Month: August 2026

By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times This past Thursday, September 3, Council Member Dwight Boykins (District D), Change Happens!, the NAACP Houston and Uber announced a new initiative […]

By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper President Obama this week announced new opportunities for Americans to broaden their horizons and forge successful career pathways. Speaking at Macomb Community College in […]

By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent   WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The explosion of “dark money” spent in the political system in the United States threatens racial equity in the United States making it harder […]

The William M. Raines Class of 1979 hosted the 2nd Annual William M. Raines Golf Tournament and Scholarship Fundraiser last week. Viking alumni and friends stepped on the Hyde Park Golf Course last weekend for […]

The executive board of Nu chapter of Eta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated met recently to plan for calendar year 2015-2016. Nu chapter is celebrating fifty three years of service to the Jacksonville community and surrounding […]

I wanted to simply ignore the Kentucky Clerk of Courts that was jailed for not following the law and refusing to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples, but I fell into the media trap. […]

By Lee A. Daniels Is #BlackLivesMatter a criminal organization that advocates attacks on and murder of White police officers? That’s the snake-oil pitch the conservative echo chamber is making these days – even as news […]

The Florida Coastal School of Law Foundation has announced the winner of the 2015 Chester A. Aikens Renaissance Award is attorney Rhonda Peoples-Waters. The Renaissance Award is named for the late prominent city visionary and […]

by Matt Ferner (Huffington Post) The mother of Darrien Hunt, a 22-year-old black man who was shot and killed by Utah police last year, rejected an offer to settle her lawsuit against the city and […]