The City of Norfolk’s Department of Neighborhood Development is sponsoring its Second Annual Shoot Hoops, Not Guns Basketball Tournament. The purpose of this event is to demystify...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide In 1980 nearly a half million Americans were incarcerated. But with the nation’s war on drugs,...
Compiled from press reports The alleged suicide of Sandra Bland in a Texas jail on July 10 is not the only recent incident of its type....
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide The books on library shelves and the Internet give us access to endless amounts of information...
By Rosaland Tyler Associate Editor New Journal and Guide Nathan Richardson, a Suffolk poet and writer, will not just tell you about Frederick Douglas while ocean...
By Leonard E. Colvin Chief Reporter New Journal and Guide Author and Hampton Roads native Kwame Alexander has achieved something few writers can include on their...
(Compiled from press and news reports) FERGUSON, Mo. Only weeks after Ferguson Mayor James Knowles barely survived a bid to force a recall election, the city...
(TriceEdneyWire.com) When America’s first Black newspaper was published on March 16, 1827, Black people were still enslaved. Nearly two centuries later, the issues of Black America...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Some people are now saying what was really obvious to me before President Barack H. Obama was re-elected to...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands of law...