Rev. Dr. William Barber II believes that everyone has a right to live.

The conditions at Mississippi’s Parchman prison makes it one of the worst detention facilities in the world, according to reform advocates and human rights organizations.Death and violence are rampant, many inmates are without beds, and electricity, plumbing, and fundamental human rights are…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Black Caucus released the following statement yesterday in response to the announcement by Speaker Nancy Pelosi that two members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) and Val Demings (FL-10), will serve as managers for…

Reps. Ilhan Omar and Barbara Lee Announce War Powers Resolution To Prevent War With Iran

Editor's Note: The below op/ed was originally published as a letter to the editor by The New York Times. The Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. The op/ed is reproduced here by request.December 18 — Today the House of Representatives will vote on whether to…

Shortly after the House Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to impeach President Donald Trump on Friday, December 13, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a conference call with publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), the trade association …

In the century following the Civil War, as many as 5,000 people of color were murdered by mobs who believed in the cause of white supremacy.

WASHINGTON, D.C. –The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) President Dorothy Tucker will intensify efforts to combat increasing verbal and physical attacks against journalists, including NABJ members, in the United States and abroad. 

In keeping with former first lady Michelle Obama’s commitment to supporting adolescent girls’ education all over the world, she announced on Giving Tuesday (Dec. 3) she will donate more than $500,000 – the proceeds she derived from 2018 and 2019 merchandise sales related to her book, “Becomi…

Chairwoman Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.) led a delegation of Congressional Black Caucus members to the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday in San Ysidro, California, where they said they witnessed first-hand the deplorable treatment and plight of Black immigrants.

To say Cyntoia Brown’s life has been complicated is an understatement. Brown is a young, black woman sentenced as an adult to life in prison when as a teenager, she killed Johnny Mitchell Allen, a 43-year-old man, who had solicited her for sex. Brown maintained she killed Allen in self-defen…

A Brennan Center analysis has found that at least 17 million voters were purged nationwide between 2016 and 2018, similar to the numbers discovered between 2014 and 2016.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, described as one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in Congress. 

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 16, 2019--U.S. Bank announced a $1 million investment with the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C. With this five-year investment, U.S. Bank will join the prestigious Corporate Leadership Counci…

NNPA NEWSWIRE--On July 16, the U.S. House voted 240-187 to condemn the racist language of Donald Trump in a series of twitter communications over the weekend. All 235 Democrats voted yes. On July 13, President Trump began a targeted series of racist vitriol on social media aimed at four fema…

ATLANTA — UnitedHealth Group and the Atlanta University Center Consortium (AUCC), the oldest and largest consortium of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), are partnering on a new initiative to prepare students to meet the growing demand in the marketplace for data analytics…

HOUSTON — Texas' biggest city was at the center of the 2020 presidential race Wednesday as a group of Democratic candidates descended there to appeal to a key voting bloc in the primary.

As a rising star in the public relations field, Alonda Thomas has always sought to inspire young, Black women who want to break into the industry. Earlier this year, Thomas was named the director of Public Relations in Howard University’s Office of Communications.

Delma Jackson’s New Year’s morning of 2012 started with a shocking photo on her cell phone – an image of a man’s beaten, bloodied, swollen face. The man was so badly disfigured; Jackson initially could not tell it was her husband.