By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “America leads the world in shocks.” Those immortal words were spoken by the late Gil Scott-Heron during the Nixon “H2O...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist More than 88,000 people have applied to enter the “poor door” at a new luxury condominium tower on the...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much;...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Consumers harmed by Green Tree Servicing, LLC, a major mortgage servicer, won an important victory. Joint enforcement actions by the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The reputations of Bill and Hillary Clinton have become legendary. It goes back to their days in Arkansas where...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Good times are coming to the big screen. “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris has been set to write the screenplay for a “Good...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist After a 166-day partisan political struggle in the U.S. Senate to confirm the first Black American woman to be...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Glenn Ford, 64, convicted of murder in 1984, spent a quarter-century on the death row of Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Glenn Ford, 64, convicted of murder in 1984, spent a quarter-century on the death row of Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison...
Adam Nagourney and Jack Healy, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPTON, Calif. (The New York Times) — Alysia Thomas, a stay-at-home mother in this working-class city, tells...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist It was opening night for NeNe on Broadway and not a RHOA was in sight. Not surprised! Still, it looks...
Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya, ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As the death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Mama taking over the Wedding Hey, Alma – My friend is getting married, I’m in the wedding and I couldn’t...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Mama taking over the Wedding Hey, Alma – My friend is getting married, I’m in the wedding and I couldn’t...
Mohammed Mukhashaf, REUTERS ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) — The humanitarian situation in Yemen has become catastrophic, relief officials said on Monday, as Saudi-led aircraft pounded Iran-allied Houthi...
Mohammed Mukhashaf, REUTERS ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) — The humanitarian situation in Yemen has become catastrophic, relief officials said on Monday, as Saudi-led aircraft pounded Iran-allied Houthi...
Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (USA Today) — I’ve spent four days with the new Apple Watch, and have finally worked out the learning...
Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (USA Today) — I’ve spent four days with the new Apple Watch, and have finally worked out the learning...
Timothy Rapp, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — For at least the next two seasons, quarterback Robert Griffin III will be under contract with Washington after the...
Timothy Rapp, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — For at least the next two seasons, quarterback Robert Griffin III will be under contract with Washington after the...
Howard Fendrich, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — At age 37, Paul Pierce is having a grand ol’ time on this playoff run with the...
Mark Sherman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two years ago, the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal anti-gay marriage law that...
Rishi Iyengar, TIME (TIME) — The man hardly ever tweets, so when he does, you can bet he’s feeling it. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay Z, doesn’t...
Rishi Iyengar, TIME (TIME) — The man hardly ever tweets, so when he does, you can bet he’s feeling it. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay Z, doesn’t...
David Jackson, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — President Obama hit all the right notes during his routine Saturday at the White House correspondents’ dinner, hitting...