September 2018 Archive

Black Church sends message to Trump in two-day ‘Call to Conscience’
By Hazel Trice Edney and Hamil Harris Contributing Writers (TriceEdneyWire.com) — As America prepares to return to the polls for mid-term elections amidst racial tensions, continued economic inequities and a President ...
Group introduces short-term rental ordinance that would limit licenses to hosts’ residences
By Michael Isaac Stein The Lens “It feels like my entire block is a hotel,” said local photographer Patrick Melon outside of his Seventh Ward home. It only takes a minute to ...
NIA FRANKLIN
Nia Franklin wins ‘Miss America’ title
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The genius, intelligence, beauty and spirit of Black women, which continues to transform the world, shined brightly again Sunday as Nia Franklin became ...
STEPHON HARRIS
Stephon Harris’ Jazz Pop-Up and Jon Cleary blasts off on Dyna-Mite
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer With just a blink of an eye it might have been easy to overlook that vibraphone master Stefon Harris and his group Blackout is performing on Monday, ...
Trump and South Africa
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There are certain things about the Trump administration that never cease to amaze me. It is not just that they get their facts wrong. It ...
Black voting rights under attack in America
By Jeffrey L. Boney NNPA Newswire Political Analyst From 1880 to 1965, there was an all-out assault on preventing African Americans from voting by having their right to vote deemed invalid. The ...
NFL owners’ treatment of Kaepernick disgraces league and country
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Colin Kaepernick may yet get his day in court. Kaepernick is the talented former NFL quarterback who in 2016 began a protest against police brutality and institutionalized ...
Black political excellence
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Senators Corey Booker (D-NJ) and Kamala Harris (D-CA) used their time wisely in their questioning of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the elusive man whose hidden documents ...
Just another boogeyman
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor PART I Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird, it’s a plane. It’s another Black boogeyman! More powerful than 40 ounces of St. Ides Malt Liquor or ...
AKAs lead effort to raise $10M to bolster HBCUs
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, America’s oldest Black Greek-letter sorority, is proving that the service organization is a true advocate of the nation’s historically Black universities and colleges (HBCUs). International ...

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