Special to the NNPA from Target Market News CHICAGO — Three national African-American organizations have issued a joint statement in response to the $20 billion lawsuit...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high-profile concern over issues underscored by the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, African Americans and Hispanics are...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high-profile concern over issues underscored by the racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, African Americans and Hispanics are...
FERGUSON, Mo. (The Huffington Post) — The revenue-reaping practices of the police department and municipal court in this St. Louis suburb were widely condemned this month and...
(ABC News) – The state is investigating whether excessive force was used during the arrest of a 20-year-old black University of Virginia student after he attempted...
(ABC News) – The state is investigating whether excessive force was used during the arrest of a 20-year-old black University of Virginia student after he attempted...
(Daily Mail) – A former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan who now lives in Belize, alongside the very race of people he fought to...
(The Smoking Gun) – Izola Ware Curry, the “demented black woman” who nearly killed Martin Luther King, Jr. by plunging a steel letter opener into...
MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Four more American aid workers arrived back in the United States on Tuesday from West Africa to...
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State University fraternity was suspended for a year Tuesday after police began investigating allegations that members...
MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Penn State University fraternity was suspended for a year Tuesday after police began investigating allegations that members...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Researchers studying the affects of public policy on the racial wealth gap estimated that the...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Researchers studying the affects of public policy on the racial wealth gap estimated that the...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A growing body of research indicates that Black people pay more attention to local news and...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A growing body of research indicates that Black people pay more attention to local news and...
(Los Angeles Times) – Two plainclothes Los Angeles police officers were shot at Sunday evening while driving through a South L.A. neighborhood, prompting an exchange...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A spokesman says allegations that St. Louis County police used excessive force when arresting a man accused...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A spokesman says allegations that St. Louis County police used excessive force when arresting a man accused...
(The Root) – The voter-ID war just opened up a huge new front. This time in Tennessee. A group of nine students from HBCUs Fisk...
(The Huffington Post) – An internal meeting with Starbucks employees held three months ago stirred a powerful discussion on race in America. It has since prompted the...
Kimberly Hefling and Jesse J. Holland, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Their reputations sullied by race-tainted incidents, many colleges are clamping down on campus fraternities....
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Julie Wolf, THE ROOT (TheRoot.com)—Who was America’s first successful stage magician? He swallowed swords and molten lead. He danced...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Julie Wolf, THE ROOT (TheRoot.com)—Who was America’s first successful stage magician? He swallowed swords and molten lead. He danced...
Abby Ohlheiser, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post)—The New York Police Department has confirmed that at least some edits to Wikipedia entries about...
Richard Valmanis, REUTERS ST. LOUIS, Mo. (Reuters)—The man accused of wounding two policemen during a protest rally outside the Ferguson, Missouri, police headquarters last week...
