Trump’s Speech in Wisconsin Addresses Poverty, Crime in the Black Community

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) During a campaign speech in Wisconsin, Trump appealed to African American voters offering an alternative to Democratic presidential...

Donors, Sponsors Generously Support African-American History Museum

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Sponsorships and donations have been pouring into the new Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture...

Music Lovers Gather at the 2016 Richmond Jazz Festival

By Dwight Brown (NNPA News Wire Film Critic) On a hot mid-August summer weekend in Richmond, Virginia, thousands of music lovers gathered for the seventh annual...

Report: Blacks and Latinos Still Face Housing Discrimination in California

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Although many American families have modest financial means, there is nothing small about their hopes. Owning a home has...

Enhancing Black-Owned Newspapers in the Age of Social Media

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes the first class of the Discover the Unexpected...

Chicago’s Black Community Stunned by Latest Police Shooting

By Erick Johnson (The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) Chicago police have shot another teenager, and gangs are allegedly planning to retaliate for his death. For years,...

North Carolina’s Voter ID Law Struck Down, but Questions Remain

By Cash Michaels (Carolina Peacemaker, NNPA Member) Democrats and activists who supported efforts by the N.C. NAACP and others to legally overturn parts of North Carolina’s...

New Hires at the RNC Ready to Court the Black Vote

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Due to unprecedented poor polling numbers in the African-American community, Republicans have ramped up their effort to court...

Movie Review: Suicide Squad

Shirley Chisholm and the Fight for Equal Rights for All Women

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) With a woman heading the ticket of the Democratic Party, it may be challenging for us to remember that...