By Ronna McDaniel, Chair of the Republican National Committee for the NNPA Newswire I am from Michigan, and here in my hometown I have seen our community rally to do all we can to support our neighbors and local businesses during this difficult time. Thanks to President Donald Trump, some more help is on the […]
Author Archives: NNPA Newswire Correspondent
Posted inARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Coronavirus, ENTERTAINMENT, Media, National News, NEWS, Technology, TV and Film
PRESS ROOM: Comcast Launches Xfinity Education Destination for K-12
By BlackPressUSA Comcast has made nearly 2,000 hours of programming and thousands of free titles available to Xfinity video customers to give children and their parents quick and easy access to educational programming by grade level, as part of the company’s comprehensive response to the COVID-19 crisis. The collection is a joint effort with “Common […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, BUSINESS, Coronavirus, Health, National News, NEWS
Blacks Dying at a Higher Rate
Just a few short weeks ago, when the coronavirus officially kicked off in the United States, rumors surfaced that African Americans were immune to the virus and could not get infected. Now, African Americans are not only infected, but they make up the majority of coronavirus-related deaths in our country. In a press conference on […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, Coronavirus, Health, National News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
COVID Highlights Healthcare Gaps
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor In a letter dated Feb. 4, and sent to the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) said comprehensive demographic data on people tested or treated for the virus that causes COVID-19 doesn’t exist. Cities with large Black […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, Music, Religion
LIVESTREAM: NNPA Interviews Director and Star of The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, NNPA Newswire’s Culture and Entertainment Editor Tune in on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 3PM ET to watch LIVE as NNPA Newswire’s Culture and Entertainment Editor, Dr. Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D, interviews Christine Swanson and Aunjanue Ellis, the acclaimed director and star of the television film The Clark Sisters, First Ladies […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
BREAKING NEWS: Congressman John Lewis Endorses Joe Biden for President – NNPA Newswire
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Legendary Congressman John Lewis (D-Ga.), one of America’s foremost moral leaders whose work since the civil rights movement of the 1950s made him a national treasure, has formally endorsed former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic nominee for President of the United States […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, OPINION
COMMENTARY: What Do You Say to Someone Battling COVID-19?
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It is human nature to want to say the right thing at the right time. To utter words that just might help heal. I recall working at The Times-Tribune newspaper in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in the mid-2000s. I had been assigned the City Hall beat, which meant […]
Posted inCommentary, Coronavirus, OPINION
While You Were Paying Attention To Covid-19, Trump Slipped Something Past You
By Bill Fletcher Jr. NNPA Newswire Contributor That’s right, he did it again. Just like a magician, while you are looking at his left hand, he pulls a trick with his right. In this case, while almost all of the news has been focused on Covid-19, the Trump administration dropped auto fuel efficiency standards. And to […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, Coronavirus, ENTERTAINMENT, Music, National News, NEWS
IN MEMORIAM: African Americans Who Have Died of COVID-19
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor The inaccurate Internet memes and false online conspiracies that purport “Blacks can’t get coronavirus” are contrary to reality. African Americans are not immune to COVID-19. On April 2, the Pentagon was looking to provide civilian institutions with more body bags after it was reported that over 1,000 people […]
Posted inArts & Culture, ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV and Film
Film Review: There’s Something in the Water
By Dwight Brown NNPA News Wire Film Critic They’re making a lot of noise up in Nova Scotia. Local activists of African and Native American descent are holding big businesses and the government accountable for polluting their water and causing an uptick in cancer cases. They’re sounding the alarm and applying pressure. The surprising but […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, Coronavirus, National News, NEWS
Acclaimed Houston Forward Times Columnist Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Admitted to ICU
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia More than 825,000 people around the globe have been infected with the novel coronavirus, including at least 175,600 in America. Now the coronavirus has hit a member of our family. Jeffrey L. Boney, a multi-award-winning writer for the Houston Forward Times and the National Newspaper Publishers […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, BUSINESS, Health, National News, NEWS
African American Scientist Breaks Ground in Cancer Research
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green, an assistant professor at Morehouse School of Medicine in the Physiology Department, has reportedly become the first person to successfully cure cancer in mice using laser-activated nanoparticles. According to Black Culture News, Dr. Green’s revolutionary and unique nanoparticle technology was found to cure cancer after […]