By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent On a mission to combat issues of diabetes, which disproportionately afflicts Black Americans nationwide, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the
Helen Giddings, former Texas State Representative, will be honored with the James C. Belt Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award by the United Methodist Men of St. Luke “Community” United
Gretchen Gerzina – The Conversation Professor of English, Paul Murray Kendall Chair in Biography, University of Massachusetts Amherst Victorian-era, middle-class black women who loved to read and write
By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT Though the taping was Tuesday, the interview won’t air on Winfrey’s network until Feb. 16. After that, O’Rourke doesn’t have another headline-grabbing
By Chris Lamb, The Conversation Professor of Journalism, IUPUI Jackie Robinson, who would have turned 100 on Jan. 31, is often remembered for his courage, athleticism, tenacity and
DALLAS, Texas – At a time when quality, affordable housing for low-income people is at a premium in Dallas, residents of one of the few remaining intact Freedmen’s
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson The shameful government shutdown has ended, and must never occur again. The lives of federal employees and their families are too important to
(Dallas) – When Richland College faculty members Clive Siegle and Tim Sullivan started collaborating on the joint project “Finding Little Egypt,” little did they know how far they
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia “I didn’t know I was a slave until I found out I couldn’t do the things I wanted.” — Frederick
While furloughed government employees are turning to pawn shops to borrow money to pay their rents and mortgages, and others are standing in line at food banks for
