Political

By Vincent Adejumo – As protests rock the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, there is a notable absence in the national public discourse: African American community […]

ATLANTA — By Bill Barrow The Associated Press – From Mississippi retiring its state flag to local governments removing Confederate statues from public spaces, a bipartisan push across the South is chipping away at reminders […]

by Derek Major – President Donald Trump told Fox & Friends co-host, Brian Kilmeade, during a Sunday night special, his message to African Americans is “you have to learn” about “your historyAccording to Salon, Trump made […]

Employers with more than 300 employees might get kicked out of the Paycheck Protection Program, if one senator succeeds. During debate on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called for decreasing […]

WASHINGTON, DC. – U.S. Rep. Al Lawson (FL-05), members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other community advocates took to Twitter to highlight violence against Black women. Earlier this week, for 12 hours, from 9 a.m. […]

NNPA NEWSWIRE By Stacey brown- — In a letter Democratic Sen. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) sent this week to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, the senators reveal […]

by Cedric ‘BIG CED’ Thornton – One of the highest-ranking black women in the Trump administration has announced that she is resigning due to President Donald Trump’s handling of the recent racial injustice and police brutality […]

By Arthur Delaney- A proposal by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) would commemorate June 19 as the anniversary of emancipation. Congress hasn’t created a new holiday since 1983, when it made one for Martin Luther […]

By Katie Glueck– Amid a national reckoning over racism and police brutality, many Democrats have been increasingly vocal in urging that Joe Biden give deeper consideration to placing a black woman on the ticket. Early last […]