Under Trump, Federal Agencies Scale Back Civil Rights Enforcement
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) Decades of vigilant struggles, sacrifices and civil rights legislation enacted in the 1960s won federal promises to ensure that discrimination is illegal...
View ArticleTributes Pour in Celebrating the Life of Martha Rivera Chavis
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Martha Rivera Chavis was not just the wife of civil rights leader Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., but by all accounts, from those who knew the Dominican...
View ArticleSnowday Food Truck Gives Incarcerated Youth a Second Chance
By Dorean K. Collins ~NBC BLK A food truck called Snowday is selling farm-fresh fare on the streets of New York and putting formerly incarcerated young people back to work. It is the first social...
View Article2 Chainz’s Pink Trap House Was More Than Just Great Marketing
NBC BLK One thing is for sure; pretty girls are not the only ones who like trap music — Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz has made that perfectly clear. What began as a marketing ploy for his latest project,...
View ArticleWill Zimbabwe Legalize Marijuana Production?
Zimbabwe is considering legalizing the production of cannabis for medical purposes to lure investors keen to grow the drug, a cabinet minister says. Investment Promotion Minister Obert Mpofu says a...
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Chelsea Allen Engages Community with the San Diego Symphony
By Edward Henderson Every social movement has a soundtrack. A sonic timestamp that can evoke emotions, call people to action and bring groups of people together whose differences drown in waves of...
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San Diego Native Pens Children’s Book to Inspire Travel and Help Cope with Loss
By Edward Henderson How far would you travel to find a loved on you lost? Death can send us on a journey through time using our thoughts as means for transportation. We visit memories of the past, the...
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Women’s Flag Football Game a Success
By Keith D. King On July 2nd, a group of women got together for a game of flag football that brought the community together, empowered women, and raised money for charity. The game was known as the...
View ArticleWelcoming Immigrants Keeps America Great
By Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) President Donald Trump was elected on his pledge to make America great again. Yet, for all of his rhetoric, he seems to have forgotten the men and women, from every corner...
View ArticleDave Chappelle interviews Kendrick Lamar
In the latest issue of Interview Magazine, comedian Dave Chappelle interviews rapperKendrick Lamar. They discussed everything from Kendrick’s new album DAMN, to fan interpretations of his songs and...
View ArticleOfficer who fatally shot woman identified as Mohamed Noor
The officer who killed Justine Damond on Saturday night has been identified as Somali-American Mohamed Noor, who had only two years of experience on the force, according to the Star Tribune. Neither...
View ArticleElderly couple’s engagement photos prove it’s never too late for love
By Brittany Loggins ~ NBC BLK With just one look at Murphy Wilson and Lucinda Myers, even skeptics will believe in love. Wilson, 70, and Myers, 67, may not have found each other with their first...
View ArticleSouth Africa: The Elders, Capetonians #WalkTogether on Mandela Day
By Andre van Wyk Cape Town — Hundreds of people gathered at the Grand Parade in Cape Town to mark Mandela Day. Led by The Elders, a forum of former leaders founded by Nelson Mandela a decade ago, the...
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Jewel Thief Doris Payne Charged With Walmart Theft
Doris Payne, the notorious 86-year-old jewel thief, was arrested Monday for allegedly shoplifting at an Atlanta-area Walmart — while wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet from a previous bust. Although...
View ArticleThe ‘Green Book’ Was a Travel Guide Just for Black Motorists
By Danielle Moodie-Mills For 30 years, a New York City mailman by the name of Victor Green wrote and distributed the Green Book—a travel guide for African American motorists. Now, to be clear, this was...
View ArticleJournalist Dana Canedy Elected Administrator of Pulitzer Prizes
By John Mancini Dana Canedy has been elected to one of journalism’s most coveted positions, Administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes. The award-winning journalist, author, and former senior editor at The...
View ArticleSan Diego Poets Invited to Perform at Conference in Argentina
By Staff Writer In August of 2016, Natasha Hooper and Amen Ra were honored to represent the city of San Diego at the National Poetry Slam in Decatur, Georgia. Along with teammates Rudy Francisco, Anita...
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Mike Vick Needs to cut his criticism of Kaepernick
By Keith D. King It was April 25th, 2007 when I was in Virginia awaiting the birth of my first child. The state where the Atlanta Falcons Superstar Quarterback Michael Vick’s legend began. While...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for O.J. Simpson?
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) O.J. Simpson will be a free man on October 1. On Thursday, July 20, a Nevada parole board unanimously voted to grant the fallen gridiron star parole on his...
View ArticleBLACK PUBLISHERS PUSH FOR REPORT ON FEDERAL AD SPENDING
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is set to begin work on a report detailing advertising spending by federal agencies—particularly as it pertains...
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