By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Unlike Veterans Day, when we honor all who have served, Memorial Day is when Americans honor persons who have died while serving in the U.S. Armed Forces. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association of more than 200 African American-owned newspapers and media companies around…
By Defender News Service The 2018-2019 TV season won’t be ending until this August, but the major broadcast networks have already decided on the future of many of their comedy and drama shows. Some of your favorite shows with Black leads are getting the boot. We’ve rounded up several shows we that are ending this…
Michael Neuroth Policy Advocate International Issues Fair Trade and Economic Justice “To be or not to be?” These famous words by William Shakespeare pose an essential question of existence, a question that we face corporately and individually. Three hundred fifty years after Shakespeare, Kurt Vonnegut wrote the dystopian short story 2 B R 0 2…
By: Lou Yeboah I tell you, there is not a moment to lose. We must pray like we’ve never prayed before. We must study God’s Word like never before. We must repent and turn away from our sins. We must seek Christ daily and walk with Him daily. God spoke to me – warn my…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Sandra Bland’s own cellphone video of her 2015 arrest in Texas has raised new questions about the evidence in the case and cast even more suspicion on her alleged jail cell suicide. To some, the video confirms what they’ve long suspected: Bland was murdered. “Four years after…
Tech startup Keep It Green Tech gets a charge out of vehicle electrification PHOTO CREDIT: COURTESY OF KIGT By Susan Cox Paul Francis’ inspiration for electric vehicles came while drinking a cup of coffee. “I was sitting outside a coffee shop in San Dimas and saw an automobile converted into an all-electric vehicle that had…
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By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Since 2016, General Motors Chevrolet brand and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) have partnered to provide deserving HBCU students with the exciting opportunity to “Discover the Unexpected”about themselves and their communities via a journalism fellowship program. The Discover the Unexpected Journalism Fellowship (DTU), now entering its…
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Ethnic Media Services By Khalil Abdullah Clarkston, GEORGIA (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Inside the Clarkston Community Center, a 20-minute drive from downtown Atlanta, Mayor Ted Terry talked about canvassing for votes in that neighborhood five years ago. A woman from Bhutan, South Asia, he told his audience, had…
By Tanu Henry | California Black Media “Throughout the course of our history, there have been many moments in time where truth must be spoken. Truth that oftentimes make people uncomfortable, but truth that must be acknowledged so people can be seen and be heard,” said Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), who announced her bid to…
By Julianne Malveaux, NNPA Newswire Contributor Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist. Her latest project MALVEAUX! On UDCTV is available on youtube.com. For booking, wholesale inquiries or for more info visit http://www.juliannemalveaux.com. Sixty-five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled, in the Brown v. Board of Education case, that the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) doctrine…
SACRAMENTO—State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond is working quickly to avoid a potential teachers’ strike at the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) and to help the district identify ways to reduce expenses in order to avoid state receivership. Thurmond has called all parties to the table to find a resolution, including the Sacramento…
The PAL Center and PAL Charter Academy held its annual State of Youth Employment Event on April 18, 2019. During this event, various community and state leaders met and spoke about the importance of positively engaging our San Bernardino youth in employment opportunities. The question was, “What are you doing about youth employment?” Dwaine Radden…
OAKLAND – California State Treasurer Fiona Ma presented a $10,000 “Scholar Dollars” grant today from the ScholarShare 529 program to Cleveland Elementary, an ethnically and socio-economically diverse school in Oakland. The money will be used to purchase library books, basic supplies for teachers and a central, physical display case and information board to post information…
The San Bernardino County Museum announces the opening of a new exhibit “Pulp Culture: A Juicy Tale in the Orange Empire.” The exhibit traces the growth and development of the citrus industry in the region, and opens to the public on Sunday, May 19. “Pulp Culture” is a captivating, bilingual journey through one of the…
NNPA Newswire WASHINGTON – This week, the House Financial Services Committee, held a markup of five bills and two resolutions to promote responsible innovation through financial technology, crack down on money laundering and illicit finance, protect small businesses and investors, and uphold consumer protections. See the legislation below. HR 1988, the Protect Affordable Mortgages for…
The bill honors Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old pregnant member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who was tragically murdered in 2017 Savanna’s Act addresses the disturbing increase in murdered and missing Native American women WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Dan Newhouse (R-WA), and Deb Haaland (D-NM) reintroduced Savanna’s Act, a bill named…
San Bernardino County programs that help young people prepare for the workforce, improve the health of residents, promote literacy and simplify access to public services are among 52 programs that won 2019 Achievement Awards from the National Association of Counties (NACo), the highest number of NACo awards ever won by San Bernardino County. “We are…
By Roger Caldwell, NNPA Newswire Contributor May is National Stroke Awareness Month, and it is very significant to me, because I am a stroke survivor. As a stroke survivor, I consider myself to be a miracle. One of my goals in life is to educate Americans (particularly Black men), that 80% of strokes can be…
By Rollingout.com The 52-year-old actress – who is mother to Nahla, 11, and Maceo, 5, from previous relationships – believes the bargain home-made concoction is the best anti-aging product she can consume because it is “full” of collagen. When asked her best anti-aging tip, she told Closer magazine said: “Bone broth! You can go to…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Academy Award winner Viola Davis has opened up about her prediabetes diagnosis, sharing that she comes from a family with a history of type 2 diabetes. “I’m one of 84 million American adults living with prediabetes and I’m sharing my story for the first time in an…
MAY 14, 2019 (LOS ANGELES) — Community Build, Inc. Case worker Tracee Jones knew something had to be done when she heard nine and ten-year-olds in her after school program discussing conspiracy theories surrounding the murder of Nipsey Hussle. The 33-year old Grammy-nominated rapper who collaborated with dozens of name artists like Kendrick Lamar, Drake,…
By Dwight Brown, NNPA Newswire Film Critic The 2019 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival kicked off its 50th year anniversary with a bang. The annual two-weekend fest featured world-renown musicians, tempting food concession stands, a friendly crowd of music fans and a positive vibe that was even warmer than the sun. Jazz Fest dates…
By Defender News Network Bushwick Bill, of the legendary Houston rap group the Geto Boys, revealed that he has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The news came as a complete shock to the rapper because he’s previously undergone testing for a mass on his pancreas, but doctors said it was benign. In fact,…