Verzuz announced that Trina and Eve will feature in their next head-to-head musical battle on June 16. (Image courtesy Instagram) By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Rolling Out (NNPA Newswire) – Miami rapper Trina will be squaring off against Philly and Ruff Ryder MC, Eve on June 16 in the next Verzuz battle in what appears to […]
Author Archives: NNPA Newswire Correspondent
Posted inNational News
NNPA second vice chair reflects on success of the Black press
“Knowing what our forefathers went through to get us to where we are today in our search for true justice makes the dedicated publishers of Black newspapers resilient,” said County News publisher, Fran Farrer. NNPA NEWSWIRE – Farrer’s efforts and those of her colleagues on the Executive Committee are primary reasons that the Black Press […]
Posted inOPINION
COMMENTARY: Blacks in Florida lag behind every community in getting vaccinated
Based on the new number of 17.3% for Blacks being vaccinated, no one in Florida should be happy or satisfied with the numbers. Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration must pledge to the Black Florida politicians, and community leaders, that they are determined to boost vaccinations in Black communities. (Photo: iStockphoto / NNPA) NNPA NEWSWIRE […]
Posted inCommentary
COMMENTARY: Black men must talk about drugs ravishing our community
Many drug activist organizations believe the criminalization of people of color, particularly young people, is as profound a system of racial control as the Jim Crow laws were in the country. NNPA NEWSWIRE – It is no mistake that drugs are so prevalent in the Black community, that our children can direct a stranger where […]
Posted inHBCU
Senior Bowl, NFL to hold combine for top HBCU prospects
The inaugural HBCU combine, scheduled for Jan. 28-29 in 2022, will be similar to the NFL combine with interviews and on-field and medical evaluations. THE JACKSONVILLE FREE PRESS – No HBCU players were drafted in 2021, and the only one picked in 2020 went in the seventh round. Alabama State offensive lineman Tytus Howard was […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Together, we should seek justice for the Tulsa massacre 100 years later
(CBM) – May 31-June 1, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the deadliest acts of racial violence in American history. THE SACRAMENTO OBSERVER – (CBM) – The Black community in Tulsa, known as the Greenwood District, which has been referred to as the “Black Wall Street,” was decimated by […]
Posted inOPINION
Biden’s eloquence about George Floyd will ring hollow if Rahm Emanuel gets ambassador nomination
If Joe Biden fully meant what he said after meeting with George Floyd’s family in the Oval Office on the anniversary of his death, he wouldn’t nominate Rahm Emanuel to be the U.S. ambassador to Japan. But recent news reports tell us that’s exactly what the president intends to do. (Photo: jobebiden.com) By Norman Solomon […]
Posted inNEWS
Win for TrumpWorld: Fulton County absentee ballots will be unsealed, audited
A worker at the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections works to process absentee ballots at the State Farm Arena Nov. 2, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) By Itoro N. Umontuen The Atlanta Voice via NNPA (NNPA Newswire) – On May 21, Georgia Superior Court Judge Brian Amero ordered Fulton County to unseal […]
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Byron Allen sues McDonald’s over advertising practices
Media mogul Byron Allen isn’t happy with fast food company McDonald’s and isn’t loving how they handle some of their advertising practices. Allen filed a $10 billion lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp. (Courtesy Photo) By Michael “Ice-Blue” Harris Rolling Out via NNPA (NNPA Newswire) – Media mogul Byron Allen isn’t happy with fast food company McDonald’s […]
Posted inOPINION
COMMENTARY: Asian/Black Relations Can Get Better Together During Heritage Month
That’s what Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month is really for—to learn the good, and unlearn the bad, together. POST NEWS GROUP via NNPA – “Let’s be clear, there (are) elements of anti-Blackness in the Asian American community, that we do need to unlearn as well,” he said. Then he made it personal. […]
Posted inNEWS
Federal Grand Jury indicts Chauvin, other officers in George Floyd death
Chauvin, Thao, Kueng, and the fourth officer, Thomas Lane, all face a charge for failing to give Floyd medical aid. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Today’s federal indictment for criminal, civil rights violations associated with the murder of George Floyd reinforces the strength and wisdom of the […]
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Ex-Georgia deputy bragged he charged Blacks with felonies so they couldn’t vote
(By ArtOlympic_ Shutterstock.com) By Terry Shropshire Rolling Out via NNPA (NNPA Newswire) — A White former sheriff’s deputy in Georgia reportedly discussed charging Blacks with felonies so they’d be denied the right to vote, the U.S. Department of Justice has asserted in court. According to an FBI affidavit, ex-Wilkinson County sheriff’s deputy Cody Richard Griggers […]