By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia 8B Education Investments, which built the first platform that connects high-potential African students with world-class colleges and universities and the tools needed to level up their applications and financial options, announced a partnership with Nelnet Bank to originate $30 million of loans over three years. The partnership, […]
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Posted inENTERTAINMENT
Chrisette Michele punctuates ‘Black Excellence’ at NNPA Leadership Awards
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Grammy winner Chrisette Michele sent the packed house home buzzing following her dazzling performance to conclude the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s Annual Leadership Reception at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C. Belting out a string of hits and crowd favorites, Michele crooned and teased the […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Fundraiser tops $300K for teen ordered to pay her alleged rapist’s family
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StaceyBrownMedia Pieper Lewis had never known freedom and had never enjoyed the support and guidance necessary for children to succeed. The 17-year-old pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and willful injury for fatally stabbing Zachary Brooks, 37, who authorities admitted raped her multiple times in 2020 when […]
Posted inNational News
New York AG files massive suit against former president, family: ‘staggering fraud
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a massive civil lawsuit against Donald Trump, his three eldest children and the Trump Organization, on Sept. 21. Attorney James laid out the “staggering fraud” case she said the former president and his family committed for more than […]
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It’s not easy getting a home loan – racial bias makes it nearly impossible for many Blacks
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia In data released earlier this year from the Federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, major disparities exist in home loan approval rates between African Americans and Whites. Nationally, the purchase mortgage denial rate for Black homebuyers is twice as high as the denial rate for the overall […]
Posted inNational News
Hundreds in law enforcement, politics, military are Oath Keepers, says ADL
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Hundreds of law enforcement officers, a host of elected officials and more than 100 military personnel are members of the Oath Keepers, the far-right extremist group accused of playing a significant role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the Anti-Defamation League […]
Posted inNational News
Several states set to tax student loan forgiveness
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia According to an analysis by the Tax Foundation, as many as 13 states will consider President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness a taxable event, levying as much as $1,100 in taxes to some borrowers who receive a $10,000 break. When announcing plans to forgive as […]
Posted inBUSINESS
NBA icon Isiah Thomas quickly becoming an entrepreneurial legend
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – Isiah Thomas played basketball with the tenacity not often seen in today’s game. Whenever a team outscored his Detroit Pistons, it only meant a negative mark in the loss column but never total defeat for Thomas. An NCAA champion at Indiana and a […]
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Biden honors NNPA CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. and others with Lifetime Achievement Award
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior, National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia NNPA NEWSWIRE– National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Ed.D. has received the President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award for Community Service and Civil Rights. Dr. Chavis received the award during a ceremony at Morehouse College in Atlanta. […]
Posted inHealth
Biden Administration Declares Public Health Emergency Over Monkeypox Outbreak
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “We are prepared to take our response to the next level in addressing this virus, and we urge every American to take monkeypox seriously and to take responsibility to help us tackle this virus,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra. By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia […]
Posted inSports
Rocket mortgage ‘Changing the Course’ for Black Detroit residents during PGA tour event
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Even as Tony Finau, Taylor Pendrith, Cameron Champ, and others stormed the leaderboard, officials were once again making sure that the Professional Golf Association (PGA) Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic continued its four-year-old tradition of being more than just a sporting event. Over the years, competition […]
Posted inNEWS
DOJ Charges Officers in Death of Breonna Taylor
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Say her name. Breonna Taylor’s family may finally get justice after the Department of Justice charged four current and former police officers in Louisville, Kentucky, who were involved in the fatal March 2020 raid on her apartment. The DOJ accused the officers of lying to […]
