National

By Brandon I. Brooks Managing Editor, Los Angeles Sentinel & Kimberlee Buck In 2008, Congresswoman Karen Bass made history after being elected as the first ever African- American woman to become Speaker of any state […]

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Business Alliance announced that Quentin L. Messer, Jr., the organization’s president and CEO, was named to the highly prestigious EBONY Power 100 list for 2018. “I’m most appreciative of […]

By Lauren Victoria Burke With the largest Congressional Black Caucus in history along with a historic number of women entering the U.S. House in 2019, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has announced plans for […]

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D NNPA Newswire Contributor The State of Georgia’s Democratic Gubernatorial nominee has ended her historic run for governor in a controversial political race that has captured the attention of the country. […]

By Lauren Victoria Burke Along with what could be nine new members of the Congressional Black Caucus, the CBC will also likely feature five new Chairman wielding the gavel of five committees in the U.S. […]

Data News Weekly Staff Report As Election Day gave way to the early morning hours Wednesday, the bruising, often bitter race to become Georgia’s next governor continued to defy a ready resolution. With nearly all […]

By Stacy M. Brown The conviction of Jason Van Dyke could prove historic, but much more needs to be done to stem the tide of police shootings involving African-Americans. Contradictory, overly rehearsed and simply not […]

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. President and CEO, NNPA Washington, DC — No one questions the fact that for the past six decades, African-Americans have overwhelmingly supported and voted for Democratic Party candidates for the […]