July 26, 2026

Politics

SB1: Texas Republicans pass voter suppression law

By: Lauren Victoria Burke, NNPA Newswire Contributor On the evening of August 31, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature passed overhaul of Texas’ election laws. The moment...

By aframnews
September 11, 2021

Featured, Local, National, News, Politics, Texas

SB 1: Black vote under attack again

By: Roy Douglas Malonson Here we go again, the Republicans are scheming to find more ways to attack the Black vote and they are using...

By aframnews
September 4, 2021

News, Politics, Texas

Dr. Ianthia Fisher: Crockett’s mayor

Dr. Ianthia Lynn Fisher is the current Mayor of Crockett, Texas, the first elected African American and the first African American female to serve in...

By aframnews
September 4, 2021

COVID-19, Featured, National, News, Politics, Texas

Fact check! Dan Patrick blames African Americans for COVID spread

By: Roy Douglas Malonson Now, I have heard some racist junk in my time and, unfortunately, it just doesn’t get any better – or easier...

By aframnews
August 28, 2021

African American News & Issues, Black History, Community, Government, National, News, NNPA, Politics

Several Organizations Set to March on Washington

By: Stacy M. Brown Since January, 48 states have introduced 389 bills “that amount to shameful, outright voter suppression, and many have already become law,”...

By aframnews
August 26, 2021

African American News & Issues, Community, Government, NAACP, National, News, NNPA, Politics

NAACP, Black Leaders Demand Congress Act on Voting Rights

By: Stacy M. Brown “With time not on our side, there is no reason we should still be debating whether to pass a civil rights...

By aframnews
August 24, 2021

African American News & Issues, Black History, Commentary, Community, NNPA, Politics

Shining A Spotlight On Resistance Among Young African Women

By: NNPA The #SudanWomenProtest, which began in 2019, targeted the leadership of Omar al Bashir (former Sudan head of state). Thousands of women united in...

By aframnews
August 19, 2021

Education, Featured, Local, Politics, School

Protect our kids! Lina Hidalgo supports mask mandates for school children

Just as our kids are beginning to return to school and Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo raised the COVID 19 threat level to RED, a...

By aframnews
August 16, 2021

African American News & Issues, Government, National, News, NNPA, Politics, World

Twenty Years after 9/11, Taliban Retakes Afghanistan

By: Stacy M. Brown We provided our Afghan partners with all the tools — let me emphasize: all the tools, training, and equipment of any...

By aframnews
August 16, 2021

Business, Economy, National, News, NNPA Newswire, Politics

White House says $44 billion still available to avoid evictions

House and Senate Democrats are looking to the White House to immediately act to stop evictions after the federal moratorium expired on July 31. But...