By Hazel Trice Edney (TriceEdneyWire.com) Civil rights leaders around the country are taken aback over a recent decision by the state of Alabama to close 31...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide The Local Organizing Committees (LOCs) across the nation are in the final stages of planning ...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON At a reception during the 45th Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Annual Legislative Conference, the National Newspaper Publishers Association...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide The 2015-16 school year is only two-weeks-old and thousands of school children have launched a...
WASHINGTON, D.C. The NAACP’s Journey for Justice ended its march in the nation’s capital on Tuesday, September 15. CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield (NC-01) participated in...
(Compiled from press and news reports) RICHMOND, Va. OneVirginia2021, a non-profit, on Sept. 14 filed a lawsuit that alleged several of Virginia’s state House and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) Two pivotal court cases in North Carolina will determine the balance of political power in the state...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) As Gulf Coast residents and policymakers celebrated the recovery of the Crescent City on the 10th...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) Amelia Boynton Robinson, who died Wednesday (Aug. 26) in Montgomery, Ala. at the age of 104, is...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) Truancy among Black students has far-ranging consequences, not just as a predictor for low academic achievement,...