(New York Times) – In 1868, three men assassinated the Rev. Benjamin Randolph in broad daylight as he was boarding a train in Abbeville County, South...
By Ashahed M. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call CHICAGO (The Final Call) – Four have been charged with attempted murder in a...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It didn’t take long for a grand jury in South Carolina to indict a white former city policeman...
By KaiElz Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Imagine that the story about Bruce Jenner’s sex change or gender transformation as Caitlyn Jenner: got...
By Sandra Larson Special to the NNPA from Bay State Banner via New American Media BOSTON — In Boston’s largely Caribbean and African American Mattapan neighborhood,...
By Sandra Larson Special to the NNPA from Bay State Banner via New American Media BOSTON — In Boston’s largely Caribbean and African American Mattapan neighborhood,...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When Cheeraz Gormon received an invitation to lobby in Washington on behalf of President Barack Obama’s Clean Power...
Mary Delach Leonard, ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Public Radio) — The elm and oak trees have grown tall with age in...
KIMBERLY PIERCEALL, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas early Thursday on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding, possessing...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An attorney for the family of a black 18-year-old shot and killed last October by an off-duty, white...
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit....
JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press RICHMOND, Texas (AP) — Four-year-old William Cole saw his father’s face and reached out to touch it during a jail visit....
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is paying consultant Lance Jackson to head its Facilities Planning and Management Department through the district’s contract with Seville Group...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist The recent Department of Justice report on police and court practices in Ferguson, Mo. put a much needed spotlight...
PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ chief law enforcement official called Snoop Dogg a “dope smoking cop hater” before reprimanding a state...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Call this the year of the test. Or, at least the year of standardized test mania. Standardized test...
RUSSELL CONTRERAS, Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Champion UFC fighter Jon Jones turned himself into authorities Monday night in connection with a hit-and-run crash, officials...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite what the defenders of “right-to-work” laws claim, those policies offer less protection for employees...
Adam Nagourney and Jack Healy, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPTON, Calif. (The New York Times) — Alysia Thomas, a stay-at-home mother in this working-class city, tells...
Mark Sherman, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Just two years ago, the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal anti-gay marriage law that...
(The Daily Beast) – For 21 years, death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning has waited for a DNA test to prove his innocence. In 1994,...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown’s parents filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson on Thursday, opening a new chapter...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly (NNPA) – It’s another David and Goliath story. A small group of South LA parents, alarmed about companies advertising...
by Brian E. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call COLUMBIA, S.C. (FinalCall.com) – What began as a minor traffic stop apparently for a...