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Jul- 2019 -7 July
COMMENTARY: Running for Exposure
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “It's only July, seven long months before the February 3, 2020, Iowa caucuses. Only July, eight months before the delegate-rich Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020, when at…
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7 July
Petition to Rename Space Once Honoring Robert E. Lee Could Honor Leah Chase
NNPA NEWSWIRE — National Food and Beverage Foundation President Brent Rosen launched the petition. The petition says the cost of installation of a statue of Leah Chase would be paid…
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6 July
Black Troops Fought Bravely at Normandy 75 Years Ago
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Throughout WWII and especially D-Day in 1944, the Black Press dispatched reporters such as the New Journal and Guide’s John Q. ‘Rover’ Jordan, P.B. Young, Jr., Thomas…
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6 July
369th Experience Band Ties HBCU Musicians to WWI Black History
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Thanks to the United States World War I Centennial Commission, Coca Cola and the network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), a band of 42 accomplished…
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6 July
PRESS ROOM: DCCC Announces “Cycle of Engagement” – an Aggressive and Sustained Effort to Connect with People of Color and Young Voters
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Cycle of Engagement is the DCCC’s multi-year strategy to make sure we earn the support of two of our key constituencies — people of color and younger…
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6 July
COMMENTARY: Tone Deaf Congress Wants Military Pork
NNPA NEWSWIRE — There is much to object to about the “Defense” budget, as defense spending absorbs more than half of all of spending from our budget. But spending on…
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6 July
Committee Democrats Call on Facebook to Halt Cryptocurrency Plans
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Investors and consumers transacting in Libra may be exposed to serious privacy and national security concerns, cyber security risks, and trading risks. Those using Facebook’s digital wallet…
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6 July
Chicago Defender Newspaper Moves to Digital Only with its July 11 Edition
NNPA NEWSWIRE — After 114 years of using ink on paper to deliver news that informs, educates and empowers the African American community throughout the Windy City, Real Times Media,…
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5 July
Cincinnati ‘Ready to Explode’ if Judge Goes to Jail
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Former Cincinnati State Sen. Eric Kearney told a group of Black Press of America publishers that he’s concerned that the prosecution and conviction of Judge Tracie Hunter…
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4 July
Black Lives Matter Co-Founder and Black Futures Lab Release Second Black Census Report
NNPA CHEVROLET DTU FELLOWS — The analysis of responses from over 5,300 participants in the 2019 Black Census, demonstrate that police violence and impunity — and broader societal violence that…
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