NNPA NEWSWIRE — Jackson, a renowned figure in the fight for civil rights, founded PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in 1971 and established the National...
By Tanu Henry and Antonio Ray Harvey California Black Media Rep. Barbara Lee Holds First Campaign Rally in Oakland Last Saturday, Rep. Barbara Lee held her...
2020 NNPA LEADERSHIP AWARDS — Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi), who began his grassroots political activism being a civil rights champion through the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "This is a pivotal time, in our nation's history, to force positive changes within all of our institutions which are rampant with racist...
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 — This week, Mahmud-Bey previewed two riveting short films that are sure to grab the attention of judges and those fortunate enough to see...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The night belonged to Belt, who took over the Examiner after the tragic murders of her parents more than three decades ago. “This...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The primary reason that Cosby and his team cited to justify the appeal is that Judge Steven T. O’Neill allowed the testimony of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I committed no crime,” said Hunter. “All of this was a vindictive, vicious, and retaliatory attack against me because I had the audacity...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Sun-Reporter was founded in 1944 and it quickly became a social and political advocate for African Americans on issues like civil rights,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Family and faith and the Black Press,” Pettway said as he prepared for his Jan. 11 swearing-in ceremony that will official mark him...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We can’t just go around being Republican-lite, we have to be out there and putting forth an alternative message for our base and...
“The racial climate in this country is toxic [so] if Spike Lee can open just one person’s eyes to the systematic racism that African Americans face...
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have issued a wave of endorsements ahead of the midterm elections.
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The irony of a recent San Francisco Board of Supervisors decision to appoint Mark Farrell, a White venture capitalist,...
By Denise Rolark-Barnes (Chairperson of the NNPA) and Benjamin F. Chavis (President and CEO of the NNPA) Hundreds of newspapers have disappeared in the last 15...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) When the National Museum of African American History and Culture opens in September, Lonnie Bunch, the museum’s...
By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) Former Republican presidential nominee and famed neurosurgeon Ben Carson said that he trusts Donald Trump to address...
