All posts tagged "National"

PRESS ROOM: NNPA Awarded $1.5 Million ESSA Media Grant

Contact: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (202) 588-8764 [email protected] NNPA 1816 12th Street NW Washington, DC 20009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA)...

Democratic Pollster Cornell Belcher Delivers Blunt Talk on 2016 Election Results

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During the recent Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference in the nation’s capital, top Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher told a room...

LIVESTREAM: White House Convening on Criminal Justice Reform

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zud7t8ymz7e

BREAKING: Ohio State University: Suspect killed, 10 hospitalized after campus attack

[CNN.COM] (CNN)[Breaking news update at 1:07 p.m. ET] The suspect in the Ohio State University attack ran into a group of pedestrians on a street corner...

BREAKING: Active shooter reported at Ohio State University; 8 hospitalized, 1 critical

[CNN.COM] (CNN) — At least eight people were taken to hospitals after an active shooter was reported on the Ohio State University campus Monday, authorities said. One...

A Community of Journalists and Politicians Deliver an Emotional Goodbye to Gwen Ifill

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A low key, but solid strain of references to current affairs was heard in the eulogies for much loved...

HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll: 90 percent of Black Voters Will Cast Ballots for Clinton

Days Before the Election, Clinton Talks about Criminal Justice, Jobs and Education with the Black Press

By Cash Michaels (The Carolinian, NNPA Member) [RALEIGH] In an exclusive interview with North Carolina’s African-American press, Hillary Clinton said that even though she is running...

PRESS ROOM: Nearly 90 percent of Black Voters Favor Clinton over Trump in New HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 31, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and Howard University, announced the results of the 2016 Howard...

NNPA, Howard University Team Up to Poll Black Voters

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) In a historic effort to measure the pulse of African American voters, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) partnered...

PRESS ROOM: Award-Winning Journalist Roland S. Martin Kicked Off His “School Choice is the Black Choice” Initiative at Howard University

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST ROLAND S. MARTIN KICKED OFF HIS “SCHOOL CHOICE IS THE BLACK CHOICE” INITIATIVE WITH A TOWN HALL MEETING AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY...

Black Women Will Elect the Next President

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black women will play a key role in electing the next president, according to a recent report by the...

LISTEN: What It’s Like to be Black at the United States Naval Academy

Everyday the men and women of the American armed forces risk their lives to fight for our freedoms. Howard University News Service’s Taylor Gordon takes a...

Black Women’s Roundtable Launches National Vote Effort

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) and the Unity’16 Campaign of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) recently...

Alicia Garza on What’s Missing from the Black Lives Matter Movement

[BLACKYOUTHPROJECT.ORG] The Oakland-based organizer and activist Alicia Garza, who is also the originator of the Black Lives Matter rallying cry and one of the founders of...

Hurricane Matthew’s U.S. Impacts: Life-Threatening Storm Surge, Damaging Winds, Flooding Rainfall

[WEATHER.COM] Hurricane Matthew is set to deliver a devastating blow to eastern Florida starting Thursday night, and then will hammer areas farther north up the coast...

Citizen Newspaper Publisher William Garth, Sr. Dies at 79

By Lisette Gushiniere (Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group, NNPA Member) William Garth, Sr., the CEO of the Chicago Citizen Newspaper Group Inc., (CCNG) and Chairman of the...

Thousands Attend Grand Opening Ceremonies for the New Black History Museum

By William J. Ford (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) When Carolyn Tillery walked around the Washington Monument on the National Mall on Saturday and stared at...

At Last: President Obama Dedicates New Black History Museum on the National Mall

By D. Kevin McNeir (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The idea of erecting a museum that would highlight the contributions of African Americans first received public attention more...

After Recent Police Shootings, NNPA Declares a State of Emergency in the Black Community

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) The recent extrajudicial killings of three Black males, including a 13 year-old boy, have sparked protests across the U.S....

President Obama Makes Urgent Call for Black Voter Turnout

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO of the NNPA) Last Saturday, we were pleased to witness, firsthand, President Barack Obama’s keynote address at...

Rep. Charles Rangel Reflects on Stellar Political Career

By D. Kevin McNeir (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) Charles B. Rangel, the celebrated dean of New York’s congressional delegation currently serving as a member of...

Lack of Venture Capital and Bankers Stifles Economic Growth in Communities of Color

By R. Donahue Peebles (Chairman, of the Board of Directors of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.) Throughout America, minority communities are being undermined by a...

Why Access to Capital Still Matters

By A. Shuanise Washington (President and CEO Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Incorporated) The lack of access to capital is one of the gravest threats confronting minority-owned...

Yes, Half of Trump Supporters are Racist

[WASHINGTONPOST.COM] BALTIMORE — Hillary Clinton may have been unwise to say half of Donald Trump’s supporters are racists and other “deplorables.” But she wasn’t wrong. If...