famer and one of the 50 greatest basketball players ever will sit down with BlackPressUSA for a livestream with us to discuss...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM WEDNESDAY 9.16.20 9AM — “Two Systems, Same Outcome”

Two Systems, Same Outcome: influence of necropolitics and systemic racism physicians from the U.S. and United Kingdom discuss the impact of COVID-19 on Black communities. "After...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM THURS. 8.27.20 12PM — PRINCELL HAIR

Princell Hair joins The Black News Channel (BNC) as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the nation’s first and only 24-hour news network culturally specific...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM 8.20.20 1PM ET — REP. ANTHONY BROWN (D-MD)

Anthony Brown was elected to his first term representing Maryland’s 4th Congressional District - encompassing parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George’s Counties - on November...

#FIYAH! — LIVESTREAM MON. 8.23.20 2PM ET — REP. YVETTE CLARKE (D-NY)

Hailing from central Brooklyn, Congresswoman Yvette Diane Clarke feels honored to represent the community that raised her. She is the proud daughter of Jamaican immigrants and...

FOOD: Whipping up a Cool Stay Cake-tion

NNPA NEWSWIRE — For this treat, I decided to use a flavor that reminds me of summer: Piña Colada. And as the cake base, I used...