By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee Tribune staff will join The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and 235 African American nationwide newspapers and media company owners, employees, and sponsors in the beautiful U.S. Virgin Islands for the NNPA’s annual midwinter training conference in February. With the theme, “Digital Innovation, Training, and Engagement of the Black Press of America,” publishers and others will meet to further strengthen the 195-year-old Black Press. The winter training conference takes place from Feb. 1 to Feb. 4 at the Westin Beach Resort at Frenchmen’s Reef, Estate Bakkeroe, in…
Author: Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
By Stacy M. Brown WASHINGTON, DC — Researchers pointed out that the number amounts to one in every 50 adults, with three out of four disenfranchised living in their communities, having completed their sentences or remaining supervised while on probation or parole.With the midterm election just days away, the District of Columbia-based think tank, The Sentencing Project, has released a new report which found that 4.6 million people can’t vote because of felony convictions. Researchers pointed out that the number amounts to one in every 50 adults, with three out of four disenfranchised living in their communities, having completed their…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Preparing for disaster is not just about protecting people and property, it’s about safeguarding the lives we’ve built and the legacy we will leave to our children and the generations to come,” FEMA Deputy Administrator Erik Hooks told the NNPA’s Let It Be Known live morning news show. “With this campaign, FEMA reaffirms our commitment to equity and says loud and clear that every community deserves to be protected from hazards.” The Federal Emergency Management Agency has again teamed with the Ad Council for a public service announcement…
By Stacy M. Brown Immediately following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, notable media personality Jemele Hill urged her peers to put the monarch’s passing in perspective. “Journalists are tasked with putting legacies into full context, so it is entirely appropriate to examine the queen and her role in the devastating impact of continued colonialism,” Hill tweeted. Elizabeth’s legacy isn’t necessarily complicated but filled with enough ambiguity and action and inaction, that it might be easy to understand why people of color might view her differently than the adoring throng mourning outside of Buckingham Palace. The longest-reigning British monarch’s history…
By Stacy M. Brown Ahead of the all-important 2022 midterm elections, reports show that more than 55 million Americans remain unregistered to vote – and about 10 million are African Americans who are eligible to vote but who are unregistered. Whether the reason is because of apathy, suppression, or other means, the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) and the Transformative Justice Coalition seek to get to the bottom of why, with so much at stake, voter registration and GOTV mobilization remain lacking notably among Black Americans across the nation. During the national convention marking the 195th-anniversary celebration of the Black…
By NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent Stacy M. Brown The Supreme Court not only abolished abortion rights in America with its June 24, 2022, decision but also ended any semblance of racial tolerance in the United States. Former President Donald Trump’s Make America Great Again cry proved an easy to read between-the-lines moniker, but even that was seen as nothing more than the typical dog whistle – until now. After the high court’s ruling, the MAGA crowd has become more emboldened. “President Trump, on behalf of all the Maga patriots in America, I want to thank you for the historic victory for…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent WASHINGTON, TN — The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) kicks off its annual convention in New Orleans this week with a slate of panels aimed at informing and inspiring Black America and increasing voter registration rolls among individuals of color. The NNPA is a trade association representing the more than 230 African American newspapers and media companies that comprise the Black Press of America. In celebration of the 195th anniversary of the Black Press of America, the overall theme of the four-day convention is “Amplifying Our Voices for Freedom, Justice, Equality,…
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia Four years after D.C. Democratic Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton publicly condemned federal agencies after a Government Accountability Office report revealed they spend very little of their advertising dollars with Black-owned media, another member of the Congressional Black Caucus has openly aired the concerns. “The federal government spends billions of dollars a year in paid advertising. However, the federal government’s process for allocating advertising dollars fails to recognize and value the unique relationship that Black-owned media have with their audiences,” Georgia Democratic Rep. Hank Johnson wrote in a letter to President Joe…
By Stacy M. BrownNNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent/Tennessee Tribune WASHINGTON, DC — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first African American Female Nominee to the Supreme Court, made her Opening Statement to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee & the American Public.On the morning of the Senate Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law released a report evaluating the judge with a recommendation for confirmation. The organization said the report reflects a thorough review of Judge Jackson’s record on civil rights issues of importance to the Lawyers’ Committee’s mission. The report revealed that…
By Stacy M. Brown Symone Sanders, Vice President Kamala Harris’ chief spokesperson and senior advisor, plans to leave the administration later this month. “I’m so grateful to the VP for her vote of confidence from the very beginning and the opportunity to see what can be unburdened by what has been,” Sanders wrote in a letter to Vice President Harris’ staff. “I’m grateful for Tina [Flournoy] and her leadership and confidence as well,” Sanders continued. “Every day, I arrived at the White House complex knowing our work made a tangible difference for Americans. I am immensely grateful and will miss…