By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “Before I went to jail, I didn’t know about a lot of stuff, and, now that I’m aware, I’m paranoid....
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist Twenty must be the magic number. Twenty years ago – on June 5, 1995 – I set foot in Haiti...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist Last week, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton, became the latest $100 million man in the NFL, joining a list...
Angela Moscaritolo, PC MAG (PC Mag) — The Netflix site is about to get an update. The video-streaming service has rolled out its first...
WASHINGTON (ESPN) — The avid sports fan who occupies the Oval Office is refusing to take sides as the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State...
Keirna Mayo, EBONY (EBONY) — There is a peculiar artist’s way that orders the steps of the intriguing and impressively hush-hush 61-year-old whom industry folk,...
Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY (USA Today) — At first glance, Target’s (TGT) decision to offload its pharmacy and clinic business to CVS Health (CVS) may...
Aaron E. Carroll, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — One of my family’s favorite shows is “The Biggest Loser.” Although some viewers don’t appreciate how...
Dany Padire, ASSOCIATED PRESS N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings including the national police academy in Chad’s capital...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist It’s not too soon to ask a critical question of citizens of voting age who tend to vote...
By Kai EL’ Zabar Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender When I mentioned to my publisher that I had been invited to...
Zach Epstein, BGR (BGR.com) — We do our best to help you start off each week on the right foot, and there’s no better...
Chris Richards, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — With the digital universe continuously crying out for our exponentially divided attention, we are...
Arman Walia, BLEACHER REPORT CAMBRIDGE (BleacherReport.com) — Dwyane Wade is probably used to playing basketball in June, but since his Miami Heat failed to make...
By Lynette Holloway Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Daily World (NNPA) — Long before Rachel Dolezal, head of the Spokane, Washington NAACP...
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The president of the NAACP’s Spokane, Washington, chapter has resigned as furor mounted over her racial identity, after her parents...
Anna Almendrala, HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post) — This is as close to a bat signal as we’re likely to get. An app that summons...
Frank Bruni, THE NEW YORK TIMES PHILADELPHIA (The New York Times) — Last summer, a 13-year-old named Mo’ne Davis landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated, a...
John Legend, VULTURE (Vulture) — When I saw Kalief Browder’s 2013 television interview, I wanted to meet him. He was 20 and had just...
Christian Santana, MSNBC SAN FRANCISCO (MSNBC) — Laverne Cox, star of Netflix show “Orange is the New Black,” is set to be Madame Tussauds’...
Lawrence Wittner, Time Magazine via HISTORY NEWS NETWORK WASHINGTON (TIME) — The recent announcement by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, an avowed “democratic socialist,” that...
Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The trade defeat in Congress was an ominous sign in a month of challenges that could help...
Nicholas K. Geranios, ASSOCIATED PRESS SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal says she will speak about the furor over racial identity...
Al Baker, J. David Goodman, and Benjamin Mueller, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Eric Garner was lumbering along a sidewalk...
Danica Smithwick, THE JACKSON SUN (The Jackson Sun) — To commemorate the 150th anniversary of “Juneteenth,” African-American Freedom Day, the Freedmen’s Bureau will launch...