CHICAGO DEFENDER — Mayoral candidate Troy LaRaviere has been a thorn in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s backside. The former principal of Blaine Elementary has long criticized the...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Anyone not registered vote in Georgia or those whose addresses have changed register to vote by Tuesday to vote on Nov. 6. You...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Several community leaders have made statements regarding responses to the verdict in the Jason Van Dyke trial. Van Dyke is on trial for...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — McDonald’s headquarters has moved to Chicago. And recently, the Black McDonald’s Owners Association (BMOA) hosted a brunch to encourage people to eat a...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Most people know Dr. Ian Smith for his great fitness and diet advice that come along with his best-selling books. But the medical...
“…I’ve always understood not only the power of the digital world but also where we were going in terms of the future and the role the...
By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) During an on the record meeting with publishers of Black-owned newspapers on Capitol Hill, Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) discussed a...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) The oldest Black business industry in America began 190 years ago today. On March 16, 1827, the first...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CHICAGO — On December 8th the nationally syndicated Café Mocha show wrapped up its 2016 Salute Her Tour after making stops in Atlanta,...
By Kai EL’Zabar (Executive Editor, Chicago Defender) Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton came to Chicago on her Midwest campaign jaunt to address the Women’s International...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association) The legendary scholar, writer and visionary James Baldwin once personally confided with me that...
By Erick Johnson (From The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) There were over six hundred Black families applying for 53 apartment units in just one day in...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA National News Managing Editor) In an effort to provide student journalists with a unique experience working in the Black Press, the National...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When James McGrath Morris set out to write his latest book, he didn’t know how timely it...
