NNPA NEWSWIRE — I must admit that ghosts and spirits are still within my purview. From time to time, I “conversate,” kick it and confer with...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “A right is not something someone gives you. It’s something that someone cannot take away from you. That’s what this is about. It’s...
By Rev Phyllis Scott, President of the Pastors of Oakland Last week, as the Pastors of Oakland and the NAACP held a prayer vigil seeking proactive...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This Black History Month, give Black women the gift of empowerment by investing in organizations dedicated to Reproductive Justice (RJ). Black women have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Fifty-eight years after the #MarchOnWashington, Americans are marching again today for our democracy. With state laws disenfranchising voters and making it harder to vote,...
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 — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s latest attack on a Black lawmaker and his majority Black constituency is not new. Rep. Cummings represents Baltimore, which is 60 percent...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Much has changed since the creation of the NAACP 110 years ago, and as we highlight these achievements during this year’s convention, we...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A District-headquartered employees’ union has launched an interactive campaign to engage young people of color ahead of the 2020 election. The initiative of the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Any universe with payday lending is answering the question of how to make poverty a sustainable profitable enterprise,” noted Boston’s Rep. Ayanna Pressley...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “In celebrating the Congressional Black Caucus, I'm not touting their perfection, because the collective caucus is flawed as any other organization. My biggest...
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In the wake of a recent series of anti-consumer actions taken by Mick Mulvaney, the Trump-appointed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s...
By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., the founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, called for a “full-scale” boycott of BMW, the German...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The groundswell for criminal justice reform has become nearly daily headline news. Demonstrations spanning the nation and many parts of...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The federal jobs reports for September issued last week showed the year’s slow – and therefore, disappointing – rate of...
