NNPA NEWSWIRE — African Americans should use these midterm elections as a beta test for the 2020 Presidential election and use the results as a tool...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — This month, Barber was among 25 other distinguished individuals selected to receive the prestigious 2018 MacArthur Foundation “Genius Grant.”
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…Mr. Dreiband lacks experience in many of the civil rights issues that fall under the Division’s jurisdiction – most importantly, voting rights, hate...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) recently hosted the Sixth Annual...
Racial Wealth Gap Could Close with Systemic Public Policy Reforms, says New Research By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) As 2017’s Black History observances unfold in...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The key to changing public policy in key areas is increasing the number of people...
By Afrique I. Kilimanjaro Special to the NNPA from Carolina Peacemaker RALEIGH, N.C. (NNPA) – America’s Journey for Justice, an 860-mile walk led by the NAACP,...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the 2016 election cycle ramps up, Essence magazine and the Black Women’s Roundtable have teamed up to mobilize...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As we enter the 2016 political campaign season with numerous candidates for president of the United States in...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Two pivotal court cases in North Carolina will determine the balance of political power in the...
Kira Lerner, THINK PROGRESS (ThinkProgress.com) — The number of Americans excluded from the political process may be even larger than previously thought. A new study...
Theodore R. Johnson, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — If you want to shut down a conversation about race, just say the word “reparations.”...
(New York Times) – On July 20, 2006, the United States Senate voted to renew the Voting Rights Act for 25 more years. The vote was unanimous,...
RIK STEVENS, Associated Press KEENE, New Hampshire (AP) — Fifty years after Jonathan Daniels was shot dead by an ardent segregationist in the southern state of...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights groups and...
CONNIE CASS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, President Barack Obama remembered the African-American men and women across...
MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown went to court Thursday to stop Florida lawmakers from redrawing her congressional district, saying...
JULIA HOROWITZ, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California restored voting rights Tuesday to tens of thousands of criminals serving sentences under community supervision, reversing a...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (The Washington Post) — “Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in 2013, when the Supreme Court freed Southern states...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lawmakers in South Carolina voted last week to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds,...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, a voting rights trial is expected to begin that will challenge North...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Legislation that would retool and restore the Voting Rights Act was introduced in Congress...
by John Zippert Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Shelby County Chapter of the NAACP with support from the statewide organization and...
(Salon) – Voting matters. Though many Americans believe that voting is either useless or merely a civic duty, in reality it carries huge consequences for...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Supporters and opponents of a Texas law requiring specific forms of photo identification for voters faced close questioning...
