NNPA NEWSWIRE — A new House Diversity Initiative would create a permanent office in the House with sufficient staff to help recruit and retain diverse employees...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Rep. Maxine Waters is slated to chair the powerful House Financial Services Committee, Rep. Bobby Scott will be the Chairman of Education and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Should they all join the CBC, at least nine new members will be added to the ranks of the Congressional Black Caucus, which...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Impressively, even for Donald Trump, he managed to win the negative attention of Rihanna and Guns n’ Roses lead singer Axl Rose in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In a race marred by blatant examples of voter suppression and voting machine irregularities the NAACP Georgia State Conference partnering with Lawyers Committee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As was the case in January, the White House had no initial reaction and no denial to what was reported regarding Cohen’s rendition...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The conflict of interest regarding Kemp’s role as Georgia’s Secretary of State and as statewide candidate entered a new phase after it was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump made his self-defining statement on October 22 in Houston, saying, “They have a word. It sort of became old-fashioned. It’s called a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The newly configured CBS Board of Directors had their first meeting via teleconference on September 25. Parsons will lead the board at an...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…Mr. Dreiband lacks experience in many of the civil rights issues that fall under the Division’s jurisdiction – most importantly, voting rights, hate...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gillum, a graduate of Florida A&M University, is viewed as the continuation of a progressive surge and a shift away from the establishment...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black History Express features stories about historic African Americans within 26 chapters and featuring several hundred people. Both apps were made for the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano’s actions were intended to give his community a false sense of security and were a betrayal of his oath...
Polls show that the congressional generic ballot is +15 points in favor of the Democrats. Those types of poll results are sending a great deal of...
Saying his subject was “Aretha the Queen of Soul,” Rev. Jasper Williams of the Salem Bible Church in Atlanta gave the audience gathered for Aretha Franklin’s...
The Justice Department recently reopened the 1955 Emmett Till case.
Michael Selyem, a in San Bernardino County, California was suspended after some of his hate-filled, racist social media posts were made public. Some of the Selyem’s...
ABC cancelled “Roseanne” after the star sent a racist tweet about President Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett.
Civil rights activist Tamika Mallory says that the new NFL national anthem policy was an attempt to “resurrect slavery in the 21st century.” Former NFL quarterback...
President Donald Trump recently said that Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) had a “low IQ.” Trump also referenced Waters’ call for his impeachment in a recent speech...
Meek Mill freed, Black Press and criminal justice reform, Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Correspondent, Meek Mill and criminal justice reform, Meek Mill and the Black...
Senator Kamala Harris announced that she would not accept corporate PAC money, during an interview on The Breakfast Club.
The Color of Change and the Center for Constitutional Rights sue the Department of Homeland Security to force the release of the “Race Paper,” a secret...
“Black Panther” scored $75.8 million on opening day and $192 million over the weekend.
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a recent press conference on Capitol Hill, Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) said that at any given time there...
