By Nyesha Stone When Bernadette Pleasant was a young child, she won an award and couldn’t wait to get home to tell her family. She held her excitement in at school, but she didn’t want to cause anything with her opponent, who was popular. However, Pleasant didn’t share her emotions like she had planned once […]
NNPA Honors Black Lives Matter Founder with Newsmaker of the Year Award
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Alicia Garza said she’s “super excited” about being named the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) 2019 Newsmaker of the Year, an award she’s scheduled to receive on Thursday, March 21, in Washington, D.C., during Black Press Week. “I’ll say it’s really humbling when the community reaches out […]
NBA Legend Abdul-Jabbar Talks Auction to Help Kids in STEM
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar left the NBA in 1989 at age 42, no NBA player had ever scored more points, blocked more shots, won more Most Valuable Player Awards, played in more All-Star Games or logged more seasons. NBA.com reported that Jabbar’s list of personal and team accomplishments […]
#CancelKamala: Kamala Harris and Cancel Culture
By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D. NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) is running for president of the United States. Harris, a black American who is the daughter of an Indian mother and Jamaican father, was born and raised in Oakland, CA and then Toronto, has announced her intentions on MLK Day. […]
NAACP Challenge to 2020 Census Preparations Moves Forward
Federal judge denies Census Bureau motion to dismiss suit over inadequate government preparations for the 2020 Census By NNPA On Jan. 30, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and its allies won a major court ruling that allows them to proceed with a federal lawsuit challenging the government’s inadequate preparations for […]
Kamala Harris is Right Choice to ‘Save our Country’
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia That Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris announced her candidate for president on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is no coincidence. For her supporters and those who know her well, Harris has long been a fighter for freedom, justice and equality and she’s often invoked the spirit […]
Report: Kamala Harris to Announce Run for President
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Kamala Harris is running for President. The California Democrat, who promised reporters that she’d ponder the decision over the holidays, is now expected to make a formal announcement on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. CBS News Radio in California first reported that Harris likely will hold a […]
‘Nobody’s at the Switch’ as CBS Announces Election Coverage Team Sans African Americans
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia CBS News said its diversifying–adding a mix of women and minorities to its top staff and its upcoming 2020 election coverage. But many are calling the “Eye” Network’s attempts at diversity an epic fail. The network is taking some serious heat for excluding African-Americans from its core […]
Dem-Controlled House Ready to Take on Trump Beginning January 3rd
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia According to several new reports, the House will vote Thursday on a funding bill to re-open the government and end the partial government shutdown. January 3 is when the new Democratic majority in the House will be sworn in. It’s also when President Donald Trump will begin […]
HBCU-focused Opportunity Zone Fund is the First of its Kind to Direct Mixed-Used Development in HBCU Communities
By Nyesha Stone When our people weren’t allowed into certain universities, we created are own. But, fast forward, a majority of Historically Black College Universities (HBCUS) are located in low-income communities, and lack the opportunity to gain big investors. But times are changing. Last year, Congress established a section in The Tax Cuts and Jobs […]
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