DHS Chief Kelly Asks for Criminal Histories of Thousands of Haitians Seeking...
by BEN REMALY Secretary John Kelly asked Department of Homeland Security staff for the criminal history of thousands of Haitians living in the United States on protected immigration status as he mulls...
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Next Time Your HBCU Asks For Money, Open That Wallet
By George M. Johnson A recent interview with Howard University President Wayne Frederick sparked conversation around alumni giving at HBCU’s and more importantly, the lack thereof. Historically black...
View ArticlePUBLIC OPINION STILL MIXED ON RAPE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST COSBY
Bill Cosby’s Supporters, Detractors Argue His Case in the Court of Public Opinion By Stacy M. Brown (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) The arguments go back and forth. Detractors of comedian Bill...
View ArticleSimone Biles voted off ‘DWTS’ despite perfect scores
On Monday night, Simone Biles wowed judges and earned two sets of perfect scores on Dancing With the Stars, but she was still voted off of the show. Last night’s episode had the last four competitors...
View ArticleHouse Votes to Limit Powers of First Black Librarian of Congress
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) In a vote of 378 to 48, the House passed legislation to take power away from the current Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. The legislation,...
View ArticleZoë Kravitz: ‘I struggled with accepting myself as Black
The Grio Zoë Kravitz opened up in an interview for the June issue of Allure about racism and Bill Cosby, among other things, as well as her new film, Rough Night. Kravitz, the daughter of Lenny Kravitz...
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Meet the 2017 San Diego Poetry Slam Team
By Edward Henderson After a long and competitive season of slam poetry, the top five poets in San Diego have earned the right to represent our city in the 2017 National Poetry Slam. This year’s...
View ArticleRuben Studdard Digs Deep for Soulful Sam Cooke Classic
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) If anyone’s been asking whatever happened to Ruben Studdard, they probably haven’t been paying too much attention. In the 13 years since he brightened the...
View ArticleDementia, Poverty & Homelessness Intersect Leaving Black Elders’ Needs Unmet
LOS ANGELES–Finding out as a college student that his estranged father had been crippled by dementia was hard enough for Bryan Gaines. The decline in Melvin Gaines’ mental ability was one thing to...
View ArticleSegregated neighborhoods may influence blood pressure
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – African-Americans who move from segregated neighborhoods to more racially diverse communities might experience improvements in their blood pressure, a U.S. study...
View ArticleICONIC AMERICAN BUFFALO COIN RELEASE DRAWS ATTENTION TO RACIAL ISSUES IN U.S.
AUSTIN, TEXAS – The continued controversy over the depiction of race in the United States can be seen through this week’s United States Gold Bureau release and sale of the Gold American Buffalo coin in...
View ArticleSIXTEEN STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TURN IN ESSA PLANS
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA/ESSA Contributor) Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have submitted plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) for the spring peer review window, the...
View ArticleREP. SCOTT URGES PARENTS TO STAY VIGILANT ON ESSA
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) There’s no doubt that No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) had its share of problems, according to Rep. Bobby Scott, a Virginia Democrat who’s the ranking...
View ArticleA Black Father and Son at the Intersection of Dementia, Poverty and Homelessness
LOS ANGELES– Bryan Gaines is a skilled care worker and patients’ advocate who knows first-hand the dearth of available facilities needed to properly house and care for uninsured homeless seniors,...
View ArticleBasquiat painting sells record $110.5M at New York auction
NEW YORK (AP) — A 1982 artwork by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for a record $110.5 million at Sotheby’s auction of contemporary art Thursday night. Sotheby’s said the sale of “Untitled” was an auction...
View ArticleFBI Investigating If Bowie State Univ. Student’s Killing Is Hate Crime
The FBI is investigating the killing of a visiting student by a University of Maryland student as a possible hate crime, authorities say. University of Maryland student Sean Christopher Urbanski, 22,...
View ArticleAsk Alma: My Friend Wants Me to Hire Her Cousin and I Don’t Want To
By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, I have a friend who knows I am hiring people to fix up my house, and she keeps suggesting that I hire her cousin. I have hired workers in the past and...
View ArticleColin Kaepernick memorabilia to be featured at the Smithsonian
The National Museum of African American History and Culture is already looking to include Colin Kaepernick in it halls. Director Lonnie Bunch reached out to sociologist Harry Edwards as the museum was...
View ArticleNigeria’s Chibok Girls: Emotions Run High as Families Are Reunited Following...
ABUJA, Nigeria — Eighty-two Nigerian schoolgirls — recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity — reunited with their families Saturday as anxious parents looked for signs of...
View ArticleStudy: ADHD Symptoms Are Going Untreated in Black Youth
Are troublesome ADHD symptoms going untreated in African-American youth even after they are diagnosed? According to a recent study published in Pediatrics, the answer is yes. Researchers found that...
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