By Cathy Cockrell, UC Berkeley News As #BlackLivesMatter protests erupted and spread across the country late last year — everywhere from Ferguson, Missouri, to Sproul Plaza...
(USA Today) – Rodnell Collins stood next to his uncle, Malcolm X, as the latter stared thoughtfully at Plymouth Rock during a visit to Massachusetts...
(USA Today) – Rodnell Collins stood next to his uncle, Malcolm X, as the latter stared thoughtfully at Plymouth Rock during a visit to Massachusetts...
By Ron Daniels NNPA Columnist The 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March, and the passage of the historic Voting Rights...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist As if we needed any more evidence, President Obama’s recent meeting with members of the Congressional Black Caucus...
Your best friend’s Mom never minds if you make too much noise. She takes you places and gives you snacks, too. She’s a really nice...
By LeConté J. Dill NNPA Guest Columnist Nearly 40 years ago, a metaphor or fable, if you will, about “upstream-downstream” was created by healthcare...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist I’m grateful for a powerful new book, Girls In Justice by artist Richard Ross, a follow up to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist While recalling those commercials, featuring Andre Agassi (pro tennis player) saying, “Image is everything” and Billy Crystal’s “Saturday Night...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist In observance of Black History Month, I believe it is important to highlight some of those long lasting...
By Everett Glenn NNPA Guest Columnist They say that “sport mirrors life.” The latest example is the sick twist on the death of Eric Garner...
By Valerie Graves NNPA Columnist As I joined fellow advocates of advertising diversity in ringing the opening bell at the NASDAQ exchange recently, I couldn’t...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist For the past five weekends, my wife and I have sat through countless hours of indoor track and field meets,...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have to confess that I really cannot believe the measles controversy. The issue of vaccinations had been settled,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Who would have thought that the very close relationship between the United States and Israel would have deteriorated so...
Oakland’s Very Own Tavern (OVO) is hosting private events leading up to its grand opening in March. Located at 5319 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (across...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist The Housewives did not disappoint; it’s all about facing your issues head on. Can we talk my friends? Over in...
Shardae Jobson Special to the NNPA from The New Pittsburgh Courier (NNPA)—Jessica Williams was added to the cast of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart...
Edwin Kindzeka Moki and Krista Larson, ASSOCIATED PRESS YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — The Nigeria-based terror group Boko Haram on Monday threatened neighboring countries Niger and...
Bill Keveney, USA TODAY (USA Today)—Despite all the star wattage – Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Pharrell Williams & Co. – at the post-Grammy tribute to Stevie Wonder,...
We live in a climate of continued racial oppression and pervasive homophobia and stigma, and it is time to embrace the history and journey of all...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Olivia Juliet Hooker celebrated her 100th birthday on February 12. In 1944, she was among the first five African...
Jenny Barchfield, ASSOCIATED PRESS RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Neuza Maria Terreira loves Carnival so much that neither the pouring rain nor the stench of...
Marc Schneider, BILLBOARD LOS ANGELES (Billboard.com)—Rufftown Entertainment is suing two original members of En Vogue for over $300 million, claiming the R&B group violated an...
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