NNPA NEWSWIRE — BlakPAC, a federally-registered “Super PAC” (political action committee), is spearheading an initiative urging all candidates, political parties, political action committees, and donors to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Yet even today, with all those credentials and as one of the leading executives on Wall Street,” wrote Raymond J. McGuire, Citi’s Vice...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a release from the campaign, Biden’s camp notes that Trump’s choosing to address many of the issues that Black Americans have faced...
NNPA NEWSWIRE —Officials said AARP’s robust Protect Voters 50+ campaign is designed to reach these voters in each state to make sure they know how to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — In August, AARP launched “Protect Voters 50+,” a comprehensive voter engagement campaign to support and protect Americans 50-plus as they vote in the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We cannot afford another four years of Donald Trump's chaotic presidency and the DNC is not taking nothing for granted this November,” said...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Even in the darkest of times, we can hear our friend and mentor John Lewis: "Ours is not the struggle of one day,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Because of the systematic racism that is rooted in our nation, racial disparities in American healthcare have caused illness, injury, and death in...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. Senate was seen as out of play in terms of Democrats taking over. But now, with the coronavirus crisis turning the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Lowery’s enduring legacy, I believe, is that he led the SCLC back from near death, to vibrancy and noteworthy relevance, after taking over...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Democrats turned out in record numbers for Super Tuesday as many are citing their desire to remove President Trump from office as a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This Saturday marks the 55th anniversary of one of the most significant moments in the history of our democracy. On the morning of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The movement in the 1960s won a Civil Rights Act and a Voting Rights Act, but the Poor People’s Campaign was about building...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After South Carolina’s primary victory breathed new life into his then-faltering campaign, Super Tuesday left the former vice president dominating the Democratic field...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The polling also showed that former Vice President Joe Biden at 16% of the Latino and Hispanic vote, former South Bend, Indiana Mayor...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We cannot have a party where the constituency looks like one thing, and the people who are running at the top of the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Violent episodes were the exceptions and not the rule of the massively spreading Sit-in Movement. In nearly all sit-in cities, black protesters made...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jones said voting rights had been under attack since the 2013 Shelby V. Holder decision, which eliminated a lot of voter protections. “It’s not...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Voting is personal to me because it was on the streets of my hometown, Selma, that foot soldiers shed their blood on the...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Race and identity of both our educators and students is only one factor in the holistic successes we are all working towards. However, it’s...
NNPA ESSA PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN — This month, my organization, the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools released its highly-anticipated report, “Identity and Charter School Leadership:...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The former Chicago Bulls great has pledged $1 million to help the Bahamas in its efforts to recover from Hurricane Dorian. “I am...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — When federal legislation is blocked that would extend and preserve funding for HBCUs, such actions are not only an affront to today’s college...