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 Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Due to unprecedented poor polling numbers in the African-American community, Republicans have ramped up their effort to court...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) As the presidential candidates sprint towards the November 8 election, the Clinton campaign has turned to seasoned, Black...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Only one day after declaring himself “the law and order candidate,” the campaign of the presumptive Republican nominee...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In 2010, Goldman Sachs launched the “10,000 Small Businesses” program to help business owners unlock their potential for...
By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA News Wire Contributor) When the southern African nation of the Republic of Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, it was...
By Joan H. Allen (NNPA News Wire Contributor) June 19, 2016 marks World Sickle Cell Day. In a desire to help create a greater awareness of...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) California Attorney General Kamala Harris is set to cruise into the United States Senate after a decisive run-off...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In an unpredictable, disruptive media environment featuring new ways for consumers to receive video content over Wi-Fi, apps...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) hosted a recent summit on Capitol Hill focused on mentoring for African American males....
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the segregation of African American and Hispanic...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Russell Simmons is just starting to regain a little normalcy in his life. He’s back at yoga...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In August 2013, Georgia Congressman and civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis teamed up with artist Nate Powell...
By Walter Rhett (NNPA News Wire Contributor) President Obama said in his recent remarks that Harriet Tubman would likely greet the news she was on the...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) District of Columbia Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton on Thursday fired off a letter to the Comptroller General of...
By Louis C. Ward (The Orlando Times, NNPA Member) Gessner Harris remembers White students hanging out of the windows at Eustis High School shouting racial slurs...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In 1994, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), who represents part of Chicago, was a freshman member of the House....
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) A police accountability task force set up by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to analyze the Chicago Police Department...
