By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When the FBI announced that they were placing fugitive Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) on the list of most wanted terrorists...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When Beyonce Knowles sang the Etta James song “At Last” at President Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration, the song could have...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Dudley Randall’s poem, “It seems to me, said Booker T, I disagree, said W.E.B.” points out an issue that has plagued...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last year, James Porter, the recently-elected president of the National Rifle Association, declared that President Obama was a “fake...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist President Obama recently nominated Melvin (Mel) Watt, a long-time North Carolina Congressman, to direct the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)....
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist I’ve often debated with myself over the obvious ramifications the Hip Hop lifestyle imposes on society. Still, I proudly raise...
By Stella J. Adams NNPA Guest Columnist Private-equity firms, hedge funds and other Wall Street investors are seeking to develop a Real Estate Owned (REO)– to-...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are…for all the land that you see I...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist The sequester is but a bump on the road to America’s real ruin. For those who don’t know, the U.S. is...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I have travelled all over the world and have spent many years of my life studying the history of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The congressional hearings on May 8 may become the beginning of the end for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Three credible...
[NNPA] By Lyndia Grant Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer If you pray, you’ve got the key to the kingdom. And by faith, you’ll...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] Until it happened to him, Itzhak Brook, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Georgetown University School of Medicine, didn’t think much about the...
[UPI] Hundreds of millions of patients every year worldwide get healthcare-associated infections, but handwashing could prevent half of them, U.N. officials say. Officials at the World...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] n the face of mounting criticisms and sluggish PC sales, Microsoft continues to insist that its gamble on the radically redesigned Windows 8...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] Several prominent liberal organizations are launching a boycott of Facebook, an escalation in the simmering feud over founder Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration reform push....
[SF GATE] Few people have worn or even seen Google Glass, but early reviews have made businesses and government officials wary. Already, Google Glass has already been banned...
[TIME] Most airlines view fees for baggage and ticket changes as easy, highly lucrative revenue streams. Southwest Airlines views them quite differently: If it added baggage...
[UPI] A study sponsored by the U.S. Travel Association said that every dollar invested in business travel was returned almost 10 times over in business revenue....
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] It’s the new retirement: More than four in 10 Americans think they’ll have to work into their 70s or 80s because they can’t...
1969 grad to lead school’s marching and pep bands in wake of drum major’s hazing death. (Photo: Karl Etters, The Tallahassee Democrat) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida...
[Reuters] The attorney for Michael Jackson’s estate on Wednesday described as “outrageous and pathetic” a fresh claim of child molestation against the dead pop star, made...
[HNGN] Producer Lee Daniels is back with another film sure to rack up Oscar nominations. Daniels, best known for “Precious” and “The Paper Boy” has produced...
[Vibe] Seven bedrooms, nine baths, a gym, theater, tennis court and a pool. Sounds like a mansion fit only for a queen, especially one named Beyoncé....
