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Author Archives: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis

Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. is presently the CEO & President of the National Newspaper Publishers Association and the President of Education Online Services Corporation (EOServe Corp), the world’s leading provider of online higher education for Historically Black Colleges and Universities across America, as well as other academic institutions of higher learning throughout the world.

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CHAVIS: Safeguarding Charitable Medicine Programs in America

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis July 13, 2023July 24, 2023

As our nation steadily emerges out of the awful debilitating aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of communities of color, and in particular the African American community, are all facing lingering challenges and prolonged difficulties in having access to affordable and quality health care.

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CHAVIS: The Obesity Crisis Is Not a Hopeless Fight for Black America

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
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CHAVIS: Reregulation of Airlines Will Have Negative Impact on Travelers of Color

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis March 3, 2023March 6, 2023
The Black Press of America celebrates 195 years of being the voice for the voiceless and the trusted voice for African descendants everywhere. (File photo)
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CHAVIS: Proposed Journalism Competition Preservation Act’s Negative Impact on Small Minority-Owned Newspapers

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis December 7, 2022December 7, 2022
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CHAVIS: The Time is Now for Increasing Diversity in American Media Ownership

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis November 29, 2022November 29, 2022
The Black Press of America celebrates 195 years of being the voice for the voiceless and the trusted voice for African descendants everywhere. (File photo)
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CHAVIS/WINSTON: Diversifying American Media Ownership Must Become a National Priority

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis and Jim Winston August 8, 2022August 8, 2022
Approximately 2.5 million men in the nation currently have prostate cancer, and African-Americans are 70 percent more likely to develop the disease than whites. (Courtesy of nationalurbanmedia.com)
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CHAVIS: Prostate Cancer Rising in Black America

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis April 26, 2022April 26, 2022
According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 85% of Black and brown smokers prefer menthol cigarettes. (iStockphoto/NNPA)
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CHAVIS: Smoking While Black and Brown in America

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis April 5, 2022April 5, 2022
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CHAVIS: Black America Salutes CEO Robert F. Smith for Accelerating Racial Equity and the Spirit of Giving

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis January 26, 2022January 26, 2022
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CHAVIS: Successful Black American Business Owners Unfairly Targeted

Avatar photo by Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis October 5, 2021December 21, 2021

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