NNPA NEWSWIRE — “To be on a list with Richard Pryor is unfathomable, like nobody would actually feel worthy enough,” Chappelle reflected during an interview prior...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The U.S. House of Representatives passed five financial services bills, including bills to: close loopholes in and ensure better enforcement of this country’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — West’s musical ministry or Sunday Service as he calls it, started off as a personal endeavor to heal himself while involving close friends...
ATLANTA VOICE — Support for removing the president was highest among Democrat and left-leaning respondents at 86 percent, compared to 49 percent of independents. Ninety-one percent of...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — More than a year after her son died in a police-involved shooting, Kenithia Alston said she still has questions about that fateful evening that...
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS — Community colleges statewide are moving on new legislation that aims to get students through their coursework more efficiently, graduated, and onto...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Hundreds of minority business owners gathered Wednesday for the inaugural IGNITE! Alabama event at Regions Field hosted by Sheila Tyson, Convener of the...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Michael Gunn, senior vice president of the Greater Birmingham Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), said he has a job that keeps him young...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Black Women for Positive Change (BW4PC) is a national policy-focused network of predominately African American women and “Good Brothers” from various states...
LOS ANGLES SENTINEL — Ta-Nehisi Coates and Ryan Coogler welcomed many to a night of Black excellence as they discussed Coates’ debut novel, The Water Dancer....
ROLLINGOUT — Rikki Hughes is a veteran Emmy- and Grammy Award-winning film producer and entrepreneur. As the founder of Magic Lemonade, a production company specializing in...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Demanding politicians actually put forth policies to improve the lives of African Americans in Indianapolis, or anywhere for that matter, doesn’t absolve African...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — October is National Family History month. The observance of Family History Month has grown greatly in popularity since it was first observed in 2001....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The FIRST STEP Act upholds one end of the criminal justice bargain to the black community: 90 percent of the prisoners who have...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The African Union President's Office spokeswoman Ebba Kalondo has maintained that Ambassador Chihombori-Quao didn't lose her job because of France or her fiery...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — In three short years, Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney was able to change the city of Birmingham for the better, Police Chief Patrick Smith told a...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Met with cheers from dozens of Tuskegee University alumni clad in crimson and gold, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors declared Tuesday,...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) recently hosted its 10th Annual Spirit of the Heart Awards Gala. Their special guest and honorary chair...
WASHINGTON INFORMER — A memorial has been rededicated to Emmett Till just outside of Glendora, Miss. The new marker was dedicated Saturday to the slain 14-year-old Black...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Early voting for runoff elections for Memphis City Council District 1 and District 7 is now underway. Meanwhile, Shelby County Election Commission...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — At some point in the future, the lighting in the athletic locker rooms at Riverview K-8 School likely will mostly go unnoticed. Such...
INDANIAPOLIS RECORDER — As men and women clad in suits and dresses flooded into the Center for Black Literature and Culture (CBLC) at Central Library on Oct....
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Mayor Joe Hogsett and state Sen. Jim Merritt talked about issues that affect the African American community in a mayoral debate Oct. 21 at...
Felicia Phillips is excited about recent headlines suggesting that African American women are leading in entrepreneurship and executive leadership opportunities. Rolling out spoke with her about that and her...
THE AFRO — Elijah Eugene Cummings entered the Maryland House of Delegates in January 1983, the year I graduated from Walbrook High School in West Baltimore....