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Rest In Peace: Local Leaders Step Up to Protect the Sacred Remains of the ‘Sugar Land 95’

The arc of the moral universe is bending towards justice for the 95 victims of the unjust and inhumane convict-leasing system in Texas, who were previously lost to history.

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NHRMC Implements Program to Help Malnourished Patients After Discharge

New Hanover Regional Medical Center has initiated a program to help malnourished patients bridge the gap between the nutrition they receive in the hospital…

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Additional White Supremacists Convicted for Threatening to Kill Rep. Maxine Waters

“I am pleased by the identification, arrest, and conviction of the men who threatened me, my family, and my staff in support of their racist, white supremacist, and hate-filled….”

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The U.S. Adoption System Discriminates Against Darker-Skinned Children

Research shows that darker-skinned children are repeatedly discriminated against, both by potential adoptive parents and the social workers who are charged with protecting their well-being.

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Historic Noir Coffee Group: Three Men and a Dream

African-Americans choose coffee less due to stigma’s surrounding it’s impact on health issues. However, in fact coffee is shown to have a positive impact on diseases like cancer, diabetes, stroke and heart disease

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Census 2020 Vital for Nation and Various Media Campaigns

2020 Census Media Vendor Day for the 2020 U.S. Census Paid Media Campaign is an event designed to be accessible for media outlets that cover a wide range of audiences, demographics…

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new study, published in the journal Historical Social Research in December 2018, shows that, on average, one in 10 world leaders comes from households with political ties.

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Dynasties Still Run the World – Family Connections Matter Worldwide

Our new study, published in the journal Historical Social Research in December 2018, shows that, on average, one in 10 world leaders comes from households with political ties.

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Literacy Program Press Conference with NFL, MLB, NBA Players and R&B Artist

DuBois Integrity Academy (DIA) is proud to announce an educational partnership with Tyrell Zimmerman and the “Tyrell Zimmerman Mental Health & Wellness through Literacy Program.”

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Therapist Launches New App to Improve Mental Health

Company’s first mental-health focused all-mobile experience app. ATTUNE app will directly connect consumers to mental health and wellness providers for free. Therapists can connect directly with potential clients…

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White ISIS? Hasan Minhaj and Trevor Noah Unveiled a Name for White Terrorists

Hasan Minhaj and Trevor Noah of The Daily Show are co-creators. After another man-made catastrophe, Minhaj, an American Muslim and Noah unveiled a name for White terrorists…

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HELP Hearing on Protecting Workers’ Right to Organize

Exploring the strengths and weaknesses in the current state of labor law and identify proposals that hold employers that violate the law accountable, protect collective action, and modernize labor laws

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Former Prisoners Face a Tough Journey to Find Work, Reunite with Family and Begin Again

With tens of thousands of prisoners being released each year from jails and prisons across the country, experts agree that a major test on the journey home for these individuals is…

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Women’s Fight Against Sexual Harassment Didn’t Start With #Metoo

Women in countries such as India, Pakistan and others have long organized successful campaigns against sexual harassment.

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Amid Adversity, Doris Hill Says, ‘Act Like We Want to Live’

“Mark Twain said the two most important days in a person’s life is the day they were born, and the day they figure out why,” Doris Hill told those gathered for an event…

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‘Black Farmers’ Gear up for Legal Fight After Appeals Court Setback

The descendants of Earnest Lee Boyland from Mason, Tenn. filed a lawsuit in the 1990s alleging that the USDA adhered to discriminatory policies against African-American…

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North Carolina Attorney Says States Are “Criminalizing” Protests

Looking at the current administration, we are going to have an uptick in protests because the president’s policies are not only affecting African Americans and minority communities…

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Donna Brazile Trying “A new lane” by Joining Fox News

In an op-ed article on FoxNews.com, Brazile wrote that she hoped to improve the tenor of political debate. “Will I agree with my fellow commentators at Fox News?

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NNPA Celebrates Black Press Week in Washington

Celebrating 192 years of the Black Press, the NNPA Foundation and NNPA’s member publishers engaged in several workshops throughout the week that centered on this year’s theme: “Publishing, Power & Purpose.”

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Rep. Bennie Thompson Wins Efforts to Make Medgar Evers Home National Monument

Because of the work of Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), the Evers’ house at 2332 Margaret Walker Alexander Drive in Jackson, will now become a national historic landmark.

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African American Rape Victim Awarded $1 Billion Dollar Settlement

At least 40 to 60 percent of Black teenage girls experience sexual abuse … for one victim who reports the assault, about 15 do not speak…

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Fayetteville State University Staff Member Cited for Doctoral Dissertation

AABHE will honor Moore with a cash award, one-year complimentary membership to AABHE, and complimentary registration for the 2019 Annual Conference…

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Steps Companies Can Take to Improve Mental Health in Workplace

A report from the 2018 Mental Health in the Workplace Summit showed that more people miss work due to stress and anxiety than for physical illness or injury.

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FBI Surveillance of Black Activists Called “Black Identity Extremists”

Weaponizing surveillance against racial justice activists was wrong in the past, and it has no place in our present. Add your name now to demand that the FBI stop…

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Link Between Aggressive Policing and Lower Educational Attainment by African American Youth

New study – The “Broken Windows” theory of policing, applied in New York and other major American cities since the early ‘90s, has been credited…

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We Need More Teachers of Color, but Tests Keep Them out of the Classroom?

Students of color seldom see teachers who look like them. This is because many aspiring teachers of color are pushed out of the profession…

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White Nationalism, Born in the USA, Is Now a Global Terror Threat

Nationalist terror is a danger to the domestic security of the United States and, evidence shows, a global terror threat that endangers the very nature of global democratic society.

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Comcast Formally Launches Afro and Cleo, Two New Black-Centric Networks

“I’m excited that this is by us, for us and there’s going to be a lot of great content that reflects our lifestyle,” said Michelle Rice, the general manager at Cleo TV, who joined cast members…

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NNPA Honors Black Lives Matter Founder with Newsmaker of the Year Award

Alicia Garza, who coined the term “Black Lives Matter,” is an Oakland-based organizer, writer, public speaker and freedom fighter who also serves as the special projects director…

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NNPA Leadership and Other Prominent Black Voices Speak Out on College Exam Scandal

“The rich have one standard of education and everyone else has another standard,” National Newspaper Publishers Association president and CEO, Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr.

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Have You Used Any of These Excuses to Avoid Physical Activity?

It’s hard to hold up that mirror and examine yourself. That painful, examination forced me to ask, and answer, hard questions. Letting existing research, my own research…

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African American Heart Health Is Vital

Generally, heart disease is considered a man’s disease, but more Black and White women die of heart disease than all cancers combined. About 610,000 men and women die of heart disease each year…

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Homeless 8-Year-Old Boy Wins New York State Chess Championship

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, who goes by Tani, placed first in the kindergarten through third-grade division at the New York State Scholastic Championship last weekend.

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Jemele Hill: ‘I’m sort of all out of apologies.’ Speaks About the First Amendment

Jemele Hill was featured at this year’s Annual Norm Brewer First Amendment Lecture. She had famously tested the limits of the First Amendment while at ESPN when she tweeted…

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Jobs Report Shows What ‘African Americans Have to Lose’ Under Trump

William Spriggs, a chief economist at the AFL-CIO and professor in the department of Economics at Howard University said since reaching a low of 6 percent in November…

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Film Star, Director Offering Chance of a Lifetime at New York Talent Competition

Actor and filmmaker Shiek Mahmud-Bey and his 25th Frame Films company are hosting an “Own the Stage,” talent competition in New York where hip-hop artists, singers, actors and spoken word actors…

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Missing Black Girls and the Individuals and Organizations Trying to Help

An estimated 64,000 Black girls and women across the United States that have gone missing. Iniaya Wilson and Skylar Minnie are also among an unfortunately growing number…

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Women’s History Month: Juanita Jackson Mitchell

It was fitting that she received recognition because [Juanita Jackson Mitchell] was always one of those unsung champions of the cause and one who needs to be celebrated during both Black History and Women’s History month…

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Dream Crazier with Serena Williams — Tennis & Life Successes!

She’s an entrepreneur, wife, mother, and activist. Although so many aspects of her life are torn apart by critics, Williams continues to receive praise and respect…

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Women’s Voices Reign Supreme on New Hip-Hop Podcast

It’s 2019 and hip-hop is still going strong. Women are making strides in society, culture and justice. As we celebrate Women’s History Month…

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Legislation Introduced to Establish African Burial Ground Museum

The African Burial Ground is a cemetery in Manhattan that’s considered the oldest and largest known burial ground in North America for free and enslaved Africans.

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Alfred Liggins is the Other Half of Urban One’s Success Story

Look, my mother has an amazing story from where she came, and she’s always been more of a forefront person. A lot of people tend to think this woman built this company…

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With Confidence and ‘Courage,’ Tami Sawyer Declares Candidacy for Memphis Mayor

I am running now because when I see our city and I see our people and I look at the conversations that we are having at high levels of leadership…

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