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A Lesson for Education Secretary Betsy Devos

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

By Charlene Crowell (NNPA Newswire Columnist) This year’s swearing-in of a new Congress and President signaled a surge of new ideas and approaches to government. However, no elected or appointed official should ever depart from […]

Editorials

No Surprise – Trump Set to Cut HBCU Capital Projects Funding

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

Maya Angelou once infamously said, “When someone shows you who they are believe them.” President Trump is a prime example of a man who is who and what we think he is.  He plays to […]

Editorials

Who’s Afraid of a Shrill Conservative?

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Julianne Malveaux The shrill conservative Ann Coulter has made headlines because the University of California, Berkeley, wouldn’t let her speak at the end of April. Invited by college Republicans, her appearance threatened to incite […]

Editorials

Congress Tries to Ban the CFPB from Regulating Payday and Car-title Loans

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Charlene Cromwell Since its inception, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has faced an unrelenting onslaught of attacks. From lawmakers, to lobbyists and business organizations, many still maintain that the marketplace should regulate itself, […]

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Is Social Media Free Speech or a Means to be Freely Ignorant?

May 9, 2017 Staff 0

by Reggie Fullwood So how many of us have been casually strolling through a social media site and saw something so ridiculously troublesome that you just couldn’t believe that it was real? For example, who […]

Business

Switch Up the Tradition – Buy Mom Some Stock this Mother’s Day

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

By Delta Jones-Walker, Gary Crusader She is one of the most celebrated figures in the world. She gives life, and in most cases, puts the needs of others before her own. We affectionately call her […]

Lifestyle

The Long History and Legacy of Passing in America

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

(Illustration by Chris Kindred for The Washington Post) By Alex Laughlin, washingtonpost.com Anita Hemmings was Vassar College’s first African American graduate. But no one was supposed to know that she was black. A light-skinned mixed-race […]

National

Trayvon Martin, Who Dreamt of Being a Pilot, to Receive Honorary Aviation Degree

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012 by a neighborhood watchman. (Photo credit SYBRINA FULTON) By Taryn Finley, huffingtonpost.com An aviation school in Florida is honoring Trayvon Martin with a posthumous degree at its commencement this month. Florida […]

National

Trumpcare Pre-existing Conditions: Pregnancy, Sleep Apnea Could Make You Pay More

May 5, 2017 Staff 0

By Nicole Chavez, CNN Millions of Americans are uncertain about their future as a new health care bill heads to the Senate. The American Health Care Act would shake things up. It could open the […]

Entertainment

Bill Cosby speaks to the Black Press

May 2, 2017 Staff 0

Bill Cosby is blind. It’s been more than two years since the embattled, television and film legend, who was once known as “America’s Dad,” has spoken out publicly. During a recent interview with the NNPA […]

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