By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent On a mission to combat issues of diabetes, which disproportionately afflicts Black Americans nationwide, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association for more than 215 of the nation’s leading Black media companies, moderated a very important conversation surrounding the chronic condition and its ongoing negative impacts […]
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NAACP President Derrick Johnson And Political Strategist Donna Brazile Issue ‘State of Black America’ Address
By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Washington Correspondent Following the aftermath of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Political Strategist Donna Brazile took part in a special “State of Black America” forum in search of the answer to, “Where do we go from here?” Held at the Howard University Interdisciplinary Building, Johnson […]
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LISTEN: Taraji P. Henson: ‘What Men Want’ Gets into Guys’ Heads
By Shevry Lassiter, The Washington Informer A pretty face, a sculpted body, a good cook, smart and financially stable are just some of the qualities women think men want. But if women had the ability to get in a man’s head and hear their thoughts, would more relationships thrive? That question isn’t answered in the […]
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COMMENTARY: Our Planet is Melting. Who Cares?
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor The Right Reverend William Barber has revived Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Poor People’s Campaign. He has reminded us that the triple evils of an age were racism, militarism, and poverty. But he has advanced the struggle for social and economic justice by including ecological devastation and the intersection […]
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COMMENTARY: The State of the Black Union
By Raynard Jackson, founder and chairman of Black Americans for a Better Future (BAFBF) During the month of February in America we celebrate Black History Month. As we celebrate the achievements of Blacks in the making of this great country, I can’t help but think about the state of the Black community in 2019. The […]
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FILM REVIEW: An Acceptable Loss
By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic Nothing about An Acceptable Loss screams, “Pay $12 bucks for me at the theater because I’m worth it.” This isn’t an artistic breakthrough (Roma). It doesn’t expand the thriller genre (A Quiet Place). The drama on view is never deep (Leave No Trace). The ensemble performances won’t win […]
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COMMENTARY: #FirstThem Movement Highlights White Predators
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The #MeToo movement began a little more than two years ago, and some of the most famous and powerful men – like Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, and Louis C.K. – have lost their high-profile jobs, or have seen their careers derailed. Producer Harvey Weinstein is currently fighting […]
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Cosby’s Publicist Blames National Enquirer for Drone
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia It wasn’t exactly an unidentified object that flew over the prison that houses Bill Cosby this week. Not, according to Cosby’s spokesman Andrew Wyatt, who noted the timing of the drone that was discovered above the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institute Phoenix in Collegeville, Penn. (Photo: iStock Photo […]
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Northam Apologies for Racist College Photo
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam released a statement on Friday apologizing for an uncovered racist photo from his 1984 East Virginia Medical School yearbook that depicts him and another man in blackface and in Ku Klux Klan garb. An accompanying quote under the photo reads: “There are more […]
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A New Era of Justice Seekers: Anthony Graves, Wrongfully Convicted Death Row Inmate, Gives Voice to Voiceless
By Jeffrey L. Boney, NNPA Newswire Political Analyst Imagine spending nearly two decades in prison for a crime you never committed. Even worse, imagine spending 12 of those years behind bars on death row. That is the story of former Texas death row inmate Anthony Graves, whose case garnered international attention after he was wrongfully […]
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The American Dream Remains Deferred for Black Millennials
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The American Dream is described as a national ethos: a set of ideals in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, and upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers. That’s the Wikipedia definition. For African American […]
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PRESS ROOM: Homeownership in D.C., Maryland Get $7.1 Million Boost from NeighborhoodLIFT Program
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Wells Fargo Company, NeighborWorks America, MANNA, Inc. and Community Housing Partners announced the NeighborhoodLIFT program. The program which focuses on boosting local homeownership in Washington, D.C., and Prince George’s County, Maryland, will launch with a $7.1 million commitment by Wells Fargo. The 2019 NeighborhoodLIFT program is a […]