(Compiled from press and news reports) On July 29, a federal court in Wisconsin joined Texas and North Carolina in striking down voter suppression efforts. The...
By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) America was still mourning the ambush-style killing of four Dallas police officers Sunday when the news hit that three more police...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition via George Curry Media “It is more dangerous to be Black in America. You’re substantially more...
(TriceEdneyWire.com) The U. S. Senate has confirmed Obama nominee Dr. Carla D. Hayden as Librarian of Congress. The vote of 74-18 confirmed Hayden as the first African-American...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspaper (TriceEdneyWire.com) This summer, 168 students and 22 chaperones from Congressional...
WASHINGTON, D.C. The nation’s largest trade association of African American owned newspapers and media companies, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), issued an urgent call and demand...
By Cornell William Brooks President and CEO National NAACP Activists created the NAACP more than a century ago to fight racialized violence. Then, we called it...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide On Tuesday July 13, Presidents Barack H. Obama and George Bush joined other officials at a...
By Marilyn Marshall Houston Defender NNPA Member The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum has a reason to celebrate. A century and a half ago Black soldiers called...
By Kai El’Zabar NNPA/The Chicago Defender Hillary Clinton came to Chicago on her Midwest campaign jaunt to address the Women’s International Luncheon at the Rainbow PUSH...