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By A. Scott Bolden NNPA Newswire Contributor   With uniquely American hypocrisy, the Trump Treasury Department has pushed back the 2016 plan to put escaped slave and Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman on the $20 […]

Data Staff Writers Congressman Cedric Richmond, who has long been a vocal supporter of Former Vice President Joe Biden, has been named to a major leadership role in the Biden presidential campaign. With his extensive […]

1923-2019 Data Staff Writers World-renowned Restauranteur and Iconic Civil Rights Activist Leah Lang Chase, Owner and Executive Chef of Dooky Chase’s Restaurant died last Saturday surrounded by family members and friends, at the age of […]

By Stacy Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent, @ StacyBrownMedia   Type the name Tawny Reed in the Google search engine and click on “News.” In doing so, one will find among the results, an obscure 1960s […]

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia   “…Once I received the MC Lyte #EducateOURMen Scholarship to Dillard, I knew that I was destined to have a fulfilling college experience that was beyond my […]

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Newswire Contributor In a historic selection, the Smithsonian has selected Lonnie Bunch, III as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Bunch will serve as the 14th Secretary. Bunch, 66, is […]

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire   “Let’s pause here to give a little credit where credit is due. Freeing 17 prisoners – all of whom were serving life sentences without parole – is impressive […]

Oscar H. Blayton NNPA Contributor $174,000.00 – That’s what every member of the House of Representatives receives in salary each year. Every member, that is, except Nancy Pelosi, who as the Speaker of the House, […]