Others, Including Speaker Ryan, Say Legal Challenge Is Likely By Chuck Quirmbach President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce gun violence has received a thumbs-up from a Wisconsin lawmaker whose district is often plagued by gunfire. Rep. Mandela Barnes of Milwaukee said Tuesday that he’s especially in favor of the president’s plan to require background checks […]
Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Meets with Black Pastors
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent NNPA News Wire When presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) met with a group of Black civic and religious leaders in Baltimore, Md., Jamal Bryant, the pastor and founder of Empowerment Temple Church said that it was critical for the senator to have a conversation with those who are the […]
Beyond the Rhetoric: Have Hip-Hop and Wall Street Destroyed Soul Music?
By Harry C. Alford NNPA News Wire Columnist Black people have always had a strong affinity for music. Soon after our forefathers were let off the slave ships and sold to plantations we started singing. Much of that was developed in the “Mother Land.” During a visit to Kenya, I went to a music event. […]
New Year, New Financial You
By Angela Fitzgerald Hello everyone, and welcome to 2016! Any new year typically brings with it much excitement and anticipation, along with goal setting to support turning dreams into reality. When it comes to personal finances specifically, the new year can also signify a time of recuperating from holiday spending and recalibrating to support financial […]
President Obama Celebrates 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment
by Janelle Berry Special to the NNPA News Wire from the HU News Service WASHINGTON – Ask Americans what the Emancipation Proclamation is and most who know of President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order will respond like 20-year-old Ebony Harris, a student of Howard University from Chicago, Ill., and say, “Isn’t that the thing that freed […]
Stay Safe this Holiday Season
We’ve decked the halls and laid out our best holiday plans. But nothing spoils a celebration like a trip to the emergency department. So before you climb the back of the couch to adjust that drooping garland or start packing the decorations up after your holiday celebrations, remember safety first! “Each year, the Consumer Product […]
YWeb Career Academy Welcomes New Instructor and Coordinator, Announces Next Class Series
The tech community is growing in Madison. YWCA Madison and tech partner Adorable.io’s YWeb Career Academy (YWebCA) program makes sure women and people of color have access to careers in this exciting field. Through this commitment to investing in workplaces that are welcoming and inclusive, tech companies in Dane County also benefit from the skills, […]
Black-led Start Up Capitalizes on Natural Gas Bonanza
by Jared Anderson Urban News Service A black entrepreneur’s “power move” on the energy sector could create hundreds of jobs in one of the the poorest communities in Texas. Houston-based businessman Phillip Franshaw is building Annova LNG, a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas export facility on the Brownsville Ship Channel along the Texas Gulf Coast. If […]
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Blackonomics: The NAACP is Broken, Members must fix it
By James Clingman NNPA News Wire Columnist Having served the NAACP for ten years in several capacities, including branch president, and having donated money to its causes, I take no pleasure in writing this exposé. But it is our responsibility to clean up our own organizations. For example, President Cornell Brooks sends missives on a […]
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Strategic Power of the Black Press in 2016
by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA News Wire Columnist For over 45 million African Americans there are multiple priorities that need to be addressed in order to ensure that the socioeconomic and political interests of our families and communities are accurately articulated and fulfilled. We live in a multimedia world. Too often, however, we are […]
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