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Black Lives Matter Activists Turn Attention to Statehouses
Associated Press A new initiative launched by Black Lives Matter activists seeks to re-focus the movement’s efforts on state capitols, building on momentum at the national level to push back against...
View ArticleCalls for Protectionism in the West Should Not Scare Africa, Says Abdalla Hamdok
Dakar — Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Abdalla Hamdok, says there’s no need for Africa to panic as sentiments of protectionism and populism grow louder in...
View ArticleSponsors of Hate Today Must Be Held Accountable
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President and CEO, NNPA) Over the next several days, across the United States, people will pause in solemn remembrance of the 49th anniversary of the tragic assassination of...
View ArticleCBC Delivers “We Have a Lot to Lose” Paper to President Trump during White...
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Carrying a 130-page document titled, “We Have A Lot To Lose: Solutions to Advance Black Families in the 21st Century,” members of the Congressional...
View ArticleCollege Dropout and a 4.0 College Grad Team Up to Create New App Called...
Nationwide — Jamal Wilson, a 25 year old from Palm Beach, Florida, had a vision to change the technology world in the biggest way possible. He dropped out of college to pursue his dream of becoming a...
View ArticleSpeaker Meiyoko Taylor to Release New Book, “Find Your Amazing! 5 Steps To...
Cherry Hill, NJ — Author, speaker, and personal development leader Meiyoko Taylor will release his new book Find Your Amazing! 5 Steps To Transforming Your Life on April 7 through his website...
View ArticleCan South Africa’s President Zuma Take The Heat?
President Jacob Zuma has called the leadership of Cosatu for a meeting to discuss, among other things, the union’s call for him to step down. Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini told journalists that Zuma...
View ArticleLeveling The Equal Pay Field: Negotiating While Black
by CHANDELIS R. DUSTER Women continue to make less than men, but the gap in equal pay is wider for women of color. If the wage gap keeps narrowing at the pace it has been the last 50 years, Black...
View ArticleTrump’s EPA Awards Flint $100 Million for Water Crisis
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Buried in the 24-hour news cycle of Russian conspiracies, presidential tweets, and claims of White House nepotism, the Trump Administration found...
View ArticlePepsi pulls Kendall Jenner ad, apologizes after major backlash
The Grio On Wednesday, Pepsi announced that it would be pulling a controversial ad that was almost universally mocked for its portrayal of Kendall Jenner handing a police officer a soda during a...
View ArticleBlack teen wins essay contest on topic of white privilege
By MICHAEL MELIA Associated Press A black teenager who wrote about the “unavoidable” racial issues he faces growing up in an affluent, predominantly white Connecticut town has won an essay contest on...
View ArticleBotswana Earthquake Could Be Felt in South Africa, Zimbabwe
MOST parts of Zimbabwe, including Harare and Bulawayo, were yesterday shaken for more than a minute by tremors from an earthquake that occurred in central Botswana which started at 7:40:15pm, almost...
View ArticleTrump aides, lawmakers hold talks to revive healthcare bill
By David Morgan | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Top White House officials met moderate and conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Monday in an effort to revive a plan to repeal and...
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San Diego Native Brings ‘TunnelVision’ Home to Aid Black Arts Community
By Edward Henderson The HBCU experience has a unique way of broadening perspectives, planting seeds of pride and calling its graduates towards giving back to the community that produced them. For San...
View ArticleAfter Obama: Black Women Convene Annual Summit in the Nation’s Capital
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation (NCBCP) and the Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) recently hosted the Sixth Annual BWR Women of...
View ArticleNEW PACS FOCUS ON GETTING MORE BLACKS INTO POLITICS
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In the aftermath of former-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s crushing defeat last November, a number of groups were launched to encourage...
View ArticleFord Foundation Makes Bold Bet on Investments to Fight Inequality
In an email distributed on 5 April, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker announced the decision by the Foundation’s Board of Trustees to authorize allocation over ten years of up to $1 billion from...
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Brandon ‘Tiny Doo’ Duncan Hosts Listening Party for New Album
By Edward Henderson On Saturday, April 1st, Brandon ‘Tiny Doo’ Duncan held a listening party for his upcoming album ‘Document Me’. Family, close friends and community members gathered in ThChrch in...
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Nivea’s ‘White is Purity’ ad renews history of racism in beauty
By George M. Johnson This week in advertising was nothing short of an epic fail thanks to Pepsi and Nivea, who released two of the most culturally insensitive ads we have seen in quite some. From Kylie...
View ArticleProtester gives Oregon mayor a Pepsi, and the response wasn’t good
The Grio During a city council meeting in Portland, Oregon, a man tried to give the mayor a Pepsi. The protester, who identified himself as Carlos Enrique, told council members, “What I realized is...
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