Articles from the December 5, 2019 edition

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Correspondent|Dec 5, 2019

Bill Cosby breaks his silence, granting his first exclusive interview since beginning his sentence at SCI-Phoenix, a maximum-security Pennsylvania penitentiary near Philadelphia. Today, in a special phone call with the National Newspaper Publishers Association's BlackPressUSA.com, Cosby said he's spending his time helping to teach and encourage a large population of African American inmates – men he calls residents - via Mann Up, a prison reform program. The 82-year-old educator and award-winnin...