National

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent On May 25, 2021, the first anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by then Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin, President Joe Biden invited his family to the […]

Patrick Washington Dallas Weekly News In the wake of the 2020 social uprising in response to the now globally recognized George Floyd killing, many corporations and entities public messaged that change was necessary and specifically […]

Sylvia Dunnavant Hines NNPA Newswire Contributor After Actor Will Smith slapped comedian Chris Rock during the Oscars for making a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, one word was echoed around the world – […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Karine Jean-Pierre, whose long career in Democratic communications led her to the podium last year as the second Black woman to hold a White House daily briefing, […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent According to a report published this week by the American Lung Association, almost half of Americans – 137 million people – are experiencing more days of “very […]

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers Association As the United States continues to grapple with its legacy of systemic racism, debates on issues such as police brutality and racial profiling, […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Missing White children receive far more media coverage than missing Black and Brown children. A fact advocates often point to when explaining the disparity in attention provided […]

To Be Confirmed the First Black Woman U.S. Supreme Court Justice Washington, D.C. — On Monday, April 4th, 2022, Melanie L. Campbell, President & CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and […]

Eric Connerly Data News Weekly Contributor The Final Four is coming to New Orleans again. After 64 it is now down to four. Kansas, Villanova, Duke and North Carolina. It will take place at Caesars […]