By Aria Brent AFRO Staff Writer abrent@afro.com The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) held their Mid-Winter Training Conference Jan. 24-27 at the B Ocean Resort and Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., where they hosted representatives of the 250 Black-owned newspapers and media companies of their membership. The theme for this conference was “Empowering in 2024: The Black […]
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Biden honors Black troops killed in Jordan as remains arrive home
By Seung Min KimThe Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — Standing solemnly under gray skies, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base on Feb. 2 to witness the return of three American service members killed in last weekend’s drone attack in Jordan. It’s […]
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Fani Willis acknowledges a ‘personal relationship’ with prosecutor she hired in Trump’s Georgia case
By Kate Brumback The Associated Press Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, left image, said in a court filing filed Feb. 2, 2024, that she is involved in a “personal relationship” with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, right, whom she hired for the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump, but she argues there are […]
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NNPA Mid-Winter Training Conference focuses on allies, the Black vote and tech
By Alexis TaylorAFRO Managing Editor The National Newspaper Publishers Association, the trade association which represents more than 240 Black publications across the nation, held their Mid-Winter Training Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jan. 24 to Jan. 27. Publishers, editors, writers and businessmen and women from around the country gathered under the theme of empowering the […]
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Activism in Journalism: From the seats of Black America’s Press
By Ashleigh FieldsAFRO Assistant Editorafields@afro.com There are currently 49 seats in the James S. Brady briefing room for White House reporters dedicated to covering the most trying truths of our nation’s present and past. Only one belongs to a Black owned media outlet, well half a seat. The Grio, short for the griot, a term […]
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Andrew Young reflects on Civil Rights Movement at Washington National Cathedral
By Deborah BaileyAFRO Contributing Editor dbailey@afro.com Seated humbly in a chair on the platform of the Washington National Cathedral, former United Nations Ambassador and Congressman Andrew Young preached extemporaneously Jan. 14. King confidante, friend, collaborator and fellow pastor, Young is among a dwindling number of activists who worked and served full time in the Civil Rights […]
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A trial in Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay’s 2002 killing is starting, and testing his anti-drug image
By Jennifer PeltzThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For almost two decades, the 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay stood as one of the hip-hop world’s most infamous and elusive crimes, one of three long-unsolved slayings of major rap stars. Now Jay’s case is the first of those killings to go to trial. […]
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After LA police raid home of Black Lives Matter attorney, a judge orders photographs destroyed
By Jake OffenhartzThe Associated Press A judge has ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to get rid of photographs of legal documents that officers allegedly took during an unannounced raid on the home of an attorney representing a prominent Black Lives Matter activist. The attorney, Dermot Givens, said roughly a dozen Los Angeles police officers […]
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A Texas school’s punishment of a Black student who wears his hair in locs is going to trial
By Juan LozanoThe Associated Press ANAHUAC, Texas (AP) — A judge ordered Jan. 24 that a trial be held next month to determine whether a Black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state […]
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Empowering in 2024: NNPA conference concludes with praise, prominent sessions, and invigorating outlook
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) concluded its 2024 annual Mid-Winter Training Conference Jan. 27 at the B Ocean Resort and Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where publishers, editors, sponsors, partners and visitors shared four days of workshops and fellowship that promise to strengthen […]
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Inequitable algorithms: Facial recognition’s alarming pattern of misidentifying Black individuals sparks calls for reform
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent (NNPA NEWSWIRE) – Recent research conducted by Scientific American Online supported fears that facial recognition technology (FRT) can worsen racial inequities in policing. The research found that law enforcement agencies that use automated facial recognition disproportionately arrest Black people. The report’s authors stated that they believe these […]
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Georgia Senate passes a panel with subpoena power to investigate District Attorney Fani Willis
By Jeff AmyThe Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate joined attempts to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Jan. 26, voting 30-19 to create a special committee that Republican senators say is needed to determine whether the Democratic district attorney misspent state tax money in her prosecution of former President Donald […]
