The Joint Center initiative for increased hiring in the U.S. Senate started in 2016 after a 2015  Joint Center study titled “Racial Diversity Among Top Senate Staff.” ...

Some say she blocked qualified Black applicants; Others say that's not possible NNPA president says she may have been fighting for diversity ...

Conyers, 88, under pressure from many of his colleagues and House leaders to resign, had initially stepped down from the House Judiciary Committee amidst the charges, but dropped the bombshell of his immediate retirement on the Detroit-based Mildred Gaddis radio show Tuesday. ...

NNPA PHOTO:  CBC Chairman Cedric Richmond (D-La.) and a group of CBC members met with FBI Director Christopher Wray about the “Black Identity Extremists” report. This photo was taken during a recent ceremonial swearing-in event for the 115th Congress in Washington, D.C. BY STACY M. BROWN (NNPA NEWSWIRE CONTRIBUTOR) FBI Director Christopher A. Wray failed to explain why the agency he leads changed the name o ...

“The gradual abolition of this humanitarian program is an absolute travesty,” said Derrick Johnson, NAACP President and CEO.  ...

Parkinson’s is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects neurons in a specific area of the brain. ...

 Says ‘impeachment resolutions’ will be unveiled ...

When it comes to racial and economic parity, BMW is at the rock bottom of the automotive industry, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Automotive Diversity Scorecard. ...

SPECIAL TO THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL BALTIMORE, Oct. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), America's largest and original legacy civil rights organization, has unanimously elected Derrick Johnson president & CEO, it was announced today. Johnson, 49, has served as interim president and CEO since July of this year. A Detroit native now residing in Ja ...

Calls for meeting with airlines to discuss troublesome issues ...