The NNPA Leadership Matters video series 2026 features six exclusive interviews with transformative Black leaders in politics, health care and technology airing over six weeks.
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.
Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is President and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA).
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NNPA Stands With Georgia Fort, Don Lemon, And All Arrested, And Demands All Charges Be Dropped
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort echo a long history of targeting the Black Press in attempts to silence witnesses and suppress truth.
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Reckless ICE murder demands accountability
As the Black Press marks 199 years, leaders reaffirm the role of truth-telling and accountability following a fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
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America urgently needs a new affordable housing agenda
Dr. Benjamin Chavis warns that Trump’s housing strategy may spark another crisis — and urges a bold, bipartisan “abundance agenda” to increase housing supply and protect families.
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National selective buying campaign targeting Target continues
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) has launched a National Selective Buying and Public Education Campaign in response to Target Corporation’s retreat from its DEI commitments, and is calling for companies to invest in their communities and partner with Black-owned media companies.
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Black Press and Church join forces with Target boycott to fight DEI decline
Jamal Bryant, senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, is leading a 40-day boycott of Target stores in response to the company’s decision to scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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Weight-loss drugs can save lives — or ruin them
The black market for counterfeit weight loss drugs is growing as demand for FDA-approved medications increases, putting millions of Americans at risk of serious health problems.
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How credit card swipe fees make life harder for Blacks
The Credit Card Competition Act seeks to reduce swipe fees, which disproportionately affect Black Americans and compound existing financial barriers to wealth-building, by introducing fairer competition and reducing the burdens of credit card swipe fees.
Posted inHealth + Wellness
Black-White prostate cancer gap shows staggering disparities
Black people also have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group in the United States for most cancers.
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A Black Happy Thanksgiving 2021
We have won some victories. We have suffered some defeats.