Black leaders and political analysts range from cautiously optimistic to downright skeptical of the Republican Party’s renewed campaign to reach African-American and other sidelined communities. The outreach arose out of […]
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White House Fence Jumper is from Maryland, Charged with Assault
Dominic Adesanya of Bel Air, Maryland (Photo Courtesy of Instagram) WASHINGTON (AP) — The 23-year-old Maryland man who climbed over the White House fence Wednesday night has been charged with […]
Almost Half A Million Texas Voters May Be Turned Away from Polls
In an emergency action, the Texas NAACP, and other civil rights groups, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Texas from enforcing Senate Bill 14. But, the conservative-led Court sided […]
Media Diversity at Stake with CNN Layoffs
Black leaders are expressing concern about how mass layoffs at CNN will impact media diversity. Earlier this month, Turner Broadcasting System, a Time Warner subsidiary and CNN’s parent company, announced […]
Fighting the Good Fight
Madeline Long-Gill, President of the Prince George’s County Chapter of Sisters Network, Lucile Adams-Campbell, Professor of Oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center and Thelma D. Jones, Breast Cancer Survivor and […]
High Court Balks at Last-Minute Voting Changes
An election official checks a voter’s photo identification Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to use its strict voter ID law in […]
Study: White Voters More Likely to Support Voter ID Laws When Shown Images of Blacks Voting
African-American voters cast ballots. White voters are more likely to say they support voter ID laws if primed with a picture of an African American voting, versus a White person […]
Introducing the New NAACP Nat. Pres.
Cornell William Brooks, recently appointed president and CEO of the NAACP. Inspired to help people of all walks of life, Cornell William Brooks, recently appointed president and CEO of the […]
Fed. Courts Address Voter Disenfranchisement
Hundreds of thousands of voters of color in Texas and Wisconsin will not be denied access to the ballot box this November in the wake of two recent court rulings. […]
Ignorance of the Law, No Excuse for Police
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall Like most people, Sgt. Matt Darisse said he believed driving with a broken tail light was against the law, but he was wrong. On Oct. 6 the […]
Dept. of Ed Details Racial Disparities in Letter to States, School Districts
A letter from the U.S. Department of Education to states and school districts lays out the consistent racial disparities present in America’s public schools. The letter, prepared by the Department’s […]
Low Labor Force, High Poverty, and High Inequality
(Washington, DC) – The NAACP has released the following statement in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) September employment report which indicates that for the month of September the […]