By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist I recently attended my grandson Austin Ragland’s graduation from pre-school in Buford, Ga. Yes, you read correctly – pre-school....
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: ‘Millions of our citizens do not...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin All across the country, people are gathering...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that income disparities among different ethnic groups in the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist On the surface, the Apple/Samsung trial that recently concluded appears to be a minor win for Samsung in a...
Oakland, CA – The A’s lost their lead and allowed Carlos Beltran to carry the Yankees on his back for the 5-3 win. The veteran outfielder...
Michael Marot, ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cash counts in college sports — even in the classroom. On Wednesday, as the NCAA released Academic Progress Rate...
By Rasheed Shabazz Oakland actor, director, playwright and filmmaker Michael Lange died on May 20. He was 65. Lange is best known for his...
(RJRNewsOnline.com) — Imagine a Jamaican being offered US$100 million for a patent, in relation to cancer research done on a local plant. Imagine further that this...
By Princess Hayes Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Daily World Earlier this year, while still just a freshmen in college, 19-year old Sherron A....
By Rye, The Urban Daily Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Long-time Hollywood actor Reynaldo Rey has passed away at the age of 75...
By Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Daily World Because of lackluster sales of his over-hyped, much-ballyhooed Tidal music service, rapper Jay-Z...
Melonyce McAfee, CNN (CNN) –A California auction house is selling an early drawing by Dr. Seuss that’s sure to disappoint the parents and children who adore...
Sindya N. Bahnoo, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — It may be possible to reduce biases regarding race and gender while a person...
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley News UC Berkeley researchers have developed algorithms that enable robots to learn motor tasks through trial and error using a...
ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chuck Wright was hooked the first time he tried professional indoor football. His pay for that game:...
ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chuck Wright was hooked the first time he tried professional indoor football. His pay for that game:...
Oakland, CA – Sonny Gray was a gem on the mound and got the help he needed for the 6-2 victory over the Yankees. The A’s...
For the fourteenth straight year, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is celebrating the academic accomplishments of African American students across the district. Over the 2014-15...
(Wired) – Google showed off any number of potentially revolutionary technologies at its I/O developer conference keynote Thursday. There was Jump, a platform for generating 3D virtual reality content, and...
(NDTV Gadgets) – Google’s Chromecast is a pretty cool gadget and at Google I/O 2015, it was revealed that over 17 million Chromecasts have been sold...
LONDON (UPI) — A smartphone app was used to perform vision tests as accurately as paper tests and illuminated vision boxes during a study in rural...
LONDON (UPI) — A smartphone app was used to perform vision tests as accurately as paper tests and illuminated vision boxes during a study in rural...
(Bloomberg Review) – Is Thursday’s $1.2 billion antitrust settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries a victory for consumers? Or is it a sign...
