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Let’s Remember how Shirley Chisholm Helped Pave the Way for Hillary Clinton

Nov 8, 2016

by Gerren Keith Gaynor Hillary Clinton can potentially make history as the first woman from a major party to be elected president of the United States today. And while it would be a remarkable feat, it co...

#HowDoUFeel? Movement Gives a Voice to Millennials about the Elections

Nov 7, 2016

Politics

“We don’t see ourselves represented in the mainstream media and it results in feeling disengaged and left out of the system.” — Kelly Shogren, 25, Ambassador for the #HowDoUFeel Movement Millennials outnumb...

HU/NNPA National Black Voter Poll: 90 percent of Black Voters Will Cast Ballots for Clinton

Nov 2, 2016

National, Politics

By Freddie Allen (Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire) Nearly 90 percent of Black voters plan to cast ballots for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee, according to the 2016 National Black Voter P...

Donald Trump Is Straight Up Lying about Voter Fraud

Oct 26, 2016

National, Politics

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA Newswire Columnist) I watched the Presidential debate on October 19 in both awe and horror. Awe, because I truly do not understand Mr. Trump’s temerity to lie, interrupt, sniff, si...

Black Women Will Elect the Next President

Oct 24, 2016

Politics

By Freddie Allen (NNPA Newswire Managing Editor) Black women will play a key role in electing the next president, according to a recent report by the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial O...