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Robert F. Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Frank Baker and William Pickard Top List of Black Donors to HBCUs 
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Robert F. Smith, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Frank Baker and William Pickard Top List of Black Donors to HBCUs 

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers AssociationMarch 17, 2022

A recent Washington Post story found that Black Americans donate a higher share of their wealth than their white counterparts – to the tune of around $11 billion each year. Given their cultural and educational importance to the Black community, HBCUs are the repository of much of these donations with a number of household names – and some you may not know – making big-dollar contributions to these institutions.  

NFL’s 2021 Opportunity to Diversify Team Ownership
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NFL’s 2021 Opportunity to Diversify Team Ownership

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers AssociationFebruary 4, 2021

As we approach the 55th NFL Superbowl next Sunday in Tampa, Florida amidst the continued national spread of COVID-19, I believe that the time has come for the close-knit group of team owners in the National Football League (NFL) to take the necessary steps to open the door to African American business leaders who hope to join that exclusive club of owners. 

Stopping the Exploitation of Prisoners and Their Families Requires More Comprehensive Solutions
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Stopping the Exploitation of Prisoners and Their Families Requires More Comprehensive Solutions

Dr. Ben ChavisDecember 9, 2020

2020 brought renewed global focus to issues of social justice in America.  From the racial disparities and inequities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic to the killings of George Floyd and so many other Black and Brown Americans at the hands of police officers have all contributed to the evolving social justice “reckoning” across the nation. . As part of this long overdue redress about institutional and systemic racism, renewed attention should also be focused on the many injustices within the U.S. correctional system. Black and Brown Americans are disproportionately imprisoned in the United States. Much of the public outrage has been directed

OP-ED: Black Americans and COVID-19 Clinical Trials
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OP-ED: Black Americans and COVID-19 Clinical Trials

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers AssociationSeptember 10, 2020

Black Americans have to be involved at all levels of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We cannot afford to be silent, detached, denied, or prevented from being at the decision-making tables in terms of COVID-19 public health policies, research, clinical trials, remedies, and vaccine development. Our lives and future are at stake.

Past Due Time for American Healthcare System to Protect Black Americans
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Past Due Time for American Healthcare System to Protect Black Americans

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.July 9, 2020

Today, Americans are facing unprecedented times. We are in the midst of a global pandemic, our country has fallen into an economic recession, and hundreds of thousands are protesting police brutality and racial injustice. But there is another epidemic in this country that must be addressed, and it must be addressed now.

Big Insurance Must Help End Surprise Medical Billing
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Big Insurance Must Help End Surprise Medical Billing

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. National Newspaper Publishers Association President and CEOFebruary 27, 2020

Known as “surprise medical billing,” these unexpected costs arise when a patient goes to a hospital for emergency or non-emergency care, only to find out afterwards that one of the medical providers who administered care was not covered in the patient’s insurance network.

Flying While Black: Stop the U.S. Congress from Raising Air Travel Taxes
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Flying While Black: Stop the U.S. Congress from Raising Air Travel Taxes

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr.September 12, 2019

“The tax, known as the passenger facility charge, is a locally enforced but federally authorized fee that every passenger must pay at U.S. commercial airports. Nearly every airport in America charges it. The fee is currently set at $4.50 per person per leg of a trip. Legislation has been introduced that would remove that cap, allowing airports to charge any amount they want.”

Stop Invisible Lynchings in America
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Stop Invisible Lynchings in America

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., President and CEO, National Newspaper Publishers AssociationApril 4, 2019

Disproportionately, young African male college students and others are being summarily expelled from college based solely on mere allegations of sexual misconduct violations of Title IX rules without any due process of law or findings of fact. College administrators are arbitrarily determining that these targeted students are guilty and expendable until their innocence is proven.

Criminal Justice Reform Long Overdue for Black America
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Criminal Justice Reform Long Overdue for Black America

Dr. Benjamin ChavisNovember 29, 2018

For 40 long years, until North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue signed “Pardons of Innocence” documents for each member of the Wilmington Ten (including myself), the issues of unjust and disproportionate mass incarceration, bail reform, racism in the judiciary, prosecutorial misconduct, and reentry challenges were not matters of partisanship, but were matters of fundamental civil and human rights.

Jim Clyburn for Speaker of the House
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Jim Clyburn for Speaker of the House

Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., NNPA President and CEOSeptember 27, 2018

The mission of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), representing the Black Press of America, is to report the news and to be an advocate for freedom, justice and equality for Black America and for all others who stand in opposition to racism and economic inequality and cry out for a better quality of life.