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By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Both President Obama and Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger, have rejected an invitation from the NAACP and other Black groups, to participate in a forum to discuss issues important to African-Americans. In late September, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored [...]
By Cloves C. Campbell, Jr., NNPA Chairman A few years ago, the National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA) was holding its annual board meetings in Washington, D.C., when then-Senator Barack Obama walked in the room in the room to welcome the publishers to Washington. He also indicated he wanted to share some news with us. The [...]
By Freddie Allen, NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – It was a reunion of sorts. The presidents of seven Black colleges met Black newspaper publishers for a breakfast consisting of French toast, eggs and bacon. The setting was the annual convention of the National Newspaper Publishers Association here. And the goal was [...]
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black women are making the most significant gains in employment but still lag behind whites, according to the Labor Department. The most recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the unemployment rate for Black women, 20 and older, dropped from 12.3 percent [...]
By Lee A. Daniels Special to the NNPA from thedefendersonline.com You can depend on it: if it’s the presidential-election season, then it’s time for conservatives to retrieve from the political cesspool the tawdry claim that Black voters, seduced by the political bells and whistles of “Black leaders,” unthinkingly vote Democratic. And, sure [...]
A view of the crowd at Saturday’s rally in Washington, D. C. Special to the Democrat by John Zippert, Co-Publisher At the height of Saturday’s One Nation Working Together March there were over 150,000 participants stretching from the Lincoln Memorial speakers platform, along side the reflecting pool to the base of the Washington Monument. People [...]
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