BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — we found that the explanations offered by the leadership of the Target Corporation fell woefully short of what our communities deserve and of...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The nation’s digital technology and social media companies are helping to transform how people throughout the world communicate and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The importance of President Barack Obama’s U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held this week in Washington, D.C. should not be underestimated....
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Our voice for the cause of freedom, justice, equality, and empowerment is the consistent voice of struggle and...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist To publish a document is to establish a permanent record for the future. To publish a newspaper is...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Former U.S. Rep. Parren Mitchell (D-Md.) once told me, “It is long overdue for Black Americans to understand the...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The June unemployment rate is was down to 6.1 percent. Yet, for the vast majority of more than 45...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Amidst last week’s annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon, I...
By Benjamin F. Chavis NNPA Columnist Millions of people throughout the world continue to pause, to remember, to celebrate and to recommit to the living...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The current controversy surrounding the plight of veterans in the United States is an important issue for all...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever someone is the first to reach an historic milestone in the world of finance and wealth, notable...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The 2014 election year should be a voting “payback” year for Black America. Elected officials and politicians across America...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have had a long tradition of pursuing and encouraging excellence. Howard University in...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Today, the long travail and struggle of African people to gain freedom, justice, equality and empowerment remains both...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Major League Baseball’s home run king, Henry Louis “Hank” Aaron has just knocked another one out of the park. ...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever there is a steady series of public questions being raised about the “power” of Black Americans, you...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist History is often made by leaders who make a consequential difference in quality of life of people. The...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Every March the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and its philanthropic arm, the NNPA Foundation, gather in Washington, D.C....
