The Lunar New Year for 4713, or the Year of the Ram, was celebrated in San Rafael with a banquet hosted by the Vietnamese community Saturday,...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The experiment that featured a Black man in the White house is on the downside now. Folks in the Obama...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Congress is about to strike a deal that takes care of seniors and doctors but leaves low-income and “at-risk”...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist I know from firsthand experience that the “criminal justice system” today in the United States is in serious...
By Everett L. Glenn NNPA Columnist The NCAA men’s basketball tournament, better known as “March Madness” is back. A total of 68 teams compete in...
By Claud Anderson NNPA Guest Columnist The lack of respect for a Black man’s life, rights and contributions became infused into the nation’s national spirit...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist St. Patrick’s Day has its rituals, but one that is not considered is any discussion of race. Having grown...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist Nearly a decade ago, my wife and I took our two basketball fanatic sons to the local movie theaters...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do I begin to tell the story of our trade mission to the beautiful nation of Colombia? It...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist This week in Atlanta, it was shade central… Phaedra left her nest to visit new BFF Porsha, and things...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist I get asked lots of questions about what, when, and how much food to eat in order to achieve a...
Farai Gunda, FORBES (Forbes)—With the continent’s most populous nation, Nigeria heading for presidential elections coming up this Saturday, the White House released a video of President Barack Obama’s...
Jonathan Stempel, REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters)—The trustee recovering money for Bernard Madoff’s victims on Monday announced a settlement to recoup $93 million from a “feeder...
Richard Marini, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE (The Houston Chronicle)—A lot of the advice in the recently released U.S. dietary guidelines sounds familiar, yet it holds a...
Jim Kuhnhenn, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is highlighting private-sector efforts to encourage more students from underrepresented groups to pursue education in science,...
Ever since she answered a newspaper classified ad in 1967 that read, “Wanted: One Soul Singer” – which happened to be the title of her favorite...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Recently, I wrote that today’s Republican Party is gripped by a severe problem – an acting-the-fool dynamic produced...
Andrea Rodriguez and Peter Orsi, ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA (AP) — Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks...
Michael Winter, USA TODAY (USA Today)—The 20-year-old black University of Virginia student bloodied by alcohol-control officers outside a bar last week was denied entry after a...
Catalina Camia, USA TODAY LYNCHBURG, Va. (USA Today)—Sen. Ted Cruz kicked off the first major Republican presidential campaign of the 2016 election, vowing Monday to...
Scott Bauer, ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge to Wisconsin’s voter identification law, after having blocked...
Ken Thomas, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Approaching a likely presidential campaign announcement next month, Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that income inequality and wage...
Steven Cook, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport)—The Sweet 16 is finally upon us, which means the 2015 NCAA tournament will restart this weekend with a number of high-profile...
By Doris I. Mangrum In 1943, a 14 year-old African American male was strolling along the streets of Ferguson, Missouri when the police asked him...
Every morning when you wake up, you should always feel strong enough to hold your own, not only physically, but also mentally. Some people are...
