National

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 […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, O.J. Simpson, a towering figure in both the sports world and the annals of American legal history, has lost his battle with cancer at the age of […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, The eagerly anticipated celestial spectacle of a total solar eclipse finally descended upon North America after a seven-year hiatus, captivating millions of skywatchers Monday. With its grand […]

By Marcia Dunn, AP Aerospace Writer, North America is on the verge of another masking of the sun. Monday’s total solar eclipse will make landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast and cross into Texas and 14 […]

By Charles Cantu and Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President Joe Biden wouldn’t have won the 2020 presidential election without the Black vote. In this Groundhog Day redo four years later, if President Biden wants […]

By Christopher Young, Contributing Writer, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey gave a commendation to Ashley M. Jones, in the storied state Capitol building, December 1, 2021. Jones had been named Poet Laureate of Alabama by the […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, In one of the ultimate nightmares, the Francis Scott Key Bridge, an iconic lifeline for Baltimore’s bustling metropolis, was ripped apart in a clash with a container […]

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent, In a stirring celebration of 197 years of unwavering advocacy, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) convened for Black Press Week to celebrate the March 16, 1827, […]

By Christopher Young Contributing Writer, Merriam-Webster says a pilgrimage is a journey of a pilgrim, especially one to a shrine or sacred place. And so it was Sunday, March 3, 2024, as thousands gathered on […]