By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s entirely appropriate that the bigoted antics of Alabama’s conservative, publicity-hound Chief Justice Roy S. Moore in unsuccessfully...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Wife’s Spending Out of Control Dear Alma, I love my wife and we have a great marriage. She’s beautiful, funny,...
Sean Sullivan, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—Capitol Hill adage: Freshman senators should be seen and not heard. That idea has been in decline...
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama’s health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats...
Marc Schneider, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Rufftown Entertainment is suing two original members of En Vogue for over $300 million, claiming the R&B group violated an...
Tyler Conway, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com)—Floyd Mayweather has not agreed to fight Manny Pacquiao in May. Yet. Speaking on the TNT broadcast of Sunday night’s NBA All-Star...
Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2002, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton cast a vote in favor of the Iraq war that would...
Doug Feinberg, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Little League phenom Mo’ne Davis was so impressive on a basketball court she momentarily silenced trash-talking “Wedding...
Marco della Cava, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today)–What’s next, the Apple House? The i-Everything company’s ambitions seem to be growing larger by the day,...
NEW YORK (AP) — Former soap opera actress Victoria Rowell has sued CBS and producers, saying they have kept her off the air as...
Josh Gerstein, POLITICO (Politico)—FBI Director James Comey’s pointed critique of law enforcement’s rocky dealings with African-American communities indirectly called attention to an uncomfortable fact: The...
Michael A. Fletcher, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post)—Capital Savings Bank opened shop in Washington in 1888, making it the nation’s first black-owned bank at...
Nate Cohn, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Last month, I wrote an article titled “Evidence That the Jim Crow Era Endures for Older Black...
JACKSON, Miss. (NPR.com)—Here’s an astonishing speech by U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves, one of just two African-Americans to have ever served as federal judges in Mississippi....
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Atlanta Housewives took a break this week because of the Super Bowl. Hey, I can appreciate big sporting events but,...
February 8, 2015, I appreciate your bringing a group of congresspersons and other dignitaries each year to Selma and other places in Alabama for...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams has finally admitted that he had incorrectly asserted that a helicopter he...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist I believe customs generally fall into three categories: inexcusable, curious if a little questionable, and fascinating. Some customs – the...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The president’s budget released this week proposes billions in critical new federal investments for 2016 and beyond to improve...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Every setback has a major comeback. #GreaterIsComing.” – Russell Wilson, Seattle Seahawks Quarterback, via Twitter (@DangeRussWilson) Far be it...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist In December, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in the long- running patent war...
Samantha Murphy Kelly, MASHABLE (Mashable.com)—It’s been rumored there could be more than one version of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone, but now it looks...
Nekesa Mumbi Moody, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyonce gave a resplendent rendition of “Precious Lord, Take My Hand” at the Grammys but it...
Aaron Beard, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)—Dean Smith accomplished so much on and off the court during his time as North Carolina’s coach, leaving a lasting influence both...
Kevin Ding, BLEACHER REPORT CLEVELAND (BleacherReport.com)— For everything that didn’t happen for Kevin Love in Minnesota, starting and ending with the lack of winning, most people...