By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to show that he plans to be the “president for all Americans” and to bolster support...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Health care spending in the United States grew at a rate of 5.8 percent last year and reached $3.2...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) CHICAGO — Nearly 500 Chicago businesses have joined thousands of entrepreneurs across the country in an initiative to create...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, the nation was shocked to learn that the jury for the trial of Michael Slager, the North...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) It’s a trend that many are hoping won’t just turn into a passing fad. Late last month, Essence magazine...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Several prominent African-Americans and celebrities said that they supported President-Elect Donald Trump. Some even voted for him. Among the...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Steve Harvey has a lot on his plate these days. The comedian, who is beloved by millions, has been...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Imagine if Donald Trump got two million more votes than Hillary Clinton, but by some fluke of Electoral College...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The death of Fidel Castro has been met with varying reactions, including condolences to the fallen Cuban leader’s family...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has raised enough money to formally request a recount in three key swing...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Five U.S. Senators have joined the fight for accountability in the federal government’s advertising practices – or lack thereof...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a recent forum on the 2016 presidential election on Capitol Hill, voting rights advocates and civil rights leaders...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The leadership of the Democratic Party, at the highest levels, has consisted of mostly White men and women and...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) held its annual fundraising gala recently in Washington, D.C. Before the packed and...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first election after 50 years of voters not being protected by the Voting Rights Act has been punctuated...
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...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Gwen Ifill, who earned dozens of accolades and awards for her deft work as moderator and managing editor of...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The first backlash election of the presidency of President Barack Obama’s time in office was 2010 when Democrats in...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) New York real estate millionaire Donald Trump won the White House over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Omar Washington, a former professional baseball player with the Philadelphia Phillies and the Boston Red Sox is on a...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) A growing number of Atlanta businesses are living up to the city’s famous nickname: Hotlanta! More than 20 businesses...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) As Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump continued to ratchet up rhetoric suggesting that the current election is rigged, countless...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Ten years ago, Cameo Faust, a single mother of seven, was working at an Atlanta-area McDonald’s, struggling to make...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Republicans in Virginia are moving to keep “violent felons” from voting forever in their latest effort to reduce the...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In an effort to transform the narrative and negative perceptions of African women and children, Graça Machel, the former...
