By: Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent After the White House announced a plan to expand access to affordable high-speed internet for millions of Americans, particularly low-income families, it didn’t take long for Comcast to ensure its customers took advantage. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP), created under the historic bipartisan infrastructure bill, has […]
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Posted inNational News
NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition announce national GOTV campaign targeting 10 million more Black voters
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote, but unregistered. Whether the reason is because of apathy, suppression, or other means, […]
Posted inNEWS
Akron police release disturbing bodycam of Jayland Walker’s shooting death
By Stacy Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Authorities recently released disturbing bodycam footage of Jayland Walker’s death at the hands of Akron, Ohio police officers. Walker was an unarmed Black DoorDash delivery driver with no criminal record when he died in a hail of bullets. The lawyer for the 25-year-old’s family called it an execution, […]
Posted inNational News
More than 1,000 Black women leaders call on Biden administration to step up efforts to free Brittney Griner
By Stacey M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent A collective of nearly 1,200 intergenerational, intersectional Black women leaders across the United States is calling on the Biden administration to ramp up efforts to free WNBA superstar Brittney Griner from detainment in Russia. In a letter to President Biden and Vice President Harris, the #WinWithBlackWomen collective […]
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NNPA and Transformative Justice Coalition Announce National GOTV Campaign Targeting 10 Million More Black Voters
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote but who are unregistered. Whether the reason is because of apathy, suppression, or […]
Posted inNational News
Seven Decades After First Black Reporter Covered the White House, the Black Press Receives Coveted Credentials
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Seventy-two years after President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Harry S. McAlpin Jr. of the National Negro Publishers Association to cover an Oval Office news conference, and 82-years after the founding of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the Black Press can freely cover the White […]
Posted inTechnology
The Leadership Conference pushes FCC to eliminate digital discrimination
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Two months ago, the Federal Communications Commission announced it had opened a proceeding on how to prevent and eliminate digital discrimination to ensure that everyone has equal access to broadband internet access service. When the agency issued the notice, commissioners called it the beginning of […]
Posted inNational News
Despite apathy, activists and strategists urge Black voters to participate in the 2022 Midterms
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia The failure of Congress to pass legislation like the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act have frustrated African Americans. With new voter suppression laws, the leaked Roe V. Wade opinion, and the assault on many other rights, […]
Posted inPOLITICS
President Biden signs landmark police reform executive order
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Black Press USA President Joe Biden signed an executive order on police reform that he hopes will help prevent excessive use of force and encourage officers to intervene in such cases. “Two years ago, the murder of George Floyd exposed for many what Black and Brown communities […]
Posted inStop Killing Us
IN MEMORIAM: Black Press journalist Katherine Massey eulogized as ‘Queen Mother,’ and ‘Community Mayor’
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. helped to eulogize the Challenger Community News journalist Katherine Massey in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 23, telling the gathering at Pilgrim Baptist Church that the 72-year-old fought for freedom, justice, and equality. Like […]
Posted inAfro Briefs
Calm after the racist storm, Buffalo, N.Y. shootings cease following the massacre
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Eight days before the self-avowed White supremacist Payton Gendron’s mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., detectives laid out a hoard of weaponry that they seized in less than a week. The weapons included ghost guns, automatic pistols, assault rifles, and revolvers confiscated in various parts of […]
Posted inNational News
‘It’s easier to get a gun than baby formula.’ Athletes, Celebs boil over latest mass shooting
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent, @StacyBrownMedia Nineteen children lost their lives at what was supposed to be one of the safest places in the world: school. The May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, marked the second-deadliest shooting incident on a K-12 campus in America since 2012 when […]
