NNPA NewsWire

by Sheryl Allen Huff -- NASHVILLE – The Rev. Keith Caldwell, a Nashville native, is a longtime grassroots community organizer who, through years of working at the intersection of Race and Poverty across the Southern Region, organically emerged through the ranks to become a civil...

by Stacy M. Brown --  A new study shows that after some progress, the number of deaths and years of possible life lost among America’s Black population stopped going down and then started going up again. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) said their...

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. -- Whether we accept it or not, obesity continues to be a complex, chronic disease that kills thousands of Black Americans every year. Indeed, nearly half of Black Americans live with obesity, so we cannot afford to ignore this...

Stacy M. Brown -- Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford, who earned the distinction of Nevada’s first African-American State Senate Majority Leader, will lead the Congressional Black Caucus during the 118th Congress in January. Horsford, who won reelection to Nevada’s fourth congressional district in November, will be the...

by Stacy M. Brown -- After 294 days in Russian custody, including the past several weeks in a dreaded and dangerous penal colony, WNBA star Brittney Griner is free. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Griner’s wife at the White House,...

by Stacy M. Brown --  Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have elected New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries as their party leader. The congressman, who once quoted the late Notorious B.I.G. during one of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearings and has maintained a vow...

by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. -- Several months ago, I co-wrote an op-ed with my long-term friend and national media colleague, Jim Winston. Our commentary emphasized why “Diversifying American Media Ownership Must Become a National Priority.” Now after the results of the high turnout of...

by Stacy M. Brown -- A new exhibition debuting next spring at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) will celebrate Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther hero costume. “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” opens on March 24, 2023, and features the late...

For the first time in its history, the St. Jude Spirit of the Dream event selected women for each of its highest accolades: the St. Jude Spirit of the Dream award and the Legacy Award.  The event, held on Sept. 29, celebrated the achievements of...

WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner has been sentenced to more than 9 years in a Russian prison following her conviction on drug charges. Her lawyers called the verdict a disappointment and vowed to appeal. The lawyers of WNBA star Brittney Griner, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, said in...