Category : Black Owned Newspapers And Blogs

It’s our right to know what’s going on

By Rev. N.P. Franklin When I consider the things happening that grab our attention in the national political arena, the social and religious arenas, it causes me to reflect on […] The post It’s our right to know what’s going on appeared first...

It’s time: Rapper Jelane Dugan releases new album and talks motivations and losses

“When you work on as many things around someone as much as we did, you get better. Iron sharpens iron. But on the other hand, no one can really make you do anything. It’s up to you to make things happen,” says Oakland rapper Jelane Dugan. by Minis...

Inflation slamming Blacks in US: Here’s how to slam back

With prices rising to the highest rates the U.S. has seen in more than 40 years, Black families are bearing the brunt of inflation. Researchers say Black families will suffer the worst because they lag behind their white counterparts in income, weal...

What will it take to get Brittney Griner back home?

Now that WNBA star Brittney Griner& has been convicted of drug possession& and sentenced& to nine years in prison, attention turns to the prospect of a prisoner swap between the United States and Russia that could get her home. Secret...

Houston-area monkeypox cases rise to nearly 200

Harris County is reporting a total of 223 cases of monkeypox, with 195 of them in Houston. That’s an increase of nearly 100 more cases than previously reported last week. Doctor David Pierce with the Houston Health Department says, we can e...

Watson starting preseason opener as suspension looms

Deshaun Watson’s debut for the Browns is tentative and subject to change. The same is true for his first season in Cleveland. Watson is scheduled to start the exhibition opener — his first game action since 2020 — at Jacksonville on Friday whi...

Megan Thee Stallion as ‘Tina Snow’ guest stars on ‘P-Valley’

Mega-hit show “P-Valley” meet mega-star Megan Thee Stallion. The Houston-born is now appearing on the show as her alter ego “Tina Snow.” Megan even premiered a new song on “P-Valley,” fulfilling a year-long wish of show’s cre...

District One Voters Initiate Recall Process, Call Meeting for Signatures August 11th & August 12th

The citizens of District One desire adequate and responsive representation from our councilman. They have initiated the recall process. If you agree and would like to help, they need signatures of voters that were registered voters in the...

Jury declines to charge woman who caused Emmett Till’s murder

A Mississippi grand jury has declined to indict the white woman who lied when she accused teen boy, Emmett Till of accosting her in her husband’s store. That false accusation brought about the kidnapping, torture and lynching Till nearly 70 years a...

NDG Book Review: ‘What the Children Told Us’ is an eye-opener

By Terri Schlichenmeyer What was your favorite possession when you were a child? Of course, you remember it, the weight of it in your hands, the way it fit your fingers, the envy of your peers, the pretending fun of it, and the security of knowing it...

First Black female protagonist in Shonen Manga creates a stir on Twitter as Saturday AM launches inclusive graphic novels

“Imagine telling Black people to make their own stories and characters and then getting offended when they actually go and do that,“ one Twitter user wrote last week. The tweet was one of over 100,000 reactions to Nigerian-born manga artist and autho...

Film Review: ‘Bullet Train’ takes Brad Pitt on a chaotic ride

By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic (***) “Fate will do what it wills,” says The Elder. But what happens when fate turns out to be a series of unpredictable and ultra-violent events aboard the world’s fastest train? The basis for this cutthroat railroad...

Trump Raided by FBI; Is arrest imminent?

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent The FBI on Monday executed a search warrant on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. “My beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under si...

Broadway Dallas and Dallas ISD announce district-wide STEAM program

Broadway Dallas, Dallas Independent School District and a consortium of generous underwriters announced today a district-wide STEAM education program themed around the Broadway musical AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS. Over the...

Harris addresses NAACP convention; urges Black voter participation

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Senior National Correspondent Vice President Kamala Harris appeared at the NAACP convention in Atlantic City on Monday, July 18, declaring that freedom, liberty, and democracy are on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections...