Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Although the number of people in prisons and jails in America has slightly declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25, by the Bureau of Justice Statistics still show that nearly 1.5 million individuals were in prison by the end of 2017. The statistics also note that the U.S. continues to […]
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Posted inNational News, NEWS, Religion
Episcopal Bishop Breaks Race, Gender Barriers
By Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell, The New Tri-State Defender “Now, let me get this straight. You are a successful attorney, making a good salary, and you are about to make partner, which will give you even more money,” Phoebe Roaf’s mother said. “But you want to leave all that, go to seminary for three years […]
Posted inNational Sports, Sports
Changing the Game: Ice Cube’s Battle to Buy Regional Sports Networks
By Bryan 18X Crawford and Barrington Salmon, Contributing Writers,The Final Call More and more, Black athletes and entertainers are looking to expand beyond the field of expertise that gained them fame, notoriety and riches, and leverage these positions to help them make their same mark in the world of business. There are Black people who […]
Posted inAfro Briefs, National News, NEWS
Black World War II Veteran, 99, Prepares for College Graduation
By Jenny Drabble, The Winston-Salem Journal Elizabeth Barker Johnson stood frozen in the doorway, gripping her walker tightly, as the lights flicked on, revealing 60 of her closest loved ones. It wouldn’t be the last surprise of the day as the World War II veteran celebrated her 99th birthday. Elizabeth Johnson embraces her son David Johnson […]
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Black Teens Receive 11 Life Sentences in Crime Where No One Was Hurt
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia At 17, Juan Rayford Jr. was like so many other teens with big dreams – he wanted to escape his hardscrabble neighborhood and play college football and perhaps make it into the NFL. But a fateful 2004 night in the northern Los Angeles County city of Lancaster, […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS, POLITICS
President Represents Black Press at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent Presidents have traditionally attended and spoken at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner in Washington, D.C., but President Donald Trump has chosen to hold competing rallies on the night of the event each year since taking office. While Trump was riling up his base in Wisconsin on Saturday, […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS
Crump, NAACP, NNPA to Demonstrate after Police Brutality Incident in Florida
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The Broward County Chapter of the NAACP will lead a march and rally to demand the termination and criminal prosecution of two Florida sheriff deputies who were caught on video punching a 15-year-old African American student and repeatedly slamming the child’s head against concrete pavement. The weekend […]
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Hate Crimes and Solutions Offered by Activists
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia As investigators continue to look into the string of fires at historically Black churches in Louisiana, it has become increasingly obvious that these offenses are only the latest in a litany of hate crimes and terror attacks that have targeted African American places of worship for generations. […]
Posted inNational News, NEWS, POLITICS, U.S. Government
Trump, Media Assaults on Omar a New Low for American Politics
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia American politics appears to have hit a new low. According to reports, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has beefed up security following the vicious attacks she’s received and even news reports that paint her as un-American. What’s worse, the attacks stem from tweets made against her by President Donald Trump. […]
Posted inCommentary, OPINION
COMMENTARY: James Byrd’s Killer Didn’t Deserve the Death Penalty
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Killing is wrong. Killing Black people because they are Black is even more wrong. Lynching Black people is exponentially wrong. So why was I opposed to the state-imposed killing of John William King, the despicable murderer of James Byrd, Jr.? I happen to think that there are worse things […]
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Homeless Persons Cannot Be Punished for Sleeping in Absence of Alternatives, 9th Circuit Decision Establishes
By The National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, NNPA Newswire Contributor People experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the west coast states of the Ninth Circuit can sleep more safely, without facing criminal punishment for simply trying to survive on the streets. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an en banc petition by the city of Boise in Martin v. Boise (formerly Bell […]
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COMMENTARY: Classroom Culture Clashes
By Barbara D. Parks-Lee, Ph.D., CF, NBCT (ret.), NNPA ESSA Awareness Campaign When cultures clash in the classroom, students, teachers, administrators, parents, and the community at large all suffer. Education, or lack, thereof, can have a ripple effect on every facet of society. Not only are communities of color affected but also areas not considered […]