Ben Carson Sworn-In as Trump’s Only Black Cabinet Pick

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Contributor The swearing-in of all of the primary members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet is just about complete. Most of...

Republican Lawmakers Attack Obama’s Education Law

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Without hesitation, Jill Lauren said that the most critical program that should be included under the Every Student Succeeds...

Trump and the Black Caucus Plan to Meet for the First Time

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Following a bizarre exchange with American Urban Radio Networks White House Correspondent April Ryan, the Congressional Black Caucus is...

New Study: Blacks Feel Ignored by the Democratic Party

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Cornell Belcher, the CEO of Brilliant Corners Research, said that it’s no surprise that Black voters have presented a...

Debate on Sessions Nomination Explodes Over Coretta Scott King Letter

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The United States Senate debate over Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (D-Ala.) boiled over into confusion and accusations...

Rep. Cedric Richmond Brings Bold New Leadership to the CBC

By Danny J. Bakewell, Jr. (Executive Editor, Los Angeles Sentinel) Congressman Cedric Richmond has been a congressman in New Orleans for the past six years. During...

With Final Press Briefing of 2016, President Obama Reflects on his Record

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor/NNPA Newswire) President Barack Obama used his last press conference of the year to reflect on the accomplishments of his administration over...

NAACP Calls for Economic Boycott of North Carolina

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In a daring move for the oldest civil rights group in the U.S., the NAACP is set to formally...

President-elect Donald Trump Meets with Black Celebrities

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to show that he plans to be the “president for all Americans” and to bolster support...

Democratic Pollster Cornell Belcher Delivers Blunt Talk on 2016 Election Results

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During the recent Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference in the nation’s capital, top Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher told a room...

Black Celebrities, Athletes Say “Give Trump a Chance”

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Several prominent African-Americans and celebrities said that they supported President-Elect Donald Trump. Some even voted for him. Among the...

Green Party Candidate Jill Stein Demands Recount in Three Key States

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has raised enough money to formally request a recount in three key swing...

U.S. Senators Demand Study on Federal Advertising in Black-owned Media

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Five U.S. Senators have joined the fight for accountability in the federal government’s advertising practices – or lack thereof...

Voting Rights Activists Speak on the Aftermath of the 2016 Elections

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a recent forum on the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders...

As Latino Voter Turnout Grows, Republicans Focus on Keeping Blacks From Voting

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first election after 50 years of voters not being protected by the Voting Rights Act has been punctuated...

Civil Rights Groups Furious in Opposition to Jeff Sessions Nod for U.S. Attorney General

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first sentence from the statement by Color of Change Executive Director Rashad Robinson that was released hours after...

Donald Trump Stuns the Nation and the World in Upset Over Hillary Clinton

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) New York real estate millionaire Donald Trump won the White House over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in...

Virginia Resident, Ex-Offender Voted for the First Time on November 8

By Jazmin Goodwin (Howard University News Service) ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Every Election Day for nearly 30 years, people have told Terry Garrett, that she couldn’t vote....

REPORT: HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll 2016

Nearly 90 percent of Black voters plan to cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, according to the 2016 National Black Voter Poll.

#WoC4Hillary Show Their Support for Clinton in Washington, D.C.

By Brittany Bullard (Women of Color for Hillary) The election of the nation’s first woman president is no small feat, particularly in an election year fraught...

Women of Color Rally for Hillary Clinton’s White House Bid

By Edwina Pratt (Women of Color for Hillary) One of the highest forms of praise any leader can ever hope to receive is the endorsement and...

In Jacksonville, Black Women are the Focal Point of Efforts to Elect Hillary Clinton

By Erika Adams (Women of Color for Hillary) With roughly one week until Election Day, Women of Color for Hillary, a national grassroots and digital network...

New Poll: 84 percent of Black Voters Think Donald Trump is Racist

Black Women Will Elect the Next President

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black women will play a key role in electing the next president, according to a recent report by the...