CHICAGO DEFENDER — At their 99th September Gala, the Children’s Home & Aid Woman’s Board presented John and Fran Edwardson with the 2019 Pauline K. Palmer Award....
OAKLAND POST — After years of escalating and brutal displacement driving millions of Californians into poverty or homelessness, today, the California legislature this week passed Assembly...
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INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officer Robert Lawson faces charges including battery and obstruction of justice following a criminal investigation of an incident where...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "I understand the impact personally that establishing an endowment has on a student's enrollment and graduation prospects," Dr. Glover said. "The actions of...
BLACK VOICE NEWS — With a bit of 11th-hour legislative magic, state lawmakers have taken a bill related to volunteer firefighter reimbursements and — poof! — transformed it into...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — What used to be considered a waste of time and quarters is now a full-blown industry. There is a such a thing as...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “…the power of “Hamilton” lies in its a diverse cast and the hip-hop flavored storytelling they solidly deliver. Together, they allow patrons to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A June 2019 study conducted by the Journal of Community Health revealed that suicide deaths among black females aged 13 to 19 rose...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Just Us!” counts as one African American’s perspective on the condition of blacks in America and the 193-page book spotlights Carr’s style of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Peace Corps will hold an application workshop on September 17 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in Suite 3000 of the...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dr. Willie W. Herenton recalled the days when he attended segregated public schools and was forced to sit at the back of...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Harold Washington Library’s Cindy Pritzker Auditorium was a full house at the opening screening of a new local series focusing on injustices in the...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is optimistic. With the October 3 election less than a month away, the incumbent, who is completing his first...
BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The University of Alabama at Birmingham has set an enrollment record for the fourth consecutive year, and reached a new milestone — growing its student...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "Our Annual Legislative Conference is a gathering to develop solutions to the challenges facing black communities around the world through issues forums, brain...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — The Cook County Department of Transportation and Highways will award millions in 2019 Invest in Cook Multi-Modal Transportation Project funding for 98 projects...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Under the Trump Administration, a consistent and focused deregulation effort has been underway to turn CFPB into a toothless tiger. It’s almost as...
CHICAGO DEFENDER — Young people who love soccer, City Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin and 5thWard Alderman Leslie Hairston, joined officials from the U.S. Soccer Foundation, as well as...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thousands of people have been displaced and are trapped in "rapidly deteriorating" conditions in the most devastated areas of the Bahamas, said an...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — UN Officials have called climate change the defining issue of this generation. "The Summit will present practical and new measures to speed up...
Alberta F. Roary celebrated her 90th birthday on Sept. 7, with her family, members of the First Missionary Baptist Church and the Marin City community. About...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The September 18 state-by-state examination of the economic costs of gun violence, reveals numbers that the committee called "staggering." For instance, in 2017,...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDERS — An apparel company is planning to invest $7.5 million in an expansion in western Tennessee that is expected to create more than 220...
Couplepreneurs, Reggie Borders and Nicole Felix have been members of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC) for 11 months. Reggie, a Veteran who came...