By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (NNPA President and CEO) There is an old adage that posits “The more things appear to change, the more they stay the same.”
(Washington, D.C.) – The Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC) will celebrate its 55th Annual Session in New Orleans from August 7-14, 2016. Considered the Emerald Anniversary, PNBC
Thus far in Paul’s argument in this most sublime sanctification section of Romans chapters 6 – 8, Paul has demonstrated that believers have died to sin through spiritually
Today when the wind blew across my face, it reminded me of you—your smile, your words, your touch. Seeing you standing in the  distance, I could hear you
By Joan H. Allen (NNPA News Wire Contributor) June 19, 2016 marks World Sickle Cell Day. In a desire to help create a greater awareness of sickle cell
By Charlene Crowell (NNPA News Wire Columnist) For more than a decade, civil rights organizations, labor, clergy, and consumer advocates have fought to end triple-digit interest rates on
Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, Senior Pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church: It is a profound tragedy that peaceful protest of the unjust killings of two black men by police was
By Ebony N. Smith After last Thursday I will forever be changed. Not just because of the shots fired but the random act of kindness that occurred shortly
By Barrington M. Salmon (NNPA News Wire Contributor) When the southern African nation of the Republic of Botswana gained independence from Britain in 1966, it was ranked as
