By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In the span of thirty days, federal judges have scuttled voter suppression laws in North Carolina, Texas, Wisconsin, Kansas...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In less than two weeks, visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture will get the opportunity...
[CHICAGOCRUSADER.COM/NNPA MEMBER] The two brothers charged with killing the cousin of NBA star Dwyane Wade will appear in court Monday. Police arrested 26-year-old Darwin Sorrells and...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Bank of America, Kaiser Permanente, Prudential Financial Inc., Target and Toyota have each provided $2 million in sponsorships to...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) The Black Press lost one of it’s most celebrated warriors when George Curry, veteran journalist and former Editor-In-Chief...
[TRICE EDNEY NEWS WIRE] Pioneering Civil rights and Black political journalist George E. Curry, the reputed dean of Black press columnists because of his riveting weekly...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Sponsorships and donations have been pouring into the new Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture...
By Erick Johnson (The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) Chicago police have shot another teenager, and gangs are allegedly planning to retaliate for his death. For years,...
By Cash Michaels (Carolina Peacemaker, NNPA Member) Democrats and activists who supported efforts by the N.C. NAACP and others to legally overturn parts of North Carolina’s...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) The headlines blared almost non-stop. “Rev. William Barber Rattles the Windows, Shakes the DNC Walls,” NBC News said....
By Edward Henderson (The San Diego Voice and Viewpoint, NNPA Member) The term ‘crack baby’ emerged into the social consciousness in the 80’s and 90’s during...
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By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Russell Simmons is as afraid of a confrontation with police as most other Black men. However, despite...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) During a recent speech on competition and the American economy, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who some...
By Brelaun Douglas (NNPA/DTU Fellow, Atlanta Voice) In an effort to boost minority participation in science and technology, 100 Black Men of America recently hosted a...
[THEATLANTIC.COM] What we know: —Twelve officers were shot by snipers. Of these, four Dallas police officers and one officer from the Dallas Area Rapid Transit were...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) “The St. Louis American” newspaper was the big winner at the National Newspaper Publishers Association 2016 Merit Awards...
By Tatyana Hopkins (NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow, Michigan Chronicle) The lawyers of wrongfully convicted Davontae Sanford said it was clear from the beginning that he was innocent...
By Barrington M. Salmon (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) Three days before the District of Columbia’s Democratic Presidential Primary, President Bill Clinton came to the nation’s...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President of the NNPA) History is more than the memory and documentation of the past. We all learn from the trials,...
By Victoria Jones (NNPA/DTU Journalism Program) The case of 20-year-old Stanford swimmer Brock Turner has been a hot topic across the nation since the public found...
The Cincinnati Herald Staff (The Cincinnati Herald, NNPA Member) The family of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla’s compound Saturday, is being...
[WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM] “The Greatest” is battling in perhaps the most challenging fight of his life. Boxing legend and three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali has been hospitalized...
