(The Washington Post) – A small cadre of super-wealthy Americans is dominating the fundraising for the 2016 Republican presidential nominating contest, doling out huge sums to...
The City of Oakland has quietly issued a new notice offering to sell or lease a city-owned parcel on East 12th Street near Lake Merritt...
(The Washington Post) – There’s this thing people sometimes say down South. So-and-so is “acting brand new.” Sometimes that’s a reference to people behaving like they...
By Bobbi Booker Special to the NNPA from the Philadelphia Tribune PHILADELPHIA – Immediately following President Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia this week, NAACP President Cornell W....
Ryan J. Reilly, The Huffington Post The criminal justice system is “particularly skewed by race and by wealth,” President Barack Obama said on Tuesday in...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently released a new rule to assist...
KATHLEEN FOODY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The president of the Atlanta NAACP says the civil rights group wants Confederate symbols — including a giant carving...
SEANNA ADCOX, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — GOP Gov. Nikki Haley’s successful push to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s Statehouse grounds following last...
(Detroit News) – President Barack Obama will visit Kwame Kilpatrick’s federal prison in Oklahoma on Thursday, offering a reminder of how far their careers and fortunes...
COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The death of an unarmed black man who was held in a police chokehold...
Special to the Post In his 10 years with the city, he led in the restoration and improvement of all of the city’s credit ratings...
There have been many powerful leaders during times of social change. One of those great leaders was Malcolm X. However,...
(CBS News) – In a rare moment of unity this week, both President Obama and GOP leaders in Congress will be highlighting the need to...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lawmakers in South Carolina voted last week to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds,...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lawmakers in South Carolina voted last week to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse grounds,...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Politico) — Not one Republican presidential hopeful bothered — or dared — to show up at this annual gathering of influential Latino activists....
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Politico) — Not one Republican presidential hopeful bothered — or dared — to show up at this annual gathering of influential Latino activists....
On Friday, the Confederate battle flag came down on the South Carolina Statehouse grounds. This symbolic, long overdue gesture has significant meaning. The flag celebrated the...
Arguments began this week in federal court in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in N.C. NAACP v. McCrory, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the most restrictive voting...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As Congress works toward a comprehensive education policy that will replace the Bush Administration’s No Child Left...
Aaron Morrison, THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES PHILADELPHIA (The International Business Times) — After a white supremacist gunned down nine worshippers at the historic Mother Emanuel African Methodist...
Amy Chozick, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — In a speech intended to outline the economic vision she will present throughout...
Patrik Jonsson, THE CHRISTIAN MONITOR ATLANTA (The Christian Monitor) — President Obama pushed Americans to call for stricter gun controls in the wake of the...
Nick Gass, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico) — President Barack Obama will become the first sitting chief executive to visit a federal prison when he goes to...
by Derek Joy Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times Black State Legislators were among the hardest hit by Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s $461 million...