By Starla Muhammad, Managing Editor, The Final Call @simplystarla23 CHICAGO—Entrepreneurship is nothing new in the Black community. Black people have historically worked hard to establish, maintain and grow their own businesses to cultivate an economic base in providing goods, products and services to consumers. Despite obstacles including lack of access to capital, resources, connections and […]
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Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, NEWS
NAACP Observes 400th Anniversary of Slave Trade in Journey from ‘Jamestown to Jamestown’
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent On Aug. 18, the NAACP began a journey to honor African ancestors. Members of the storied civil rights organization and numerous guests boarded a bus from Washington, D.C. Their initial destination was Jamestown, in Virginia’s Colonial National Historical Park, where they held a prayer vigil and candle lighting […]
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
Lee Daniels Resurrects ‘Star’
By NNPA Newswire Following news that the Fox Network cancelled the music drama Star after three seasons, comes word from producer Lee Daniels that the series will be making a comeback as a televised movie. “The bad news is that ‘Star’ is not getting picked up for series,” Daniels says in an Instagram video post […]
Posted inCommentary, OPINION
Eric Garner Killer Fired From NY Police
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On Aug. 19, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo choked Eric Garner, 43, to death on a sidewalk in Staten Island New York on July 17, 2014, after Pantaleo stopped Garner for selling loose cigarettes. The video of Garner […]
Posted inCommentary, Health, NEWS, OPINION
COMMENTARY: Mental Health Awareness Matters
By Cierra Mayes, Texas Metro News Writer With so much going on in the world today, there are many real-world issues that are in need of our focus. One of these issues happens in our everyday lives: mental health. There is so much awareness that needs to be brought to mental health that goes unnoticed. […]
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Another Black Man Targeted, Tasered and Beaten by Police
By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor Police brutality…Will it ever end? All eyes across the nation have been on the city of Baytown, Texas, ever since an unarmed Black woman, 44-year-old Pamela Turner, was shot to death on video by Baytown Police Officer Juan Delacruz back on May 13, outside of her apartment complex […]
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After Five Years, NY Police Officer Who Chokes Eric Garner to Death on Video is Finally Fired
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On August 19, New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill announced the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Pantaleo choked Eric Garner, 43, to death on a sidewalk in Staten Island New York on July 17, 2014, after Pantaleo stopped Garner for selling loose cigarettes. The video of Garner […]
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The Great March on Galveston
By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor Back on August 3rd, Donald Neely was arrested by Galveston police after he allegedly committed the crime of criminal trespassing at a commercial property located at 306 22nd Street, and after allegedly being warned not to do trespass on the property several times before. It was not the […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
Stacey Abrams Says She’d Serve as Vice President
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The overcrowded Democratic presidential field has a record six women seeking the nomination. But one prominent individual who isn’t running for the top job has thrown her hat into the ring for Vice President. Former Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams said she would be delighted to serve […]
Posted inBUSINESS, National News, NEWS
Gucci Names Diversity Chief after Blackface Flap
By NNPA Newswire Renee Tirado has been appointed director of Gucci’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion division. In her new capacity, Tirado will be tasked with developing and implementing a global strategy to make Gucci’s workplace more inclusive through by its hiring process and developing its diversity, equity and inclusion team. Renee Tirado has been appointed director […]
Posted inHealth, NEWS
The Mission of Marie Ojiambo
By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire Correspondent It’s been more than 100 years since sickle cell disease was first discovered in America. Today, the rare hereditary blood disorder continues to affect millions of people throughout the world. Sickle cell disease – or SCD – affects approximately 100,000 Americans and occurs among about 1 out of every 365 […]
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Mass Shootings, Widespread Death, White Hatred Permeate America
By Rhodesia Muhammad and Bryan 3X Crawford, Contributing Writers @TheFinalCall “Ya basta!” Estela Reyes-Lopez pleaded, which means “enough” in English. “Twenty lives were taken from us because of some young man filled with so much hate, so much ignorance, so much hostility toward people he doesn’t even know,” said Ms. Lopez, the media and public […]