By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Whenever the president of the United States speaks to a national convention of the National Association for the...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Trying to Help Mom Dear Alma, My dad left my mom for another woman. My mother is so sad and I...
Matthew Lee and Peter Orsi, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations Monday after more than five decades...
Aaron E. Carroll, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — It is becoming easier to get marijuana, legally. In the last 20 years or...
Cian Fahey, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com) — One statement was made more often than any other during the 2015 NFL draft. Jameis Winston will have an easier...
Mike Vulpo, PEOPLE MAGAZINE (People) — Congratulations are in order for Fantasia Barrino! The American Idol winner and her fiancé Kendall Taylor appeared to have...
D.L. Chandler, HIP HOP WIRED PHOENIX, Ariz. (HipHopWired.com) — Bernie Sanders is emerging as a rising star in the growing race for the Democratic Party’s...
Jeff Amy, ASSOCIATED PRESS STONEWALL, Miss. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered Sunday night at a baseball park in a small Mississippi town to remember...
Robyn Dixon, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES NAIROBI, Kenya (The L.A. Times) — It was the bad example, the embarrassment, the painful memory. But when Westgate...
Associated Press via USA TODAY LONDON (USA Today) — Buckingham Palace expressed its disappointment Saturday with a tabloid newspaper for publishing images of a young...
Romain Dillet, TECHCRUNCH (TechCrunch.com) — Streaming services like Netflix are great, but you often end up watching the same blockbuster movies showing how a white...
David Bauder, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — One of the challenges for makers of the MTV documentary “White People” was getting folks to talk...
Genaro C. Armas, Associated Press via THE DETROIT FREE PRESS (The Detroit Free Press) — The great thaw is nearly complete. The big weekend in...
Tre’vell Anderson, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The Los Angeles Times) — The year of diversity in television is in full swing. Cemented by history-making Emmy...
Niall Stanage, THE HILL WASHINGTON (The Hill) — Bernie Sanders is making a push for support from black and Hispanic voters as he seeks to...
Greg Lacour, REUTERS COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) — A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group plan overlapping demonstrations on Saturday outside the South Carolina...
(AP) — Comcast is adding another hook to try to keep customers in front of the TV: video games in its set-top boxes. The country’s...
Tyler Wells Lynch, Reviewed.com via USA TODAY (USA Today) — Smartphones have completely changed how we interact with each other and our surroundings, but there’s...
Silvia Fernandez, PIONEER NEWS (PiercePioneer.com) — A new study has examined the statin guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular events to discover that tens of thousands...
By Mike McGee Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner For many youth across the nation, the transition into adulthood comes with questions. Questions...
Mae Anderson, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) — Amazon says its “Prime Day” sale led to a sales surge and “hundreds of thousands” of new signups for its...
Joan Lowy and John Krishner, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time of record auto recalls and high-profile train wrecks, Republicans are working on...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Control Issues Out of Control My Southern sistahs on Married to Medicine had a hard time this week. Emotions got...
Amy Legate-Wolfe, CTV NEWS (CTV News) — Smartphones have been used to track everything from the steps you take to the food you eat. Now,...
Yuri Kageyama, ASSOCIATED PRESS SASEBO, Japan (AP) — The English-speaking receptionist is a vicious-looking dinosaur, and the one speaking Japanese is a female humanoid...