300 Men March Group and Others Speak & Step-Out Against Continuing Baltimore Violence by Kamau High Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper One day...
(Slate) – Baltimore’s streets are quiet again. Baltimore’s state’s attorney Marilyn J. Mosby moved quickly in securing indictments against six police officers in the death of...
(Democracy Now) – The national conversation on policing African-American communities is focused on Cleveland today after a major federal settlement and a controversial verdict. The...
(BET.com) – A Black family was told to leave their Long Island, N.Y. neighborhood in a racist letter that police are investigating as a hate crime. Ronica...
(BET.com) – A Black family was told to leave their Long Island, N.Y. neighborhood in a racist letter that police are investigating as a hate crime. Ronica...
Sometimes, you have to choose sides. Republican or Democrat? For something, or against it? Grateful for what you have or irritated by what you don’t?...
Published in The Huffington Post By Heidi Boghosian, New York City Attorney, and Johanna Fernandez, professor of History at Baruch College (CUNY) What does...
City Attorney Dennis Herrera has launched an outreach program to identify and compensate eligible beneficiaries of his office’s settlement agreement with the Education Management Corporation, the...
By Michael Liedtke, AP Technology Writer Jesse Jackson renewed his call earlier this month for the technology industry to make workforce diversity as high a priority...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Yes, I miss The Real Housewives of Atlanta, but I getting my fix with Kandi’s spinoff show. Kandi is...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA)– In the Lexus alphanumeric lexicon, any vehicle nameplate ending with a small “h” is a hybrid. Such...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist For the past 50 years, most of our conversations and efforts have been centered on politics. Reminiscent of the Reconstruction...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend…B.B. may be gone, but that thrill will...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist I’ve lived in Charlotte, N.C. with my family now for the past 15 years and owned season tickets to...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I remember sitting through a lecture in a sociology class during my senior year at the University of Wisconsin....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a bee that hovers by my mailbox. I have never had this experience. When I approach the...
By James Washington Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Voice Have you succumbed to the notion yet that prayer will get you through it?...
Compiled from wire reports Special to the NNPA via the Florida Courier For the first time, a national scientific study has found a higher...
Oakland, CA – It’s no coincidence the A’s ended their four-game skid upon his arrival. Back in a uniform after retiring in 2014, he’s ready to...
Kimberly Hayes Taylor, THE GRIO DETROIT (TheGrio.com) — Civil Rights Activist Myrlie Evers-Williams remembers a bustling, thriving Detroit when she visited her father decades...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Hip-hop culture is about transformation. It is more than a global genre of music. Hip-hop is a transcendent...
Eileen Ng, ASSOCIATED PRESS WANG KELIAN, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities said Monday a cluster of abandoned jungle camps used by human traffickers contained...
Jon Krawczynski, ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will open their optional team practices this week without Adrian Peterson. The star running back...
Tom Withers, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James dropped to his knees and slapped the floor with his hand. He was exhausted and exhilarated...
By gangstarrgirl, HelloBeautiful.com Special to the NNPA via The New Pittsburgh Courier There’s more drama afoot for the Nina Simone estate. The iconic singer’s...
