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Thelonious Monk Institute Honors Quincy Jones

December 4, 2015

by Dr. Valerie Wardlaw Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Los Angeles Sentinel What do you give Quincy Jones, a man whose life is about good music, the arts, and making the world a better place for everyone? On November 15, attendees and Jones were treated to a tribute by some of the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Herbie Hancock Humanitarian Award, International Jazz Gala, Jazz Vocal Competition, Jazzmeia Horn, Quincy Jones, Thelonious Monk Institute, Valerie Wardlaw

Morgan State University Hosts Health and Hip Hop Conference

December 4, 2015

by Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire In an effort to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS among young Black men, a group disproportionately impacted by the epidemic, health-care providers and community stakeholders hosted the “Health and Hip Hop Conference” in October at the Morgan State University in Baltimore. Students from Maryland’s four historically Black colleges and universities—the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Freddie Allen, Grim Jackson, Health and Hip-Hop Conference, HIV AIDS, Justin Wooley, Kenton Dunson, Lorece Edwards, Messaiah Ramiskoon

National Education Advocate Says Family Is Key to Learning

November 20, 2015

By Monique Chappell Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Charlotte Post Education always played a big part in Byron Garrett’s life. “Education has always been a love of our family,” said Garrett, a Greensboro native and chairman of the National Family Engagement Alliance. “It’s always been the key thing that we believe to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Byron Garrett, EpicFest, Monique Chappell

West Speaks on Obama, Black Lives Matter

November 20, 2015

By Lagloria Wheatfall Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Houston Defender [HOUSTON] – Dr. Cornel West, an outspoken activist, author and professor, recently shared his views on pressing issues during a speech at the University of Houston-Downtown. West, a professor of philosophy and Christian practice at Union Theological Seminary and professor emeritus at […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Lives Matter, Cornel West, Interview, Lagloria Wheatfall

Hundreds Celebrate as Nation’s African American Museum Nears Completion

November 20, 2015

By Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered at an inaugural event for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Monday night here to celebrate the completion of the museum’s exterior in a year that marks three significant moments in American […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Lonnie Bunch, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Savannah Harris

Soaring Costs, Social-Science Data Drive Slash in State Prison Populations

November 13, 2015

By Nick Chiles Urban News Service As Earth’s most prolific jailer, America faces a thorny question: What do you do with millions of inmates when they return home? That challenge is at the heart of many bipartisan prison reforms that are sweeping the nation. Georgia recently tackled this issue. The staunchly Republican state has become […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ban the Box, Criminal Justice Reform, Nick Chiles, President Barack Obama, Prison Reform

ObamaCare Improves Health of Black America

November 13, 2015

by Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans continue to face serious disparities in education, employment, and in economic development. While over 45 million Black Americans have made some type of progress during the past seven years of the Obama Administration, there is still much more to be done to end the vast racial […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Affordable Care Act ACA, Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., Health Insurance, Obamacare

Black Churches Show Support for Obama’s Environment Plan

November 13, 2015

by Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON – Leaders of the nation’s major Black churches — representing nearly 13 million African-American members — presented over 10,000 pastors’ signatures to Congressional Black Caucus members in support of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The leaders said they are making the […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Churches, Congressional Black Caucus CBC, Environmental Justice, George Battle, Samuel C. Tolbert Jr., Savannah Harris, Timothy Tee Boddie

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Blackonomics: Black Media Ownership is in a Drought

November 6, 2015

by James Clingman NNPA Columnist In war, one of the first things the enemy does is destroy his adversary’s ability to communicate within its ranks. Chaos likely ensues if a fighting force cannot communicate internally. Individual soldiers end up doing their own thing, left to their own devices; they make decisions based on their individual […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Black Media Ownership, Black Owned Media, Blackonomics, James Clingman

EXCLUSIVE: Russell Simmons Speaks Out on RushCard Glitch

November 6, 2015

by Stacy M. Brown NNPA Contributing Writer Russell Simmons hasn’t slept much since news broke in mid-October that users of his RushCard couldn’t access their own money and were locked out of their accounts, due to a computer glitch, leaving some unable to make rent payments, pay utility bills or buy groceries for their families. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ajaypal Singh Banga, RushCard, Russell Simmons, Stacey M. Brown, Underbanked

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