[NB4 WASHINGTON] The FBI is investigating the killing of a visiting student by a University of Maryland student as a possible hate crime, authorities say. University...
[HOWARD UNIVERSITY NEWSVISION] With the recent introduction of “Alex” one of the newest characters on Sesame Street, Howard University’s NewsVision Reporter Jamai Harris has decided to...
By Erick Johnson (Chicago Crusader/NNPA Member) The Black Press celebrated the life and legacy John B. Smith, Sr., the publisher and CEO of The Atlanta Inquirer...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In their annual State of Black America report, called “Protect Our Progress,” the National Urban League (NUL) suggested that...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) After backpedaling from claims he made in February, that gang leaders committed to “lower the body count” in Chicago...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Cecilia Marshall never imagined that the battle for equal rights in schools and elsewhere would still be as vital...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bethune-Cookman University (B-CU), a historically Black university in Daytona Beach, Fla., has suffered waves of sharp criticism since school...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A day after Taylor Dumpson, who is an African American woman, was elected to be student body president at...
Watch and discuss findings from the 2017 NUL State of Black America Report – measuring how Blacks and Hispanics are faring compared to Whites in education,...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Against a backdrop of death threats and under the cover of night, officials in New Orleans have begun to...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille, have given untold millions of dollars to colleges and universities over the years,...
A Commentary By Evin Cosby I am the youngest of five. I remember our family trips and moving to NYC just so we could be closer...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bill Cosby is blind. It’s been more than two years since the embattled, television and film legend, who was...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) For 190 years, the Black Press has chronicled the spirit and resilience of the African-American community. “You can see...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) According to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), President Barack Obama’s education law, states and local school districts are...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Buried in the 24-hour news cycle of Russian conspiracies, presidential tweets, and claims of White House nepotism, the Trump...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,” John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press...
By David Wilfong (North Dallas Gazette/NNPA Member) Dallas is looking at a large, and continually growing homeless population. While the spread-out geography of a city like...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) At first glance, King Whetstone might present an unusual visual. First, he appears younger than his 40 years—but that’s...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Across the nation, educators say that federal dollars must follow former President Barack Obama’s Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA),...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Earlier this month, leaders from six civil rights groups met with Attorney General Jeff Sessions at the Justice Department...
By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In recent weeks, squads of officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have descended on communities from the suburbs...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Pete Taney knew this day would come. “I’ve been looking over my shoulders all of my life, so this...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Through the vitriolic, and sometimes venomous, atmosphere of the presidential campaign, a highly-regarded member of then-Republican presidential candidate Donald...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) President Trump signed an executive order to focus more attention on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on Tuesday,...
