Disney needs to re-evaluate how it approaches “Star Wars.” By Noah Washington, NNPA Newswire Contributor The BlerdBinder covers nerdy news for the Black nerds of the world. We welcome all as we talk about subjects ranging from Movies to Music and Tech to Toys. Do you want the Star Wars films at Disney to change? To say […]
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Officer in George Floyd Death Arrested as Obama Shows Leadership While Trump Calls for ‘Shooting’ of Protestors
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Derek Chauvin, the officer who was seen on video pressing his knee into the neck of a handcuffed George Floyd, was arrested on Friday, May 29. The arrest comes as protests take place in many places around the nation, including in Los Angeles, where a crowd […]
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
NFL Announces Major Steps to Incentivize Teams to Hire Minorities for Top Posts
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia National Football League teams must now interview at least two minority candidates for head coaching positions under new resolutions that the league hopes will improve diversity among its 32 teams. In an expansion of its Rooney Rule, which had previously called on teams to interview minority […]
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Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden Clarifies Message to Black America
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrown Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden clarified his message to Black America after the GOP, and others, seized on a remark he made in jest while wrapping up an interview with the famous Breakfast Club. “I shouldn’t have been such a wise guy,” Biden stated after […]
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OP-ED: Joe Biden Attacks Freethinking Black Americans while President Trump Empowers Them
EXCLUSIVE to BlackPressUSA By Paris Dennard, Senior Communications Advisor for Black Media Affairs at the Republican National Committee A bigot is defined as “a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.” By that definition, Former Vice President Joe Biden is a bigot. At the end of a recent interview on the very popular radio […]
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FILM REVIEW: The Lovebirds
By Dwight Brown, NNPA Newswire Film Critic It probably looked really good on paper. Bickering couple gets caught up in a murder and goes on the lam. It’s just enough of a framework for two comic geniuses to flaunt their comedy licks. Kumail Nanjiani made a name for himself on the series Silicon Valley and hit it […]
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AUTONETWORK ON BLACKPRESSUSA: 2020 Nissan Sentra SR
By Frank S. Washington, NNPA Newswire Contributor DETROIT – We did not get as much seat time in the 2020 Nissan Sentra as we would have liked thanks to the lock-down brought about by the coronavirus. But we did spend enough time to come away with an opinion about the car – it is big […]
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Apple TV+ Brings Back Beloved Kids Show
By Nsenga K. Burton NNPA Newswire Culture and Entertainment Editor Hey Gen Xers! Here is something you can watch with the kids or grandkids while taking a trip down memory lane. The Fraggles make their return in Apple’s “Fraggle Rock: Rock On!,” a new, original collection of mini-episodes, produced by The Jim Henson Company, premiering […]
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NNPA Exclusive: Iconic Entertainer and Entrepreneur, Ice Cube, Speaks to the Black Press of America
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Like very few others, Ice Cube is celebrated for his groundbreaking accomplishments in music, film, sports and entrepreneurship. The legendary South-Central Los Angeles-born megastar is currently celebrating the 30th anniversary of his debut solo album, Amerikka’s Most Wanted, and the release of his 31st feature film, The High […]
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The Black Crisis in The Midst Of The Coronavirus Crisis
Pandemic brings years of healthcare disparities to the forefront By Lisa Fitch, OW Editor-in-Chief Dr. Maulana Karenga, chair of the Department of Africana Studies at CSU Long Beach, wants the Black community to make sure that physical distancing during the pandemic does not interfere with relationships or establishing networks. “We’ve got to shop for each […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, OPINION
COMMENTARY: COVID-19 — My Personal Battle from a Positive to a Negative Result
Jeffrey L. Boney Shares His Personal Journey of Surviving the Coronavirus and Dealing with the Emotional and Mental Anguish Required to Overcome COVID-19 By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Contributor “Jeffrey, unfortunately, your test came back positive for the Coronavirus.” Hearing those words from the doctor, March 27th, shook me to the core. Was that […]
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2020 Howard Grad Earns Ph.D. at Age 73
By NNPA Newswire On April 26, Florence Nwando Onwusi Didigu, 73, defended her dissertation to earn her doctoral degree in communication, culture and media studies. Her dissertation and future book titled, “Igbo Collective Memory of the Nigeria – Biafra War (1967-1970): Reclaiming Forgotten Women’s Voices and Building Peace through a Gendered Lens,” is a reflection […]