WASHINGTON INFORMER — A national family and medical paid leave program must be passed by Congress to ensure all American workers can care for their families without...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A District-headquartered employees’ union has launched an interactive campaign to engage young people of color ahead of the 2020 election. The initiative of the...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A year ago, District residents were in an uproar, as the story of missing Black and Latina girls was met with near-silence from the...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — It’s easy to think that personal chefs are only for the rich and famous.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — For years, Black women have had to rise above adversity, exude humility and care for others.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A new farming bill could act as a start to ending the long-standing disparities and discrimination in the agriculture field.
WASHINGTON INFORMER — The Senate Judiciary Committee completed four days of hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of D.C. Judge Brett Kavanaugh and a vote reportedly...
THE WESTSIDE GAZETTE — “Streetlight Harmonies,” by Brent Wilson and the documentary “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World,” count among the highlights of...
Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of the Jackson family of superstars, has died.
Jackson family patriarch Joseph Jackson is terminally ill following a long battle with cancer.
Karen Carter Richards is the publisher of the award-winning Houston Forward Times and the 1st Vice Chair of the NNPA.
KC Morse (left) and Dr. Biree Andemariam say that more work needs to be done to empower sickle cell disease patients and to increase awareness about...
Janelle Wood is the founder of the Black Mothers Forum, a parents’ group in the Phoenix, Ariz.-area that was empowered by the Every Student Succeeds Act,...
A Norristown jury found comedian Bill Cosby on three counts of aggravated indecent sexual assault in the Andrea Constand case. Some legal experts said that Cosby...
Jury deliberations have begun in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial in Norristown, Pa.
Judge Steven O’Neill may side with the prosecution and reject Robert Russell as a defense witness in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial. In a sworn...
In the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial, Judge Steven O’Neill allowed Cosby accusers Heidi Thomas and Chelan Lasha to testify and attack the “Leonard Part 6”...
Juror No. 11 in the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial said that he thought Cosby was guilty. Cosby’s defense team may move for a mistrial.
Civil rights leaders remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the global icon.
In Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial with accuser Andrea Constand, the comedian will likely spend much more defending himself against the charges in the case, than...
In the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial set to begin this month, Judge Steven O’Neill said that he would allow Janice Dickinson, Janice-Baker-Kinney, Heidi Thomas, Chelan...
In Bill Cosby’s new criminal sexual assault trial, set to begin April 2, Judge Steven O’Neill said that he would allow prosecutors to call five of...
NNPA ESSA Public Awareness Campaign hosted the “Striving for African American Excellence in Public Education: The Role of the Black Press” breakfast session during Black Press...
Third Baptist Church Pastor Amos C. Brown, Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and James Farmer, a senior consultant with General Motors and advocate for the Black Press,...
The NNPA honored Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) with the 2018 Newsmaker of the Year Award, during a recent event on Capitol Hill. Kamala Harris, raised in...
