Month: November 2019

Business mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is an icon in the music industry, and he has discovered and managed talent that has gone on to find success. The Four judge says…

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The 43rd stamp in the United States Postal Service’s Black Heritage series honors Gwen Ifill, one of America’s most esteemed journalists. The stamp…

On Nov. 4, 2008, Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States. The Democratic first-term U.S. senator from Illinois who was the son of a White…

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia African American teenagers in the United States historically have had lower suicide rates than their white counterparts – until now. A new…

I became heir to my parent’s financial mismanagement and generational debt. By the time I was conceived, my father and mother had not only transformed molehills of bills into mountains…

By Nsenga K. Burton, Ph.D., NNPA Newswire Entertainment and Culture Editor Much to the chagrin of some media critics, scholars and television fans, reality television is here to say. Colloquially…

Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award winner Viola Davis recently sat down with EBONY to discuss a new film, Merck’s A Touch of Sugar documentary addressing America’s diabetes crisis and how…

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent@StacyBrownMedia The Princeton Theological Seminary, in Princeton, NJ, has set aside $27 million to pay reparations for its ties to slavery. Among the institutions…

“When your daddy walked through the house, he was so big he filled it up. That was my first mistake. Not to make him leave room for me.” —Rose Maxson,…