By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Let me first say that I believe a woman should have the right to an abortion. It is the...
[ABC NEWS] The daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, President Obama’s controversial former pastor, has been accused of laundering money in an alleged $1.25 million fraud led by...
[ABC NEWS] The patients who lost limbs as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings might benefit from the lessons learned in treating soldier amputees injured...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Two months after resuming her duties on “Good Morning America,” Robin Roberts revealed she was hospitalized last week. Roberts offered the news on her Facebook page Thursday morning...
[ABC NEWS] Some of the country’s top research institutions have combined to launch a massive online archive. The Digital Public Library of America began beta testing...
[CNN MONEY] Every time you mindlessly give a sales clerk your zip code at checkout, you’re giving data companies and retailers the ability to track everything...
[REUTERS] Using a computer tool to help doctors analyze mammography images increases the number of early, non-invasive breast cancers that are caught, but also means more...
[UPI] Eating a “Western-style” diet — fried food, processed and red meat, refined grains, sweets and high-fat dairy — can reduce lifespan, French researchers say. Lead...
[UPI] The U.S. surgeon general said a public education campaign aims to raise awareness among African-American women on the importance of breastfeeding. Dr. Regina M. Benjamin,...
[THE WASHINGTON POST] For consumers who want to cut their cable cord and get all of their television from the Internet, there’s been a major obstacle:...
[NNPA NEWS WIRE] By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Minorities clinging to the middle class have come out of the Great Recession at...
[USA TODAY] What was the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2012? Americans might say a Ford F-Series pickup, since it’s the perpetual biggest seller in...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist There has been much discussion about the big picture items in President Obama’s proposed budget for fiscal 2014. If...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist You could say “42,” the film about the life of Brooklyn Dodgers great Jackie Robinson, is a gripping baseball...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The right wing seems determined to associate President Obama with any government program that helps people on the bottom. Thus, the...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Sequestration is like the sand in an hour glass. When the sand starts falling, it does not seem to...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist As George Benson sang in Moody’s Mood, “There I go, there I go, there I go…” making up words again. ...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist The old saying, “The check is in the mail,” is often a ruse not worth heeding. But beginning April 12,...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist CNN contributor Roland Martin, who departed the network on April 6, has been named the National Association of Black Journalists’...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Two years ago, President Obama instituted a policy towards Africa that most Americans are totally unaware of. The policy sent...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Yes indeed and it is documented that the growth of natural gas production is creating jobs, expanding manufacturing at...
By Marc Morial NNPA Columnist It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist You can call it the “bandwagon effect,” or “political opportunism,” or, the “wake-up-call effect,” or, less cynically, an old American...
