All posts tagged "Stacy Brown"

New Poll: 84 percent of Black Voters Think Donald Trump is Racist

Entrepreneurs Grow Their Companies with the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Program

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...

Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Rhetoric Could Suppress Black Vote

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...

Breaking the Cycle: Young Mother of Seven Turns Life Around at McDonald’s

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...

Former First Lady of Two African Nations, Graça Machel Launches New Women’s Network

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhf3zuo_azi

Olympic Champion Jackie Joyner-Kersee Spreads the Word about Comcast’s Internet Essentials

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Jackie Joyner-Kersee has endorsed companies like Honda, Nike, McDonald’s, and Avon. For the six-time Olympic medal winner, there’s a...

Hillary Clinton Rolls Out Mental Health Care Plan

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton released a health care proposal designed to support millions of Americans suffering...

Comcast’s Internet Essentials Helps Low-Income Families Bridge the Digital Divide

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In five short years, the cable giant Comcast has achieved incredible success with its Internet Essentials program, connecting 750,000...

Meet the Five Grand Opening Sponsors of the New Black History Museum

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...

Black Transit Worker Campaigns to Increase Diversity in Union Leadership

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Keith Bullock, a bus operator for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), wants to transform the leadership of...

‘A Trusted Comrade,’ Black Press Legend George Curry Dies at 69

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...

Donors, Sponsors Generously Support African-American History Museum

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...

New Hires at the RNC Ready to Court the Black Vote

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...

William Barber’s Prophetic Voice Demands Voting Rights and Justice for All

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....

Simmons, RushCard Fund Program to Keep the Peace between Police and the Black Community

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...

Hillary Clinton Looks to Build African American Base with Top Staffers

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...

Goldman Sachs’ “10,000 Small Businesses” Program Spurs Economic Growth

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...

Russell Simmons’ RushCard Makes Strong Comeback

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...

Obama, Out: The Commander-In-Chief Proves Once Again that He’s the Best to Ever Do It

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) President Barack Obama dropped his microphone at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, acknowledging what everyone had...

Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton Calls for Probe of Government Advertising

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...

The Truth Behind the “Black Exodus” at the RNC

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) The Republican National Committee (RNC) is refuting claims that a number of key African-American employees were either...

Volkswagen Apology Ads Ignore Black, Latino Media

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer Still facing an uphill battle to regain its reputation as a trusted automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen has turned...

Diabetes Prevention Program Launched at the University of Maryland

By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer In statistics revealed last year by the Centers for Disease Control and...

EXCLUSIVE: Russell Simmons Speaks Out on RushCard Glitch

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own...

Nissan, Toyota Latest to Respond to Diversity Scorecard

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Nissan, Toyota and Hyundai are the latest automakers to respond to the recently released Rainbow PUSH Automotive Project, which...