The Common Story of Pain, Suffering Few Know About
By Autumn Dalton, Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — By the time Victoria Makinde finished her story of pain, unanswered questions and confusion, there were tears and sniffles throughout the...
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Flint and Michigan Agree to Settle Water Suit for Almost $100 Million, Dig Up...
by ALEX JOHNSON ~ NBC News The state of Michigan will pay $87 million to replace water lines to thousands of homes in lead-contaminated Flint under a settlement agreement submitted Monday. A hearing...
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Black Women Publishers Drive the Black Press
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In 1827, with the publication of the “Freedom’s Journal,” John Russwurm and Reverend Samuel Cornish established the Black Press and boldly declared their...
View ArticleCBC Opposes Nomination of Judge Gorsuch and the Senate Should Too
By U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) (Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus) On January 31, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. If confirmed,...
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Author’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ inspired book inks movie deal
~The Grio Tomi Adeyemi’s debut fantasy novel, Children of Blood and Bone, has just landed a huge movie deal with Fox 2000, reportedly bringing in a nearly seven-figure deal with the movie after a...
View ArticleGospel on Demand Radio Captures the 2017 Stellar Awards
If it is hot and happening now in the world of gospel music, Gospel on Demand is there. And this weekend, the 32nd Annual Stellar Awards is where Evangel and Walter Ko of Gospel on Demand Radio KPRZ...
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Omarosa Shocks, Angers Some NNPA Publishers as She Walks Out of ‘Black Press...
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – Omarosa Manigault, President Donald Trump’s director of communications for public liaison, walked out of a breakfast meeting she had requested to attend, hosted by the National...
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Armand King Hosts ‘Big Romance, Lil Finance’ Book Release Party Saturday
By Edward Henderson When I was younger, some of the first dates I ever went on were to the movies. I’d insist my parents drop me off around the corner of the theatre to avoid the embarrassment of my...
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Local Poet Releases Latest Book on Life, Love and Tea
By Edward Henderson When life hands you sugar and honey, you make iced tea. No, this isn’t the typical cliché we all know, but poet and San Diego native Delicia Rashad details how this combination is a...
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Is Colin Kaepernick being blackballed out of the NFL?
By Keith D. King Just like any other Saturday morning, I woke up, brushed my teeth, and washed my face while my coffee was in the kitchen brewing. I sat down turned on the NFL Network to see what the...
View ArticleJoint Center Mourns Loss of Civil Rights Leader Roger Wilkins
Roger W. Wilkins—civil rights leader, history professor, and award-winning journalist—passed away March 26, 2017 at the age of 85. Spencer Overton, the President of the Joint Center for Political and...
View ArticleCentral San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Celebrates Trailblazing...
On Thursday, March 23, 2017, the Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce (CSDBCC) hosted a celebration of Racquel Vasquez, the new Mayor of the City of Lemon Grove, at the University Club Atop...
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San Diego Native Returns Home to Present: Love and War
By Edward Henderson San Diego native and performance artist Keomi Tarver, 29, believes a special movement is happening in the hearts and minds of women of color. This evolution is in response to the...
View ArticleTrump’s Budget Blueprint Cuts Close to Home
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) From youth yearning for the time to have their own place, to older Americans hoping to age in place, the need to have a home is a shared concern of...
View ArticleChance The Rapper announces new Chicago arts and literature fund
~The Grio In conjunction with the Children First Fund for Chicago public schools, Chance the Rapper has announced his New Chance Arts and Literature Fund in partnership with Ingenuity, a local arts...
View ArticleFormer NAACP Leader Who Lied About Her Race Says in New Book, “I was ‘Too...
Nationwide — Rachel Dolezal, the former NAACP leader from Spokane, Washington who pretended to be Black although she is really white, says in her new book that her first marriage to an African American...
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Dr. Hadiyah Green Wants to Use Lasers to Kill Cancer Cells
~NBC Black Dr. Hadiyah Green is determined to beat cancer — with lasers. Like millions of others around the world, it’s personal. Raised by her aunt Oralee Smith and her uncle General Lee Smith in St....
View ArticleSouth African Court Gives Personal Marijuana Use Green Light
The landmark Western Cape High Court’s order regarding the private use of dagga applies only to home use and cultivation, cautioned Dagga Party leader Jeremy Acton after the ruling in Cape Town on...
View Article5 keys for success from African-American billionaire Robert F. Smith
by Natasha S. Alford ~ The Grio If you still haven’t heard of billionaire Robert F. Smith, it’s time to start paying attention. The Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners has lived his life mostly...
View ArticleCNN hires White House correspondent April Ryan as political analyst
The Grio According to The Wrap, American Urban Radio Networks reporter April D. Ryan has been hired as a political analyst by CNN. Ryan made headlines recently after a back-and-forth with White House...
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