National

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Wave the flag, shoot the fireworks, fire up the grills, pack the coolers, gather with family and friends, take in parades, and enjoy a day off work, maybe even two […]

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, It’s been less than a week since the presidential debate on CNN, and hundreds of hours of airtime and gallons of ink have been used to tell the world how […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Sr. National Correspondent, The Biden-Harris Campaign announced last week, at the NNPA Convention in Balitmore, MD, a $1.5 million advertising deal. The announcement goes beyond swing states and serves as […]

By Janice K. Neal-Vincent, Ph.D., Contributing Writer, On July 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order that declared enslaved people in the rebelling Confederate State legally free. However, the decree would not take […]

By Emmitt Hayes, Jr., Guest Writer, The New York Fraud case fined $355 million plus interest. Guilty. Defamation and Sexual Assault. Guilty. Now, the Hush Money Trial, 34 counts, Guilty. There are at least 3 […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will host its annual national convention from June 19 to 22 at the Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. The NNPA is the […]

By Darlene Superville, Matt Brown and Bill Barrow, Associated Press, President Joe Biden on Sunday offered his most direct recognition of U.S. students’ anguish over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of historically Black Morehouse College […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, Scheduled for June 29th, the “Mass Poor People’s and Low-Wage Workers’ Assembly and Moral March on Washington, D.C.: A Call to the Polls and to Vote,” aims […]

By Jackie Hampton, Publisher, Jackson native Zeita Merchant is the current Commanding Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center. She is the first female African American to be appointed rear admiral lower half […]