Experts Say Trump’s South African Land Stance Exposes A Deep Hypocrisy
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent President Donald Trump’s latest maneuver, an executive order to cut U.S. aid to South Africa while extending refugee status to white South...
View ArticleHip-Hop Mourns the Loss of Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Founder Dies at 54
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Hip-hop icon and record executive Irving “Irv Gotti” Lorenzo Jr., the mastermind behind Murder Inc. Records, has died at 54. The cause of...
View ArticleTwo New California Bills Are Aiming to Lower Your Prescription Drug Costs
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) has introduced two bills in the State Senate that could lower prescription drug prices for California residents. Senate...
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12th Annual Gala One for the Ages
By Helen M. Ofield, Contributing Writer A lavish dinner, stirring entertainment, touching awardees, a lovely setting in the Liberty Station Conference Center, and, not least, elegantly garbed guests,...
View ArticleSANDBAGS AVAILABLE AT D4, D7, D9 FOR RESIDENTS AHEAD OF HEAVY RAINS
VOICE & VIEWPOINT NEWSWIRE Voice & Viewpoint just got word that empty sandbags will be made available for District 4, District 7, and District 9 residents ahead of the heavy rains expected this...
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Altadena After Eaton: A Mexican Family’s Future Jeopardized After A Hundred...
By Emma Fox, Contributing Writer Just a few nights before their lives changed forever, Ricardo Mejia and his fiancée Camila took an evening stroll through their neighborhood in Altadena, California....
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Black History Month: Spotlight on African Americans And Labor
Voice and Viewpoint Newswire The 2025 Black History Month theme, African Americans and Labor, focuses on the various and profound ways that work and working of all kinds – free and unfree, skilled,...
View ArticleSalon Owner Works To Educate The Community On Race-Based Hair Discrimination
By Larissa Scott, CNN TAMPA, Florida (WFTS) — If you’re lucky, you’ll find a job that you love, one that doesn’t feel like a job at all. “Doing hair is like therapy,” said Mica Wilkins, owner of The...
View ArticleDMV Links Presents Red Dress 2025: “Live Long, Heart Strong”
By NNPA Newswire A Call to Action for Heart Health and Wellness Washington, D.C. (February 4, 2025) – The DMV Links Chapters is presenting its 17th annual Red Dress event, a transformative virtual...
View ArticleAmerica’s Three-Week Descent into Dictatorship Under Trump
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Donald Trump has spent a lifetime evading accountability. As a private citizen, authorities fined Trump for refusing to rent to Black...
View ArticleDr. Jamal Bryant’s 40-Day Target ‘Fast’ Gains Momentum
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Jamal Bryant, the influential pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in metro Atlanta, is leading a 40-day fast—or boycott—of...
View ArticleNew York Governor Calls For Criminal Charges in Beating Death of Robert...
By Rebekah Riess and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has called for criminal charges to be filed and arrests to be made after an autopsy report determined Black inmate Robert...
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The Black Librarian Who Rewrote The Rules of Power, Gender and Passing As White
By Deborah W. Parker, University of Virginia,The Conversation “Just Because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” With this breezy pronouncement, Belle da Costa Greene handily...
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Mobilization and Resistance: Chavis Outlines Plan for Black Leadership While...
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., a lifelong civil rights leader and president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA),...
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Altadena After the Eaton Fires: A Pillar of the Community Stands Tall Among...
By Emma Fox, Contributing Writer Edna Allen worked for 29 years at the Ball Glass factory in El Monte and when she got off her shift there, she’d go directly to her second job at a daycare. It was...
View ArticleFrom the Classroom to the Living Room: Three Ways Families Can Help Children...
By Nicol Russell, Ed.D., NNPA Newswire As a young child, I’d help my dad comb through coupons in the Sunday newspaper each week. With his guidance, I’d find familiar pictures and letters and pieces...
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From Breakbeats To The Dance Floor: How Hip-Hop and House Revolutionized...
By Joycelyn Wilson, Georgia Institute of Technology, The Conversation There was a time when artists representing two of America’s biggest homegrown musical genres wouldn’t get a look in at the...
View ArticleHillmanTok University: The Digital HBCU Revolutionizing Online Education
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent A snow day in Georgia and a viral TikTok video unexpectedly set the foundation for what is now HillmanTok University, a virtual learning...
View ArticleSchumer Calls for Urgent Democratic Resistance to Trump’s Policies
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Just three weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump’s grand promises of a “golden age for America” are already crumbling, Senate...
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