NNPA NEWSWIRE — In the 2015-16 school year, Black boys made up 8 percent of public school enrollment, but they were 25 percent of the boys...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — Whether you ask a parent, a teacher or even a college student like me, creating a better world for kids is...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), in partnership with the Houston Forward Times, recently announced that the city of Houston will serve...
By Freddie Allen Senior NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite relative improvement in job growth from 2013 to 2014, Black women continue to struggle in...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Today, close to one in four Black children – as young as 2 years old – is...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Eight years after the Great Recession, Black children are prospering in some regards and still struggling in...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands...
(NBC News) – The poverty rate has declined for Hispanic, white and Asian children, but has remained steady for Black children, according to a new analysis released today...
Ayesha Curry, special to TIME Magazine (TIME.com) — Anyone who knows our family knows we are extremely low maintenance, no fuss, and very relaxed....
Shardae Jobson, HELLOBEAUTIFUL.COM (HelloBeautiful.com)—Hey DreamWorks, we got a little question for ya…why isn’t Rihanna, or actually her character Tip, featured in the posters for the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A majority of American parents believe their children will face a harsher coming-of-age than they did, according...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Too much and for too long, we seem to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist It is very important that we focus on building strong households and foundations that will survive the test of time. We...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks, who are already more likely than other racial groups to be involved in situations that involve bullying, both...
by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Five young African-American superheroes called the Fearless Five may be saving young Black minds–one picture...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Carter G. Woodson, son of former slaves, pioneering Harvard-trained historian, founder of the Association for the Study of African...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite living in the world’s richest economy with a gross domestic product of $15.7 trillion, America’s children,...
By Benjamin Todd Jealous NNPA Guest Columnist Every generation believes their children deserve to be better off than they were. This belief inspired the first slave...
