As part of a new strategic plan to prepare for the next generation of Black HIV/AIDS response, the Black AIDS Institute announced several organizational changes, including the retirement of long-time president and CEO Phill Wilson. Wilson launched the Black AIDS Institute in 1999 with a […]
Dennis Edwards, who joined the Temptations a/k/a “The Tempty Tempts” in 1968 and sang on a string of the group’s hits including “I Can’t Get Next to You,” “Ball of Confusion” and “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone” in an initial tenure that stretched to 1977, […]
By Audrey J. Bernard Society Editor What has become synonymous with Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday celebration is the annual MLK luncheon hosted by the Black Agency Executives (BAE) on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at the Hilton Hotel New York and attended by African […]
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) In kicking off the new year, the central committee of the right-wing, governing Israeli party—the Likud—unanimously adopted a resolution calling for the annexation of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Though this was technically an advisory opinion, […]
By Harry C. Alford The task of bringing our ex-offenders back into full, fledge citizenship is immense and very long-term. Millions of Blacks who have violated the law and have been incarcerated find that returning to normal life can sometimes feel like an impossible task. […]
By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) During a lengthy, members-only meeting on Capitol Hill on January 19, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) discussed various options to protest the current President of the United States. Their protest plans centered around the annual State […]
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