NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jacob Blake Sr., son Jacob Jr. was shot seven times in the back in a residential area of Kenosha by police officer Rusten...
NNPA Newswire -- Together, Apple’s REJI commitments aim to expand opportunities for communities of color across the country and to help build the next generation of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gunshots rang out in the hallway near the chambers, and windows were shattered throughout the building. An unidentified woman inside reportedly was shot...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Breonna Taylor, a Black woman, was in bed sleeping next to her boyfriend when the officers attempted to serve a no-knock search warrant....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Following a near-decade war against the Voting Rights Act and the undisputable suppression of hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As this year of racial awareness is drawing to a close, it’s deeply troubling that incidents like this one, in which a Black...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — So, as the calendar turns to 2021, and many wish friends, family and associates, “Happy New Year!” we’ll place an overwhelming emphasis on...
ATLANTA TRIBUNE — "I share with my fellow advocates of racial, social and economic justice a deep sense of despair, outrage, and grief at the recent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Calling out African Americans in a Fox News interview, Kushner left little doubt about the Trump clan’s mindset. “President Trump’s policies are the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — President Trump wants to paper over the living wound of racism. He’s issued Executive Orders and established a new national commission designed to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Mr. Floyd was treated with particular cruelty,” prosecutors wrote in court filings. “Despite Mr. Floyd’s pleas that he could not breathe and was...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — An attorney for the juror, who for now is remaining anonymous, says that their client has filed a motion in a Jefferson County,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “They didn’t want to charge anyone with the murder of Breonna Taylor,” said Steve Romines, the attorney for Taylor’s boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. Officer...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the city level. Efforts...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These incidents, fueled by white supremacy and racism, have been happening for generations, only to be swept under the rug. It is only...
ROLLING OUT — Even as a mentor in rap, Chuck D continues to put in work behind the mic. In 2017, Public Enemy released the album Nothing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As President of the Texas Black Expo (TBE), my primary interest is the economic part of the system—the creation and growth of Black-owned...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Most recently, Crump has represented three of the most high-profile cases in America today in his representation of the families of Floyd, Ahmaud...
But even in this moment, when we feel despair and deep exhaustion, we remember one essential truth: our voices have power. We know this truth to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “When I think about George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless other Black people murdered by racial hatred, I could not help...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “I was horrified,” Garza said of viewing the video of Floyd’s life being taken by a white police officer with his knee on...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Newspaper Publishers Association Chair Karen Carter Richards and NNPA President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., and numerous other Black Press...
