NNPA Newswire
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Editor's Pick
Lawmakers Weigh In on Crippling Violence in Haiti
Reps. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.), Kathy Castor (D-Fla.), Lois Frankel (D-Fla.), Val Demings (D-Fla.), Alcee Hastings, (D-Fla.), Debbie Murcarsel Powell (D-Fla.),…
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Editor's Pick
Focus of Trump Citizenship Question is Revealed After Memo Surfaces
A deceased Republican strategist who played a key part in the Trump administration's effort to get a citizenship question included…
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Black Experience
Juneteenth Hearing on the Hill Puts Reparations Debate in National Spotlight
A House hearing was held this week on legislation that would set up a commission to study reparations for the…
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Stacy Brown
Bank of America Launches $5 Billion Home Loan Assistance Program
Bank of America announced a new $5 billion affordable homeownership initiative for low- to moderate-income and multicultural homebuyers across the…
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Politics
Bernie Sanders the Lone 2020 Candidate Who Will Address Black Press at NNPA Convention
Sen. Bernie Sanders is the only 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful who has agreed to address key influencers of the African…
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Black Experience
Thousands of Police Officers Outed in Slew of Racist Facebook Posts
Some alarming public posts on Facebook written by police officers in departments across the country have surfaced.
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National
New Road Trip Report Shows Rising Gas Prices, Work Schedules Cramp Car Travel
Nearly half of American drivers surveyed say that rising gas prices are stopping them from heading out on a road…
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Education
Chevrolet Gives HBCU Students an Opportunity to ‘Discover the Unexpected’
Chevrolet and the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) have selected six students from historically Black colleges and universities to participate…
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Black Experience
Black or African American — Is There a Difference?
In a recent televised commentary, Dr. Greg Carr, chair of Howard University's Department of Afro-American Studies, kick-started a stirring conversation…
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Community
Montgomery County Councilman Stopped in ‘Driving While Black’ Incident
Montgomery County Councilman Will Jawando was stopped by police in Maryland on the morning of June 8 as he drove…
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