The Black Press Is a Trusted Vehicle for News in the Black Community, Wells Fargo Says By Stacy M. Brown (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) Wells Fargo’s $60 billion pledge to African American homebuyers is a major part of the company’s dedication to a community that’s grown accustomed to being shut out from having a slice […]
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The Farm Bill That Severely Impacts Urban Communities
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor Washington Republicans H.R. 2 Makes Access to Food Even Worse Food should not be a bargaining chip, a carrot that we dangle to rev up our political base, or treated as something that it is optional. Republicans in Congress, clearly have another view and much of it is […]
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Trump Gives Peace a Chance in Deciding to Meet with North Korea’s Leader
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President Donald Trump’s decision to meet with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un opens new possibilities. Trump’s critics suggest Trump has given Kim a major concession – the recognition that would come from a first meeting with a U.S. president – in exchange for nothing. But talking is far preferable to […]
The Fair Housing Act: 50 Years Later
Fifty Years Later, Fair Housing Act Recognized as a Factor in Fighting Housing Discrimination By Christopher G. Cox (Publisher/Managing Editor, realesavvy.com) Christopher G. Cox, the publisher and managing editor of realesavvy.com writes about the impact of the Fair Housing Act. (Realesavvy.com) One of the signature achievements of the Civil Rights Era was the passage by […]
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Ungrateful, Non-Voting Negroes Ignore Bloody War for Black Voting Rights
Black Non-Voters Spit in the Face of an Entire Generation of Heroes By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) “I’m just one vote.” “My vote won’t matter.” “Them White folks gone do what they wanna do anyway.” These are some of the many excuses given by some African Americans when it comes to exercising their […]
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Industrial Hemp
Legislatively Speaking By Senator, Lena C. Taylor A Rural and Urban Crop Last fall, Governor Walker signed SB 119 into law after it passed unanimously in the assembly and senate. The bill allows for the growing of industrial hemp, with proper licensing, in the state of Wisconsin after it had been outlawed for the last […]
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Noteworthy Case of Police Restraint
Capitol Report By State Representative, Leon D. Young It goes without saying that no country or place seems immune from random incidents of violence. The senseless rampage in Toronto last week is just the latest example of the turbulent world and times we live in. By in large, news outlets have reported the facts that […]
Panel Talks Dr. Ronald Walters’ Legacy, Black Power and the Black Press
By Freddie Allen (Editor-In-Chief, NNPA Newswire) Democratic strategist and author Donna Brazile called world-renowned scholar and activist Dr. Ronald Walters a genius, during a recent forum celebrating his legacy at the Thurgood Marshall Center for Service and Heritage in Washington, D.C. In July 1958, when he was just 20 years-old and the president of the […]
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Black People Must Vote or Reap the Consequences
By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) All you must do is crack open a history book, or sit with one of our experienced elders, and you will learn about the many sacrifices made by people of all races to ensure Black people obtained the uninhibited right to vote. No other group of people in […]
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U.S. Strike Against Syria is One More Step Toward a Lawless Presidency
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. “Mission accomplished,” announced President Donald Trump after the United States, France and England unleashed more than 100 missiles on Syria in reaction to the regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons against its own people. What the mission accomplished, however, should alarm us all. It will do nothing to end the […]
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