Monthly Archives: February, 2018

Entertainment

Believe the Hype: “Black Panther” Sets Box Office Records with $192 Million Opening Weekend

BlackPress USA - February 22, 2018

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA Newswire Contributor) | “Black Panther” starring Chadwick Boseman, Lupita Nyong’o and Michael B. Jordan, surpassed box office expectations during...

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The Black Lives Matter Global Network Dedicates 4th Black Futures Month to legendary movement activist Erica Garner

Orlando Advocate - February 22, 2018

Washington, D.C. -- Black Lives Matter Global Network will dedicate 2018 Black Futures Month to the legacy of activist Erica Garner in the wake...

Education

Senate Tables Gun Bills Amid Parkland Outcry

Orlando Advocate - February 22, 2018

TALLAHASSEE --- Two gun-related measures backed by Second Amendment advocates were put on hold Wednesday as students from Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...

To Be Equal

Black Panther is the Superhero – and Heroines – We Deserve

Marc Morial - February 22, 2018

“The film serves as a breath of fresh intellectual air, especially amid today’s sociopolitical climate. It is the power of representation in its best...

The Seraaj Files

Gun Control: Follow the Money

Kevin Seraaj - February 22, 2018

Last week's tragic school shooting in Parkland, Florida once again points up the need to better control the distribution of weapons in America-- especially...

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Vice President Kamala Harris Announces Nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour

IN MEMORIAM: O.J. Simpson, an Iconic Athlete, Dies at 76

Orlando Commissioner Permanently Barred from Contact With Alleged Elderly Victim

UN underscores commitment to stay and deliver in Myanmar

Temporary Channel Opens as Authorities Strive to Clear Key Bridge Wreckage

Biden Woos Haley Voters and Salutes Transgender People

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: New MSCS Superintendent Dr. Marie Feagins Makes New Friends on Day 1

OP-ED:Embracing Black Men’s Voices

COMMENTARY: D.C. Crime Bill Fails to Address Root Causes of Violence and Incarceration

COMMENTARY: Wake Up, Black Voters. Don’t Let Trump’s Lies Fool You

OP-ED: DEI Confronts the Legacy of Jim Crow

Quinn Minute: School recess was the best

‘Black Opry Revue’ Throws the Covers Off of Black Country Music

‘Just in case’ antibiotics widely overused during COVID-19, says UN health agency

Gender therapy review reveals devastating impacts on teens

UK’s newly passed ‘Safety in Rwanda’ bill is anything but safe: UN officials

Airlines urged not to facilitate UK-Rwanda asylum transfers

COMMENTARY: D.C. Crime Bill Fails to Address Root Causes of Violence and Incarceration

Mayor, City Council President React to May 31 Closing of Birmingham-Southern College

From Raids to Revelations: The Dark Turn in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ Saga

Baltimore’s Key Bridge Struck by Ship, Collapses into Water

Climate change threatens global forest carbon sequestration, study finds

Independent Women’s Forum Establishes National Energy Appreciation Day

Removing invasive caimans from Florida Everglades

‘Terrifying’: Tuesday Was Hottest Day Ever, Breaking Record Set Just 24 Hours Earlier

A Decade After Water Crisis, Art Brings Hope and Healing to Flint

The California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) Will Hurt African American and Other Minority Owned Newspapers

COMING SOON — FREE TICKETS to Advance Screening of The Fall Guy

FREE TICKETS: Advance Screening of ABIGAIL

Monthly Archives: February, 2018

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Local author releases inspiring new children’s book

FAITH LEADERS COMMIT TO 1 MILLION CONVERSATIONS WITH BLACK, LATINO AND FAITH VOTERS THIS FALL

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NNPA President Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. Inspires Graduates with Powerful Commencement Address at Voorhees University

Medgar Evers, Rep. Clyburn, Among Nineteen Honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom

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