JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More money than expected has been committed to President Barack Obama’s initiative aimed at helping young men of...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Imagine being a young teenager and deciding to participate in a serious march...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Imagine being a young teenager and deciding to participate in a serious march...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although Blacks have made tremendous improvement in holding elected office since passage of the 1965 Voting...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –According to a report released last week, 3.5 million K-12 public school students were suspended in the 2011-2012 school...
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An independent autopsy of an unarmed Mexican man killed by police in Washington state shows he was...
NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — An independent autopsy of an unarmed Mexican man killed by police in Washington state shows he was...
EILEEN SULLIVAN, Associated Press RONNIE GREENE, Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — On a hot Friday last July, a parolee was mowing a lawn in...
PASCO, Wash. (AP) — The 60-year-old mother of an unarmed Mexican man fatally shot by police officers in Washington state fainted when she viewed her...
PASCO, Wash. (AP) — The 60-year-old mother of an unarmed Mexican man fatally shot by police officers in Washington state fainted when she viewed her...
Eleven people were recognized by the Marin County Human Rights Commission for their contributions to the community at the 2015 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award Dinner...
Interim Replacement Heads Company Found Guilty of Bribery in San Diego The new administration of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) seems to be in...
by Carolyn Guniss Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times The buzzwords at “A Village Dialogue: An Invitation from the Afro-Cuban Community” discussion are working...
ALICIA CHANG, AP Science Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting...
SEAN CARLIN, Associated Press GEOFF MULVIHILL, Associated Press BRIDGETON, N.J. (AP) — A police video of officers confronting and then fatally shooting a black man in...
North Carolina Congressman Has Civil Rights History by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer After his unanimous selection as the next...
By Conrad Baldwin Did California’s courts issue thousands of void and unenforceable restraining orders between 1999 and 2007? Did those void orders cause the false arrest...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The days of the census taker with clipboard in hand may be numbered. The Census Bureau plans to...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — A development group that includes a company controlled by the owner of the St. Louis Rams announced...
Jim Salter, ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS (AP) — From street-artist paintings on boards protecting store windows to signs bearing the now iconic statement, “Hands Up....
JASON DEAREN, Associated Press LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — On a sticky hot Sunday in August 1952, a wealthy black woman named Ruby McCollum walked through...
Three young men murdered in Neshoba County 50 years ago registering African Americans to vote will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House has...
The five candidates who are running for Oakland City Council, District 2 represent a powerful mix of experiences and strengths that reflect the talents and character...
Supervisor Kate Sears, who has represented Marin County’s District 3 since June 2011, on Tuesday was elected president of the Board of Supervisors for the first...