National

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Vice President Kamala Harris held an exclusive discussion with publishers from the National Newspaper Publishers Association, which represents the Black Press of America, to discuss various issues […]

By Pastor Jamaal Weathersby New Hope Baptist Church The health of a community is often about connecting. Connecting with our neighbors, friends, and family to recharge our souls. Connecting with information that empowers us to […]

City of New Orleans This week, City Councilmembers Helena Moreno and JP Morrell reacted to the news that a trial court blocked the Council’s landmark $1 million fine assessed against Entergy New Orleans in 2019 […]

Recently, a bipartisan group wrote an open letter to Xavier Becerra, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and Robert Califf the Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to assist […]

Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent In 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill to officially mark Juneteenth – June 19th – as an official federal holiday. One year later, as racism continues […]

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 […]