CHICAGO CRUSADER A lot of African Americans are expressing outrage over Kanye’s antics. They are embarrassed by him and some wish he would just disappear.
NNPA ESSA AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — “There was a gap where I could go to school and then go home and not hear anything about school. Maybe...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke was found guilty of second-degree murder Friday, October 5, by a jury at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As we consider housing finance reform and work to address the structure of our housing finance system, it is a priority for me...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — Coworking spaces are the new wave in Detroit: Bamboo Detroit and WeWork are two of the more popular coworking spaces in downtown. But...
SOUTH FLORIDA TIMES — The day after the Aug. 28 primary elections in which Andrew Gillum became the first African American nominee for Florida governor, his...
Chicago's Jackson Park is the proposed of the Obama Presidential Center, but a new lawsuit threatens its future.
Sandra Thompson (2nd from right), the president of the York County, Pa. branch of the NAACP, says that police must enforce laws against these businesses and...
Bill Cosby, 80, faces up to 30 years in prison, if convicted. Defense attorney Tom Mesereau said that Cosby accuser Andrea Constand “conned” the aging comedian...
The proposal to overhaul the secondary mortgage market’s government-sponsored enterprises from U.S. Senators Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) was quickly and unanimously rejected by...
By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Now “45” wants a parade. He wants it in November, probably before the mid-term elections. Some see it as move...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. & Candice S. Cason (NNPA Newswire Columnists) It has been nothing short of horrifying to watch the pictures of Hurricane Harvey’s impact...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In only six months in the White House, the Trump Administration has delivered the shortest tenure of any White...
By Alexa Imani Spencer (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow) Born on a warm July day during the summer of 1997, Noni Marshall entered the world destined to create,...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) William Thaddeus Coleman, Jr. died on March 31, 2017 at the ripe old age of 96. He was the most...
By Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.) Austin, Ill., the community where I live, in the heart of the congressional district I represent, includes the zip code...
By Dr. Elizabeth Primas (Program Manager, NNPA/ESSA Media Campaign) During the month of May, many of us celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the Brown vs. Board...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There’s no doubt that No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) had its share of problems, according to Rep. Bobby...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at...
By Reverend Dr. William J. Barber, II (President, North Carolina NAACP) On Friday, January 27, 2017, President Trump wrapped up his first week of executive orders...
By Anitra Brown (Managing Editor, The New Orleans Tribune) Late last year, “The New York Times” and “The Washington Post” criticized the National Association for the...
By Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. (President and Founder/Rainbow PUSH Coalition) The final days of the Obama presidency are upon us. His popularity is rising with the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) It hit me the other day that there is a new protocol involved in walking down the street. I...
By Raynard Jackson (NNPA Newswire Columnist) President-elect Donald Trump owes the Black community absolutely nothing. Let me repeat that: HE OWES US NOTHING! Blacks gave Trump...
