Oct 20, 2025 | Climate, Community, Leadership
It’s a strange moment in climate justice across the country. Earlier this year, the Trump administration dismantled several key climate and equity programs. Now, community groups are scrambling as federal environmental justice grants are being rolled back. However, in...
Oct 13, 2025 | Leadership, Press
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Congressional Black Caucus Chair Yvette Clarke, and Communications Workers of America President Claude Cummings Jr., were honored during the 2025 NNPA National Leadership Awards Reception, held in the Conrad Hilton Hotel Ballroom...
Oct 6, 2025 | Leadership, Men
Frank Farrow dreams of the day when his job no longer exists. He’s spent more than three years as the executive director of Boston’s Office of Black Male Advancement, a city agency dedicated to ensuring that Black men and boys have the tools they need to...
Oct 6, 2025 | Church, History, Leadership
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed the Rev. Yehiel Curry as its first Black presiding bishop Saturday, a landmark moment for the predominantly white denomination. “It hasn’t really hit me yet,” Curry told The Associated Press a week...
Sep 22, 2025 | Leadership, LGBTQ, Men
In Alabama, where Republicans have entrenched their dominance and legislators have passed some of the nation’s harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws, Dakarai Larriett is mounting a campaign he knows will be an uphill climb. At 43, the Birmingham-born entrepreneur and activist...
Sep 22, 2025 | Leadership, Sports, Women
With nearly two decades of experience in business development and management — including owning and operating an insurance company since 2000 — Bulluck-Major draws on a business foundation that strengthens everything she does with the Classic. In 2018, she secured the...
