October 2019 Archive

Share of Americans with no religious affiliation growing
(Defender News Service) — The portion of Americans with no religious affiliation is rising significantly, in tandem with a sharp drop in the percentage that identifies as Christians, according to ...
NNP President and CEO Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (pictured at right), who participated in the teleconference, said the NNPA's partnership with the BNC is profound win-win for Black America. (Alson pictured are former Republican U.S. Congressman J.C. Watts, chairman of BNC (left) and Jacksonville Jaguars owner, Shad Khan, who is a primary investor in the new network.
Black news channel (BNC) TV to launch in November in NOLA
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — In a joint teleconference broadcast live from the Four Season’s Hotel in New York’s Financial District, the Black News Channel (BNC) and the ...
Russian trolls tried to convince African Americans not to vote in 2016, US Senate says
(Defender News Service) — Russian trolls used Facebook to try to persuade African-American citizens not to vote in the 2016 presidential election, according to a bipartisan report released by the ...
Low Black turnout causes run-off in the governor’s race and doomed election of Temple and Young
By Christopher Tidmore Contributing Writer An anemic African-American vote marked the main reason that John Bell Edwards failed to earn a 50 percent victory in the primary. Moreover, compelling evidence exists ...
Orleans Parish school board approves its facility plan
By Marta Jewson The Lens The Orleans Parish School Board unanimously approved a facility plan Thursday night that recommends selling or trading away seven buildings the all-charter NOLA Public Schools district ...
Mom of slain man seeks new investigation into Amber Guyger’s former partner
(Defender News Service) — A group of Dallas mothers is demanding a deadly shooting case involving the Dallas cop who had an affair with Amber Guyger be reopened after Guyger’s ...
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Menthol cigarettes more dangerous than flavored E-cigarettes
By Glenn Ellis Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Most recently, like others in the media, I have written about what we know about the potential deadly effects of smoking flavored e-cigarettes.
MARLON and MARK BROOKS
It’s your last chance to dance – and then get up and soul groove
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer The fall edition of the Nickel-A-Dance series wraps up this Sunday, October 27, 2019 with bassist and vocalist Mark Brooks leading his band Mark Brooks & Jazz ...
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Congressman Elijah Cummings dies at 68
By Stacy M. Brown Contributing Writer (NNPA Newswire) — The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and a titan of the U.S. Congress, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD-7), died early ...
Conference-goers at Trump resort chant for ‘war!’
By Alice Wilder ProPublica On Sunday (October 13), news broke that a video of a fake President Donald Trump massacring journalists and others had been shown during a conference at one ...

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