by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A groundbreaking study led by researchers from the University of Maryland College Park’s School of...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The prevailing images of protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, over police killings of black men were of...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Contrary to the myth, though Black men are more likely to live apart from their children than...
(Salon) – Nine people have died after a shootout between rival motorcycle gangs in Waco on Sunday, when gunfire erupted in the parking lot of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the wake of the tragic death of Freddie Gray and the protests that followed in...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Duke University professor criticized for an online post comparing blacks and Asians said Monday that it’s not...
Jane Stancill, THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER (Charlotte Observer) — A Duke University professor faced sharp criticism for online comments he made on The New York Times...
Skyler Henry, NBC-WGMT MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — After more than a decade of budget worries and two funding campaigns, the Tubman Museum in downtown Macon...
Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Shanesha Taylor, 35, the Arizona mother who left her children in a scorching hot car in March of last...
Peter Herman, THE WASHINGTON POST BALTIMORE (The Washington Post) — Andre Hunt counseled troubled kids through the Boys and Girls Club. He volunteered at the...
By Doshon Farad Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Daily World In a country that prides itself on being the apex of liberty and...
Ben Kesling and Cameron McWhirter, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (The Wall Street Journal) — The percentage of African-Americans in U.S. police departments has remained flat...
Koran Addo, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH ST. LOUIS (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns invoked the Black Lives Matter slogan in Washington University’s...
Gal Tziperman Lotan, THE ORLANDO SENTINEL (Orlando Sentinel) — The Winter Springs man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman in Lake Mary earlier this week...
By Christina Coleman Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender (NNPA) — The conversation surrounding police brutality in Black communities often excludes women...
By Christina Coleman Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender (NNPA) — The conversation surrounding police brutality in Black communities often excludes women...
Brian Melley, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — The case of the vanishing inmate at the Los Angeles County jail nearly went all the way...
Paul Elias, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just the original charges were shocking: Six San Francisco police officers were accused of stealing from drug dealers. Then...
Paul Elias, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Just the original charges were shocking: Six San Francisco police officers were accused of stealing from drug dealers. Then...
Colin Campbell, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged Wednesday with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last...
Colin Campbell, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged Wednesday with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last...
John-John Williams IV, MSN BALTIMORE (MSN) — Three weeks ago, Toya Graham was a recently unemployed single mother of six and grandmother of one...
John-John Williams IV, MSN BALTIMORE (MSN) — Three weeks ago, Toya Graham was a recently unemployed single mother of six and grandmother of one...
Peter Jacobs, BUSINESS INSIDER (Business Insider) — High-school senior Ronald Nelson had an incredibly hard decision to make this year about college — mainly because...
Peter Jacobs, BUSINESS INSIDER (Business Insider) — High-school senior Ronald Nelson had an incredibly hard decision to make this year about college — mainly because...