BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” this week signaled a noticeable change in tone and approach. It was...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — After much backroom maneuvering, the final vote on the resolution honoring Kirk was moved from Thursday to Friday, Sept. 18. For members of...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Juneteenth, America’s newest federal holiday, was meant to symbolize a national reckoning with history and a celebration of freedom when President Joe Biden...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout the trial, a key witness, Uriel Rincon, who was present at the recording studio the night of the murder, testified that the...
Jay-Z, undeniably a cultural juggernaut, has made quite a mark on music, business, and some of the social causes he’s undertaken.
By Terri Schlichenmeyer The Bookworm Sez, LLC One drop. That’s all they said it took to determine someone’s race. Just one drop, the tiniest of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In continued support of go-getters and changemakers in the Black community, the brand is launching ‘Pause Now, Hustle Later’ in partnership with media...
c.2023, Dafina, $28.00, 256 pages By Terri Schlichenmeyer A good building starts with a substantial foundation. No matter where you go from there, that base...
By Tamara Shiloh It was the early summer of 1980. More than 100 artists converged on an abandoned four-story building at Seventh Avenue and 41st Street...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Every one of these extraordinary writers is a credit to the art form, each bringing their own unique experiences and approaches to enrich...
HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWS SERVICE — Twenty years after the attack, after leaving the department and busying himself with new hobbies, after his oldest child, a son,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Williams received three Primetime Emmy awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie for his work in Bessie (2015), The Night Of (2016) and When...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — More than sharing my personal experiences in that two year stretch with one of the most widely recognized names in music entertainment, singing...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Knick fans vividly remember how loud The Garden was when Ewing dominated the paint, when Oakley crashed the boards, coming away with just...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The virtual summit, scheduled at noon and streamed over YouTube and Facebook, features a student Pitch competition and includes a panel of successful...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dinkins was viewed as a compromise candidate during a time of turmoil in New York. Elected a year after the infamous 1989 “Central...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Simmons is leading a group of producers who, on Sunday, April 5, will premiere “Def Comedy Jam Presents: Healing Through Laughter,” a marathon...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We didn’t get everything right,” he (Bloomberg) admitted after citing various achievements during his administrations and warming to the central topic of stop-and-frisk....
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Right on time for the Fall school season, children’s hair care line Natural Bunch Kids has tapped the niece of acclaimed, Grammy Award...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — On African Liberation Day, while Leteefah Carter and her comrades gathered at the African-American Civil War Memorial on U Street to protest the...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — The migration of well-to-do millennials, empty nesters and others into cities and the exit of working-class people and/or people of color is a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Waithe is literally the present and future of film and television with her Emmy award for Master of None. Jean-Raymond is the present...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Lorraine Toussaint has plans. The SAG award-winner and NAACP Image award nominee that has an acting career that spans more than thirty years, is starring as Patricia on NBC’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “You know, there's a point in your career where you take whatever you can get. And then early on in my career, I...
THE AFRO — Christians — from the Church’s beginning — have rarely agreed on doctrinal issues and the look of authentic public witness. What has concerned me,...
