By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Hip-hop and business mogul Russell Simmons has seen the devastation the novel coronavirus has wreaked on his hometown of Hollis in Queens, N.Y., and the rest of the world. Now, the iconic Def Jam founder is bringing back one of his legendary creations to help raise money […]
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Charter, Comcast Offer Free Internet to Students
By Black Press USA As many Southland educational institutions are closing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a pair of internet providers today announced plans to provide free internet to households with students. Charter and Comcast announced March 13 that they would offer 60 days of complimentary broadband to homes with K-12 or college […]
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Mom and Daughter Encourage Girls to See Beauty
By Ameera Steward Dee Edwards remembers her daughter, Aubrey, coming home from school one day upset that she didn’t look like her friends. The girl questioned things like the color of her skin and her hair texture and expressed feelings of wanting to be like everyone else. Dee wanted her child and other girls of […]
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Black Press of America Celebrates 193 Years of Freedom-Fighting Journalism
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “As we deal with some of the most challenging times in modern history, it is important that we understand the significance of the Black Press in reporting on and recording our history,” said National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Chair, and publisher of the Houston Forward Times, Karen Carter Richards. The NNPA is […]
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EXCLUSIVE: Rory Gamble Named First African American President of the UAW
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is one of the largest and most diverse unions in North America, with members in virtually every sector of the economy. Representing nearly 1 million current and retired members of all ethnicities and […]
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OPINION: Rev. Jesse Jackson, ‘Why I Support Sen. Bernie Sanders’
By Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. I am proud to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders for president of the United States. While I consider Joe Biden, his opponent for the Democratic Party nomination, a decent man, I stand with Sanders. Here is why. I stand with Sanders because it is vital that President Donald Trump is […]
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Brown, Senate Democrats Press Upstart, Lenders for Answers Following Reports of Higher Interest Rates for Students of Minority-Serving Institutions
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) prohibits discrimination in any aspect of a credit transaction. Under the statute, lenders can be liable if they treat applicants differently based on a prohibited basis, such as race or national origin. In addition, lenders can also be liable if their practices have a disproportionate impact […]
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Trump Pardoned His Cellmate but Rufus Rochell Remains in Federal Prison
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s not a rags-to-riches Philadelphia-to-California story, like that of Will Smith’s fictional television character. Rufus Rochell’s story is the real-life account of how the crack epidemic of the 1980s is inextricably linked to today’s cry for criminal justice reform. It’s also the story of how the rich and powerful receive special privileges, […]
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Mike Bloomberg Makes History with the Black Press of America
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “The Bloomberg campaign’s initiative is groundbreaking, and it goes to significantly increasing the economic health of African Americans by tripling their net worth,” said Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin, who co-chairs Bloomberg’s campaign. “The Bloomberg model is intentionally focused on creating a million new African American homeowners, 100,000 new African American-owned […]
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Longtime Political Cartoonist Ron Rogers Dies at 65, Former Chronicle Staffer
RICHMOND, VA — Ron Rogers, political cartoonist for The Chronicle of Winston-Salem, died Jan. 7, 2020, after a sudden illness. He was 65. Rogers was an award-winning political cartoonist, illustrator, graphic artist and designer. He was considered the first Black political cartoonist at a daily newspaper when he worked at the South Bend Tribune in […]
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OP-ED: Redefining Suffrage, Unerasing Black Women
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The 19th Amendment was adopted Aug. 18, 1920, after the required number of states ratified the constitutional measure. Though many Black women led suffrage campaigns, the 19th Amendment put white women on an empowerment tract to electoral engagement. Interestingly, the suffrage movement, festooned in the symbolic color white, is often portrayed through […]
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Dallas Examiner Publisher Mollie Belt to Receive NNPA Lifetime Achievement Award
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It is with great pleasure that the NNPA Executive Committee has selected Mollie Belt for the honor of the Publishers Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to the NNPA for so many years,” stated NNPA National Chair and Houston Forward Times Publisher Karen Carter Richards. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior […]