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The Green New Deal — The Left’s Attempt to Co-Opt Trump’s Labor Populism

The Dems plan is what it has always been – the Robin Hood strategy. That is, they want to steal from the rich and give to the poor. That’s why the Green New Deal is based almost entirely on cost-shifting…

New Bill to Require Federal Agencies to Advertise with Black Press

A new Government Accountability Office report that concluded that, of the $5 billion spent on advertising by federal agencies over the past decade…

College Student Hosts Prom Dress Drive

University of Memphis sophomore and freelance makeup artist Diamond Butler is hoping to provide 100 girls with the necessities they need for prom… To ease the financial burden for some girls, Butler is asking that the community donate…

Founders of After Life Mortuary Services Breaking New Ground

It’s time out for fish fries, GoFundMe accounts and the embarrassing fundraisers that families have to do, in order to have the finances to bury a loved one.

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Tragedy That Launched the 1968 Sanitation Strike

They were just two men working a very crappy job to provide for their families. It was a garbage truck malfunction that took their lives and galvanized their peers to strike.

Irving Students Take Flight to New Adventures

The industry is trying to grow, and it can’t grow because there are not enough people coming in the front door to match the people who are going out of the back door…

At 88, Toni Morrison Personifies the Strength of Black Womanhood

Morrison personifies what it means to be a freedom-fighting author. “We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives…”

NAACP Celebrates 110th Anniversary of Freedom Fighting

Had there been no May 17, 1954 (the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown V. Board of Education), I’m not sure there would have been a Little Rock. I’m not sure there would have been a Martin Luther King Jr….

Trump Keeps Government Open But Continues To Run a Scam

As the Democrats sound the alarm, and condemn the president for his decisions, President Trump is playing golf. The Trump reality is in real time, and the only response to his insanity is to resist…

Black Millennials Embrace the Struggle and Message of Rapper 21 Savage

Although 21 Savage has lived in the U.S. for the past 14 years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is attempting to expedite his deportation back to the United Kingdom.

Redemption: ‘Spiritual Parents’ Throw Party for Man Who Broke Into Their Church

“I appreciate DeAndre because he broke a cycle in his life,” said Pastor Henry Lavender. “Now, he has his own son to raise. The cycle is broken. Jesus makes it possible for DeAndre…”

New York May Join Other States in Ending Cash Bails

Defendants charged with certain non-violent crimes should be presumptively released. But there are a small number of crimes which we believe prosecutors should have the opportunity…

Most and Least Ethnically Diverse U.S. Cities Identified

A growing body of social psychological research suggests that information about increasing ethnic diversity can lead white Americans to express greater concerns about their ethnic group’s status and…

DENIED! Bi-Partisan Pushback Leads Trump to Cry, “Emergency”

Trump said he’ll get money from multiple sources including tapping into the $3.6 billion earmarked for military construction, $600 million in asset forfeitures seized by the U.S. Treasury Department…

Mike Singletary: Express Yourself: “When I retired, I knew I would coach…”

“When I retired, I knew I would coach,” said Singletary, who will be barking plays as head coach of the Memphis Express, one of eight startup teams in the Alliance of American Football.

New TSD video series tells forgotten history of Memphis

Over the course of February (and maybe beyond), we’ll bring you short video clips of historic places you drive or walk by every day – places that have profound historic implications that go overlooked all the time.

Tribune Lauds History Makers at Awards Luncheon

In a packed upstairs dining room in the Union League in Center City, the Rev. Calvin O. Butts III of the historic Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City, delivered a powerful keynote speech…

Chicago Police Announce “Shift” in Investigation Regarding Jussie Smollett

“We can confirm that the information received from the individuals questioned by police earlier in the Empire case has in fact shifted the trajectory of the investigation,” Chicago Police Department spokesman…

Minstrel Black Faces Evoke America’s Uncanny Preoccupation With Real Black Faces

I need all eleven seceding Southern states to join in: “I wish I was in the land of cotton, old times there are not forgotten.” Now Northern States I need you to chime in.

Legislation to Award Aretha Franklin with Congressional Gold Medal

Aretha Franklin’s music served as a 1960s call to action that inspired thousands to join civil rights movements and still maintains a social context that resonates across these movements today.

Black Boys Need Rites of Passage Programs in 2019 Across the Country

There are Black role models in the communities and the Black media has a responsibility to tell positive and powerful stories of Black men and women who are making a positive difference…

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson’s Statement on the Anniversary of the Parkland Shooting

Young people stood up and spoke both forcefully and passionately about gun violence’s impact on their ability to feel safe, which led to the passage of new gun control laws…

Developing a Universal Enrollment System for All Memphis Public Schools

I started in 1995 when I was asked to help open a Family Resource Center in a high school and students without involved parents in their lives took to me. Parents would stop me and say…

NNPA President Talks Black History, Diversity During Fireside Chat

Chavis said the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and its 215-member newspaper and media companies reach more than 22 million weekly subscribers and millions more daily…

HBCU Alum Beverly Winstead, Esq. to Chair Maryland State Bar Association’s Tax Division

As Tax Chair, the Bowie State University alumna immediately assembled a Diversity and Inclusion Committee to prioritize recruitment and mentoring for diverse attorneys…

At 94, The Legendary Cicely Tyson Remains An ‘Optimist’

“There isn’t a day – I’m grateful to say – that when I walk out of my doors, I don’t run into somebody who says, ‘I can’t tell you what you’ve done for me. ‘You changed my life,’” Tyson shared.

An Evening with Ken Chenault as part of a Groundbreaking Business Initiative

“We’re excited to have produced the ‘must see’ program,” says Julieanna Richardson, Founder and President, The HistoryMakers. Having the opportunity to showcase the life and career…

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 22nd Annual Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project Economic Summit

“We’re looking to expand upon the progress and discuss ways to increase opportunities for minorities and women,” says Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition…

Upholding Our Values and Standing Against Discrimination

I’m outraged that anyone at Toledo Transmission – or any facility – would ever face threats or discrimination. My heart goes out to anyone who was touched by this bigotry. This is not who we are.

Robin Givens: Iconic Actress Stars in OWN’s “Ambitions”

Givens stars in the new OWN series, “Ambitions,” as ‘Stephanie Carlisle,’ the wife of Atlanta Mayor Evan Lancaster (Brian White), whose true loyalty is to her family’s prestigious…

Sundance 2019: Chinonye Chukwu First Black Woman to Win U.S. Top Prize

Clemency is the second feature film for writer/director Chukwu, who worked on the clemency campaign for Tyra Patterson. Patterson was wrongly accused of murder and eventually released after serving 23 years in prison.

Black Millennial Voices: Stop the Torture of U.S. Prison Inmates

The disproportionate mass incarceration of people of color in America continues to grow. It is bad enough to be confined and locked up in over-crowded jails and prisons in the United States.

True First Series: History That Leaves No Person of African Descent Behind

While we look ahead to a possible Kamala Harris presidency in 2020, we can’t forget about the woman who made it possible for Harris to run – Shirley Chisolm. Just one of the many stories of perseverance…

Our Planet is Melting. Who Cares?

Our world is melting. Glaciers are disappearing. Oceans are rising. Lowlands (mostly populated by low income and Black people) are disappearing. And, before Democrats took power in this term, few other than Speaker Nancy Pelosi…

Taraji P. Henson: ‘What Men Want’ Gets into Guys’ Heads

A pretty face, a sculpted body, a good cook, smart and financially stable are just some of the qualities women think men want. But if women had the ability to get in a man’s head and hear their thoughts, would more relationships thrive?

Black History: Hattie McDaniel First African American Oscar Winner

Upon hearing backlash for film roles where she portrayed a servant – during a time when servants were the only available roles for African Americans in Hollywood – McDaniel remarked…

Discovering the Excellence Within: Realizing My Greatness in South Africa

When I started at Lindbolm Academy as a seventh grader, I experienced a challenging environment, something more dynamic than anything I had experienced before.

Chicago Woman Rented Hotel Rooms for the Homeless During Dangerous Weather

When temperatures were dangerously cold in Chicago, Candice Payne, a 34-year old real estate broker, decided to save the lives of some of the homeless people in the area.

We Act for Environmental Justice Responds to Green New Deal Resolution

Recently Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) released a congressional resolution in support of a Green New Deal.

Black History Month: Two Centuries of Black History and the Black Press

“The Black Press is an aspect of the fabric of the Black existence in America that is not getting enough attention or support from the community,” Kisha A. Brown…

NNPA Celebrates a Successful Year at Mid-Winter Training Conference

The Black Press remains resilient and powerful with NNPA members providing excellent reporting from a Black perspective for more than 75 years…

Cornel West “Liberal Self Righteousness in the Name Of Black People Being Offended!”

What is the process for overcoming that? What is the process for not having your life be damned by something you did, some racist act…?”

Sen. Cory Booker Announces 2020 Run for the White House

“I believe that we can build a country where no one is forgotten, no one is left behind, where parents can put food on the table. Where there are good paying jobs with good benefits in every neighborhood.

Wes Moore Is the CEO of Robin Hood, Largest Anti-Poverty Force

Wes Moore is the CEO of Robin Hood, one of the largest anti-poverty forces in the nation. He is a bestselling author, a combat veteran, and a social entrepreneur.

Homeownership in D.C., Maryland Get $7.1 Million Boost from NeighborhoodLIFT Program

The NeighborhoodLIFT program is Wells Fargo’s single largest corporate philanthropic effort of its kind in the company’s history and is funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation.

Anthony Graves, Wrongfully Convicted Death Row Inmate, Gives Voice to Voiceless

The program works with qualified persons to help reduce recidivism and to encourage entrepreneurship and academic development in 12-weeks…

The American Dream Remains Deferred for Black Millennials

As I entered my 30s, still navigating what achieving the dream would mean, I wondered what other black millennials were feeling. I wanted to figure out what my generation of Black Americans…

FILM REVIEW “An Acceptable Loss”

Libby is shunned by faculty members, abhorred by some in her class, but still, at least on the outside she remains poised and at peace with her actions. One student, Martin (Ben Tavassoli, Overlord), stalks and spies on her. Why?

API’s Energy Research Collaborative Focus is on Diversity

“The energy workforce opportunity could lead to an economic emancipation for many in our community,” said Stewart, a consultant for API and president of Frank M. Stewart & Company.

If Beale Street Could Talk, It Would Tell Memphis to ‘Copyright Me’

When I first heard of the movie “If Beale Street Could Talk” I got excited about the possibility of seeing the legendary Beale Street of Memphis on the big screen. To my utter disappointment this movie…

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