Henrietta Lacks Financial Settlement Sets Precedent

The confidential settlement with Thermo Fisher Scientific over the use of Henrietta Lacks' cells sets a precedent for compensation and control of HeLa cells.

President Biden Addresses the Black Press at Annual Convention

Black Women Feel Brunt of High U.S. Mass Incarceration

America's high incarceration rate affects Black women the most, with a 525% increase in imprisonment since 1980, according to The Sentencing Project. The continued overcriminalization of...

What Will Mayor Bass Do About Motorist Death After Police Tasing

By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Los Angeles’ newly elected Black female mayor Karen Bass is expected to weigh-in on the death of...

Brittney: Home For the Holidays

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous...

Dusty Baker Relishes First World Series Title With Houston

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia One week after lamenting that there were no Black American players on either the Philadelphia Phillies...

Black Security Guard Who Saved Democracy Fifty Years Ago, 1972

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide         These days the U.S. House of Representatives  is holding hearings looking into...

Weekend of Gun Violence Leaves 15 Injured, 4 Dead

NJG Newswire HAMPTON ROADS In a span of fewer than 24 hours over the weekend of March 18-20, 15 people were victims of gun violence in...

State Democrats Prepare For Onslaught Of Significant Victories

By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide      Two years ago, when the  party took over the General Assembly, and the state...

Virginia Beach To Create New Citizen Review Board For Police Oversight

By Leonard E. ColvinChief ReporterNew Journal and Guide     The Virginia Beach City Council voted during its November 16 meeting to create to a new...