By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer Russell Simmons is just starting to regain a little normalcy in his life. He’s back at yoga and the hip-hop and business mogul is even able to run some errands without worrying about whether a disgruntled Rush- Card holder might verbally attack him or worse. Simmons […]
Black Comedians React to Larry Wilmore’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner Jokes
by Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer President Barack Obama dropped his microphone at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, acknowledging what everyone had already concluded: he slayed it! Larry Wilmore didn’t do so bad as host, either, at least depending upon who is doing the review and if you’re among those willing […]
Historic Black Press Week Captivates D.C.
by Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer Publishers and leaders from the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a trade group of more than 200 Black-owned media companies, and from the 400-plus member National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) recently held a historic three-day summit in Washington, D.C. that featured an all-star roster of […]
Assault Charges Filed Against Cosby in Pennsylvania
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer In the wake of the criminal charges filed against legendary comedian and actor Bill Cosby, the voices that once supported the star have suddenly been silenced. And, while the Smithsonian Museum and Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C. still grapple with […]
Famed Psychiatrist, “Isis Papers” Author Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80
By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the famed 80-year-old afro-centrist, has died. Welsing’s death was announced by close friends on social media and later confirmed by family members. “RIP to the elder, Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, the inspiration behind ‘Fear of a Black […]
Robert Johnson, Playing By His Own Rules
BET Founder Pushes Black Hiring, Launches New Network by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Robert L. Johnson keeps tabs on BET because, well, he co-founded the network and, he said, it’s like a grandparent making sure the young ones are OK. The network, like so many other business ventures […]
Blacks in Newsroom at All Time Low
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Last week, The Huffington Post offered this bold headline: “There will be more non-white journalists because the public will demand them.” But based on an extensive study published in the Columbia Journalism Review, apparently no one is demanding black journalists; if so, no […]
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