By Ben Jealous When Charles Diggs, Jr. won election to Congress in Michigan’s 13th District in 1954, he launched nearly seven decades in which the city...
By Emil Guillermo The thought of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star turned political hostage, should make every freedom-loving American weep. It’s going to be a long...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The study published by the Washington, D.C.-based Violence Policy Center, revealed that in 2019, the United States recorded 7,441 Black homicide victims. African...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — White House officials noted that America produced more oil under the first year of the Biden-Harris administration than it did under the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Kaepernick, 34, has been speaking out a lot lately about wanting to play in the NFL again. Though he has been quiet over...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A variety of positions need to be filled within areas such as hospitality, concessions, retail, transportation, logistics, carpentry, construction, janitorial, and miscellaneous services....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “This has been a 30-plus year journey,” Congresswoman Jackson Lee declared. “We had to take a different approach. We had to go one...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Gregory McClary, owner and manager of Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home in Westland, says one notable challenge faced by funeral directors is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I think if people begin to associate this legislation with what happened to the descendants of enslaved Africans as a human rights violation,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is demanding unprecedented protection for the event. Meanwhile, multiple reports indicate that the FBI is aware of chatter about...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Though largely viewed as a formality, the many challenges and the outrageous – almost treasonous – behavior displayed by Trump, his supporters, and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Our nation has a problem that we only pass significant legislation if we have one party that has the House, the Senate and...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Recalling its earlier research on the family wealth lost as a result of the Great Recession, the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), holds...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Look at the cities the nation is depending on in order to not re-elect an incompetent, racist, misogynistic president who has killed 230,000...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The COVID-19 pandemic appears not to be stifling turnout for an election driven primarily by the controversial and divisive personal of Donald Trump....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Democrats and Republicans are engaged in a furious struggle over voting rights. In almost every instance, Democrats are trying to make it easier...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout the evening, staff members from many of the 230 publications and media companies in the Black Press family will join the broadcast...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a release from the campaign, Biden’s camp notes that Trump’s choosing to address many of the issues that Black Americans have faced...
NNPA NEWSWIRE —Officials said AARP’s robust Protect Voters 50+ campaign is designed to reach these voters in each state to make sure they know how to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In August, AARP launched “Protect Voters 50+,” a comprehensive voter engagement campaign to support and protect Americans 50-plus as they vote in the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We cannot afford another four years of Donald Trump's chaotic presidency and the DNC is not taking nothing for granted this November,” said...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even in the darkest of times, we can hear our friend and mentor John Lewis: "Ours is not the struggle of one day,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Trump’s poll numbers indicate he will have an uphill battle defeating Joe Biden. In 2016, Hillary Clinton lost the electoral college but won...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The catalyst for the latest demonstrations was the senseless and tragic death of George Floyd on May 25 at the hands of four...
NNPA — In a CNN interview, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar attributed the high coronavirus death rate to unhealthy African Americans. Azar claimed that...
