BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — By 8:30 p.m. on election night, the story was unmistakable. America had spoken, not with a whisper but with a roar that swept...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The retailer is grappling with falling foot traffic, public boycotts, and criticism over its retreat from diversity goals.
BLACKPRESSUSA.COM NEWSWIRE — Though there weren’t many Black people in the large crowd there were several Black leaders speaking on the main stage. They included Rev....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. Chavis announced that the book will be distributed to schools and educational institutions across the country, ensuring that students have access to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While the policies aim to bolster what the administration calls "American values and safety," they carry profound implications for Black Americans and other...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Biden’s broad act of clemency also included others like Don Scott, the current Speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates, who transformed a...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — They had been sent to arrest Scott, a Black Muslim, who charged the officers after they kicked in the front door of his...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 6-3 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court will alter college admissions policies. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., writing the opinion for...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Representatives Justin Pearson (D-Memphis), Justin Jones (D-Nashville), and Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville) took to the Tennessee House floor to stand in solidarity with school...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Sellers notes how his life has been bookended by tragedy – the 1968 Orangeburg Massacre and the 2015 Charleston Massacre, where he lost...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — If preliminary data estimates on the recent 2020 primaries in North Carolina are accurate, student voters on HBCU campuses must raise their turnout...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We encourage all Black churches and businesses to remain closed during this critical period. The denominations and independent churches represented in this statement,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The chaotic culture of the Trump White House contributed to the crisis. A lack of planning and a failure to execute, combined with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — El-Mekki is answering his own “nation building” call. In May, he announced that after 11 years as Shoemaker’s principal and 26 years of...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Illegal guns and drugs are permeating black communities and destroying black men in unparalleled numbers since slavery. Is it happenstance or by design? What...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — Leaders of numerous African American organizations recently convened in the District to deal with the upcoming 2020 census that could affect available resources and...
AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWS & ISSUES — I am proud to announce the passage of legislation to name two of our roadways after two great Black leaders who...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Some media favorable to the president have also attacked Omar and despite death threats made against her, Trump has continued his assault by...
MISSISSIPPI LINK — The lofty words of the president resonated little with Democrats and black leaders.
CINCINNATI HERALD — Saturday, Black leaders put out a call to rally the community to address this issue of racism head on in the city of...
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...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Writing has been a catharsis for me since my “angry days” in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. I used...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Sandwiched between the deaths of former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and popular ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott, the passing...
Tom Kludt, CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney)—Oprah Winfrey, meet the leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement. In a recent interview, Winfrey explained what she would like to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Black life, for the most part, has become a myriad of frustration, doubt, hopelessness, desperation, despair, struggle, and fear. We fear...
