June 26, 2015 This article is Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News. Senegalese-American R&B singer, Akon, has been lighting up Africa with solar energy even while the solar industry in the U.S. struggles to catch fire. The Missouri-born artist has become a rising star in the movement […]
Special Find in South Africa for African-American Museum
By Sadijah Wallace June 26, 2015 Sadijah Wallace is Special to the NNPA from Howard University News Service. WASHINGTON, D.C. – It was the find that Lonnie Bunch III and the new National Museum of African American History and Culture had searched for so desperately – the remains of one of […]
Journalist Discovers 4th Rail of Politics: The LGBT Debate
By Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent June 19, 2015 Sophia A. Nelson WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – It was a typical Friday night when journalist, author, and political analyst, Sophia A. Nelson did what she typically does: She posted a photo on her Twitter account. It wasn’t a typical photo and it did […]
Closing Achievement Gaps Requires More than Education Reform
By Freddie Allen, NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent June 19, 2015 WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Education reform alone isn’t enough to close achievement gaps between Blacks and Whites, according to a new report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The study by EPI, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank focused on the needs of low- […]
Waters Calls for Increased Transparency in HUD’s Reverse Mortgage Program
June 19, 2015 Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) This article is Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), ranking member of the Committee on Financial Services, is calling on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to provide meaningful relief and increased transparency for seniors participating in […]
Senate Renews Africa Growth and Opportunity Act for More Years
By Barrington M. Salmon June 12, 2015 Nigerian fashion designer Alphadi calls for development of textile industry and fashion in Africa. (Courtesy of Afrikan Spot) Barrington M. Salmon is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer. Supporters of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) are elated that the U.S. […]
First Black Nursing Grad Receives Honorary Degree
By Stacy M. Brown June 12, 2015 Civil rights pioneer Esther McCready receives an honorary degree from the University of Maryland. (Photo courtesy of the University of Maryland) Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer. Small in stature and soft in voice, Esther McCready proved to […]
Unrest Sows Seeds for Future Leaders, Opens Eyes of Youth
By Richard B. Muhammad June 5, 2015 Jerome Lyles,15, wants effort for justice to keeping going. Photos: Richard B. Muhammad Richard B. Muhammad is Special to the NNPA from The Final Call. BALTIMORE, MD – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses, marble steps, downtown tourist spots […]
Poverty Still Major Affliction for Blacks
By Stacy M. Brown June 5, 2015 Congressional Black Caucus Chair G.K. Butterfield said Republicans must help Democrats fight poverty in African-American communities. (Courtesy Photo) Stacy M. Brown is Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer. Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson, […]
Brutal Aftermath of Police MOVE Bombing Still Resonates
By Askia Muhammad June 5, 2015 Row houses in Philadelphia burn after officials dropped a bomb on the MOVE house in this May 1985 photo from files. Ramona Africa, the lone adult survivor of the May 13, 1985 fire, and two other MOVE members sued the city of Philadelphia, and the former police and […]
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