By: Governor Roy Cooper’s Press Office RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) – Governor Roy Cooper has named retired Lieutenant General Walter Gaskin to lead the North Carolina Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. “After a career at […]
By Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Correspondent After days of counting in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona, President Obama’s former Vice President, Joe Biden, and California Senator, Kamala Harris, won the 2020 race for the […]
By Hazel Trice Edney Civil rights icon Dr. Benjamin Chavis, former NAACP executive director and current president/CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), will become host of a weekly Black-oriented public affairs talk show […]
Joe Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked [Kamala Harris] — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s […]
The federal agency released a five-page list of chemicals and products that it says are strong enough to ward off “harder-to-kill” viruses than SARS-CoV-2, the virus that’s responsible for the disease. “Using the correct disinfectant […]
WASHINGTON — CBCF President & CEO David A. Hinson issued the following statement on the passing of Congressman Cummings: “The CBCF Board of Directors, Corporate Advisory Council and staff collectively mourn the loss of House Oversight […]
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. (CBCF) announced today David A. Hinson, a business executive with nearly three decades of experience in the public and private sectors, will lead the organization as its new president […]
By Pamela Jenkins With all the accomplishments you’ve made, President and Co-founder of a prestigious university that continues to excel and recipient of numerous awards, tell us, who is Jill Martin? I come out of […]
It’s Time for Blacks to pull the trigger on politics By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA Newswire Contributor) How often do we hear messages about the amount of money Black people spend every year as consumers? In […]
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Lee sent a letter to her Democratic colleagues announcing her candidacy for Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the 116th Congress. Below is the text of the letter: Dear Colleague: I am […]
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