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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.
Read MoreNHRMC 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…
Read MoreAdditional 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….”
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreWant to Fix Gerrymandering? Then the Supreme Court Needs to Listen to Mathematicians
Democrat-controlled Maryland, along with Republican-controlled North Carolina, defended its congressional districting against the charge of unlawful partisan gerrymandering…
Read MoreHistoric 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
Read MoreCensus 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…
Read MoreNCCU SGA President Leads Students to Campus Polls – GDN Exclusive “A Call to Colors” Vol. II Part VII
When it comes to involving Eagle students in nonpartisan civic engagement, Hedgebeth, relishes his role … Students are able to ask questions about voting in primaries and general elections.
Read MoreDynasties 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.
Read MoreFour Arguments in Defense of the Electoral College and Why They’re Wrong
For the first time in the country’s modern history, the existence of the Electoral College has become a campaign issue … winner-take-all laws began in the 1820s.
Read MoreLiteracy 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.”
Read MoreTherapist 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…
Read MoreAre the Republicans Playing Games with Amendment 4 in Florida?
In order to remain in power, our leaders have no problem erecting barriers that make it difficult to make changes. However, nearly 65% of Floridians in 2018’s midterm elections…
Read MoreWhite 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…
Read MoreHELP 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
Read MoreFormer 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…
Read MoreWomen’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.
Read MoreAmid 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…
Read More‘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…
Read MoreNorth 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…
Read MoreDonna 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?
Read MoreNNPA 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.”
Read MoreU.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren Rolls Into Memphis With Fix-Government Pitch
Monday’s schedule called for stops in Cleveland and Greenville in Mississippi before an evening Town Hall meeting (televised by CNN) at Jackson State University.
Read MoreRep. 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.
Read MoreAfrican 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…
Read MoreFayetteville 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…
Read MoreSteps 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.
Read MoreFBI 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…
Read MoreLink 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…
Read MoreWe 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…
Read MoreWhite 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.
Read MoreComcast 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…
Read MoreNNPA 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…
Read MoreNNPA 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.
Read MoreHave 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…
Read MoreAfrican 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…
Read MoreHomeless 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.
Read MoreJemele 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…
Read MoreJobs 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…
Read MoreVoter Suppression a Lasting Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
“In Federalist No. 54, James Madison wrote about the chief concern of the representation of slaves concerning taxation and representation,” said Maxim Thorne
Read MoreFilm 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…
Read MoreMissing 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…
Read MoreWomen’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…
Read MoreBoard of Elections: IDs at 12 UNC Campuses Don’t Comply With Voter Law
Identification cards for students at most of the University of North Carolina system campuses fell short of qualifications set in state law to comply with a new photo voter identification…
Read MoreDream 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…
Read MoreWomen’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…
Read MoreLegislation 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.
Read MoreAlfred 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…
Read MoreCongressman Bobby Scott Spearheads Two Important Bills
The congressman’s comments and the advancement of the Rebuild America’s School Act comes as a new report revealed that white school districts receive $23 billion…
Read MoreWith 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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