CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Recently, CBC Member Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) was elected chair of the Democratic Caucus, and Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC-06) was elected...
MISSISSIPPI LINK — This time of year everybody wants to get next year off to a good start by changing old bad habits. One of the...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — According to the United States Census Bureau, there are more than 2 million businesses in the country that are owned by African Americans
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN - RECORDER — There’s no denying that small business ownership is on the rise amongst African Americans
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — In the 10 years since opening her North Nashville business, Mignon Francois has sold more than 5 million cupcakes and helped to...
SAN DIEGO VOICE — African Americans should not be surprised at the recent outburst of violence both in terms of bombs sent through the mail and...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — In Washington, D.C., the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV has seen a downward trend over the past 10 years, but the...
THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — The three stages of voting are registration, education and participation. We are finished with registration. It is now time to educate ourselves on...
NASHVILLE PRIDE — Bridget Kyeremateng, Tumblr’s Head of Social Impact will be the spokesperson at the event.
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.
NASHVILLE PRIDE — You are always finding an individual African American who feels that he or she can speak on behalf of all African Americans; however,...
LOS ANGELES WAVE — Mayor Eric Garcetti met with members of the black press Oct. 18 in a wide-ranging roundtable discussion about issues concerning and affecting...
OAKLAND POST — A community coalition comprised of Pastors, former Black Panther Co-Founder, Bobby Seale, Civil Rights attorneys and residents held a press conference this week...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — For the record, since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking unemployment statistics based on race in the 1970s, the rate of Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our lives are on the ballot this year, so it is absolutely crucial that African-Americans as a whole participate in these midterms elections...
MICHIGAN CHRONICLE — The private event was held at the N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art in midtown Detroit Thursday night, welcoming the city’s newest power players...
THE OKLAHOMA EAGLE — Essentially Lyndo Jones was murdered by a Dallas policeman last year for getting in his own truck, this week the trial begins...
THE WEEKLY CHALLENGER — The United States Constitution, which includes the Bill of Rights, or the first 10 amendments, was signed and became the supreme law...
On Friday, Sept. 21, a new sculpture of Alice Allison Dunnigan, the first African American woman to receive press credentials to cover the White House and...
Howard University President Dr. Wayne A.I. Frederick says that sickle cell disease is not a death sentence. People living with SCD can still play sports, go...
Raja Jorjani, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Suppose a client walked into my office and told me that police officers in his country...
(Salon) – The brutal and iniquitous treatment African-Americans suffer at the hands of their criminal justice system has been a chief topic of conversation in the...
(Salon) – Black America is tired. The liminal existence of Ellison’s invisible man; Cornel West’s brilliant meditation on “niggerization” as a state of existential fear, where...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Duke University professor criticized for an online post comparing blacks and Asians said Monday that it’s not...
Deena Prichep, NPR WASHINGTON (NPR.org)—Friday night marked the start of Passover, when Jews around the world tell the story of Exodus. That story, with its...
