KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Supporters and opponents of a Texas law requiring specific forms of photo identification for voters faced close questioning...
by E.R. Shipp Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Between the bodacious demands of young people practically demanding that York Road motorists honk their...
TOM FOREMAN Jr., Associated Press AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Rioters plunged part of Baltimore into chaos Monday, torching a pharmacy, setting police...
(CNN) – A white casket sat at the front of New Shiloh Baptist Church in West Baltimore as a gospel choir sang for a large crowd...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since the moment that he announced his candidacy in 2007, through to this day, there have been two debates...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “America leads the world in shocks.” Those immortal words were spoken by the late Gil Scott-Heron during the Nixon “H2O...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Consumers harmed by Green Tree Servicing, LLC, a major mortgage servicer, won an important victory. Joint enforcement actions by the...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist After a 166-day partisan political struggle in the U.S. Senate to confirm the first Black American woman to be...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Glenn Ford, 64, convicted of murder in 1984, spent a quarter-century on the death row of Louisiana’s notorious Angola prison...
Katy Daigle and Binaj Gurubacharya, ASSOCIATED PRESS KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — As the death toll from Nepal’s devastating earthquake climbed past 4,000, aid workers and officials...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Mama taking over the Wedding Hey, Alma – My friend is getting married, I’m in the wedding and I couldn’t...
Mohammed Mukhashaf, REUTERS ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) — The humanitarian situation in Yemen has become catastrophic, relief officials said on Monday, as Saudi-led aircraft pounded Iran-allied Houthi...
Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (USA Today) — I’ve spent four days with the new Apple Watch, and have finally worked out the learning...
Timothy Rapp, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — For at least the next two seasons, quarterback Robert Griffin III will be under contract with Washington after the...
Mark Sherman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two years ago, the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal anti-gay marriage law that...
Rishi Iyengar, TIME (TIME) — The man hardly ever tweets, so when he does, you can bet he’s feeling it. Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay Z, doesn’t...
Sheryl Gay Stolberg, THE NEW YORK TIMES BALTIMORE (The New York Times) — With the words “black lives matter” projected in capital letters on the walls,...
John Bacon, USA TODAY BALTIMORE (USA Today) — The Baltimore Police Department said Monday it had received a “credible threat” that local gangs were targeting...
Timothy Williams, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Police departments around the country have been moving with unusual speed to equip officers with...
Brian Phillips, GRANTLAND (Grantland.com) — There are slideshows on the Internet of the house, stately and fountained, where Stephen Curry lived as a boy —...
Natalie Robehmed, FORBES (Forbes.com) — The Academy Award-winning epic Selma is on its way to the classroom. Paramount Home Media Distribution announced today that every...
Carrie Johnson, NPR (NPR.com) — “Hey,” the attorney general said as he walked into his final meeting with senior staffers Friday morning. “Let’s do this...
David Frum, THE ATLANTIC (The Atlantic) — Today was the latest installment of the never-ending Clinton scandal saga, but it won’t be the last. Yet in...
Michael Eric Dyson, THE NEW REPUBLIC (The New Republic) — There has been a great deal of commentary about my article on Cornel West published...
Tasbeeh Herwees, GOOD.COM (GOOD.com) — Telling our stories is not just a political necessity, but also an opportunity for catharsis and public healing. Which is why...
