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New Book, “Fleshly Date or Godly Mate,” Impacts the Lives of Single Women

Esteemed African-American author, Mary Lee Vance who is also a relationship coach and motivational speaker, has written a transformational book in regards to dating.

Inglewood “Wind of Change”: Good or Bad for Community?

Although cheaper than Hollywood or Koreatown, for the community of Inglewood, that already suffers from inequality issues, the price for housing is not affordable.

African Culture Comes Alive in ‘The Burial of Kojo’ by Blitz the Ambassador

“The Burial of Kojo,” is essentially a human story of courage and survival, a 2019 Pan African Film Festival Official Selection and the winner of the Urban World Film Festival…

Rodeo Provides Rare Glimpse at African American Cowboys, Cowgirls

The main event – playfully named “The Greatest Show on Dirt” — is the rodeo itself. Thousands of spectators gather to watch black cowboys and cowgirls…

Black Studies Becomes Major Factor in Social Advancement

At the modern HCBU campuses, most have established courses in Black Studies, but few have departments dedicated to the field. Only Howard and Clark Atlanta universities…

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Black Studies Becomes Major Factor in Social Advancement

At the modern HCBU campuses, most have established courses in Black Studies, but few have departments dedicated to the field. Only Howard and Clark Atlanta universities…

Trump Calls Mexicans “Animals” Again and White House Advisors Attempt to Justify It

These aren’t people. These are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before. And because of the weak laws…

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Trump Calls Mexicans “Animals” Again and White House Advisors Attempt to Justify It

These aren’t people. These are animals. And we’re taking them out of the country at a level and at a rate that’s never happened before. And because of the weak laws…

Maxine Waters, “I Have the Gavel & I’m Not Afraid to Use it”

“No, I haven’t forgotten about 45. He’s appointed an Attorney General who thinks he can withhold the Special Counsel’s report from the American people.

Student Loan Debt Is a Crisis!

The crisis is impacting millions of young people coming out of college, wanting to be fiscally responsible and save, and buy their first home.

NYC Firm Touts Bail Reform as Supreme Court Sets Standards

The Supreme Court today sent a very strong message that monetary bail and bail schedules are constitutional if the proper due process procedures…

Nexstar Sued by Minority-Owned Marshall Broadcasting Group

In addition to explaining how Nexstar undermined MBG, the lawsuit outlines MBG’s efforts to work in good faith with Nexstar to try and resolve…

NNPA Names Claudette Perry Executive Administrator

“Claudette Perry brings decades of experience from roles in corporate America, the public sector and government. She has been a member of the NNPA…

Lori Lights Up Chicago, More Firsts for Black Leadership

To hundreds of her supporters Lightfoot said, ‘You created more than just history. You created a movement for change … our differences are nothing compared to what we can achieve together.

Lies and Truths About Black Unemployment Under Trump’s Administration

BlackJobs.com stepped up marketing efforts…

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Lies and Truths About Black Unemployment Under Trump’s Administration

As a result of continued high unemployment in Black communities, several community-based organizations in various cities have been active trying… BlackJobs.com stepped up marketing efforts…

Spirituality, Activism and Social Transformation

We live in an age where polarization is the norm and demonizing… The Black community in America has not lashed out with retribution. We have maintained a commitment to Dr. King’s principle of nonviolence.

Stop Invisible Lynchings in America – Bill Pending Making Lynching a Federal Crime

Disproportionately, young African male college students and others are being summarily expelled from college based solely on mere allegations of sexual misconduct…

Congressional Freshman Colin Allred: His Own Man

Refusing to expand Medicaid is also the wrong thing to do. It’s just not who we are as people. To me, this is all about values and it should be a value of ours to try and make sure…

Clyburn and Sanders Introduce Bill to Expand Community Health Centers

If Congress doesn’t act by September 30th, community health centers will lose the federal funding they need to keep their doors open.

COMMENTARY: My Truth – Celebrating Women

You have to seize the moment, every moment! If you want to tell someone you love them, you need to do it. Don’t hesitate and don’t let anyone else make or take away your decision…

The NNPA Continues Its Series on Missing Black Women and Girls

As Trump cries that a border wall is needed to eliminate an imaginary crisis, organizations like the Black and Missing But Not Forgotten, the Black and Missing Foundation (BAM)…

Census 2020: For All to Count, All Must Be Counted

The census over-counted non-Hispanic Whites in 2000 and 2010. And because the people who are more likely to be missed do not live in the same neighborhoods as those more likely…

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.

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…

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….”

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.

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

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…

Dynasties Still Run the World – Family Connections Matter Worldwide

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.

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…

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…

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…

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.

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…

‘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…

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…

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?

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.”

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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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