NEW YORK New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill responded to the recent fatal shooting of a mentally ill woman in...

By Holly Rodriguez Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press (TriceEdneyWire.com) The problems driving dissatisfaction among African-Americans in the 1960s –...

By Hazel Trice Edney TriceEdneyWire.com Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton is now leading her Republican opponent Donald Trump by 11 points, according to a recent...

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Before Congress passed the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, blood, filth and spit were common sights...

WASHINGTON, D.C. President Barack Obama announced on Monday (October 17) that America’s high school graduation rate has reached a record new high of 83.2 percent. Speaking...

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Will the increasing number of cellphone and dashboard cams change police conduct in minority communities, like Lewis...

WASHINGTON, D.C. On Thursday, October 6, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the nation’s largest trade association of African-American-owned newspapers and media companies, announced that the...

By Clint Confehr Special to the New Journal and Guide A non-partisan voter protection coalition has volunteers in the field and telephone hotlines to help people...

By Nicole Lee (TriceEdneyWire.com) Earlier in the week as the news swirled around the killing of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa and Keith Lamont Scott of Charlotte,...

By Della Hasselle Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Louisiana Weekly (TriceEdneyWire.com) The homeownership rate for African-Americans is now lower than the national...