MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twelve years after barring execution of the mentally disabled, the Supreme Court on Tuesday prohibited states in borderline...
(Bloomberg) – Clearing Detroit’s vacant and decaying properties would cost about $2 billion, according to the first detailed blight census of the bankrupt city. The Detroit...
(Reuters) – Utah’s Mia Love, a Republican darling who could become the first conservative black woman elected to U.S. Congress, is getting a second, and...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Six decades after Brown v. Board of Education, an old idea is being resurrected in hopes of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 60 percent of Black students could receive greater financial aid for college through the Pell...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the two weeks leading up the to unofficial start of summer, reports of accidental drowning deaths...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The growing racial wealth gap – $200 in median wealth for Blacks in 2011 and $23,000 for...
TIM REYNOLDS, AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — The stat sheet from Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals told quite a story. It said Miami...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic If hindsight is 20/20, the X-Men have perfect vision in this back-to-the-future reboot of a sagging franchise that needed...
Boy killed while defending his sister from sexual assault by Joey Matthews Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Eight-year-old Martin Cobb and his...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist If you let the Republicans tell it, President Obama is directly responsible for the fiasco at the Veterans Administration. But...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Donald Sterling, the disgraced San Diego Clippers owner (thus far), is like the proverbial bad penny: he won’t go...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The last Monday in May, Memorial Day, was designed to honor those who died in service to our country. It is...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Black women constantly complain about the dearth of “eligible” Black men to date and marry. Noted sociologist William Julius Wilson has...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The current controversy surrounding the plight of veterans in the United States is an important issue for all...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Scholars from several of the nation’s most-esteemed colleges and universities jointly concluded that the nation’s so-called housing “recovery” is bypassing...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Let me issue and control a nation’s money and I care not who writes the laws.” – Mayer Amschel Rothschild I often wonder if...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “Foster care is not fun for anyone,” says 24-year-old law student Amy Peters, who entered Nebraska’s foster care system...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was reading an editorial criticizing President Obama for not doing more in the international realm. Specifically, it suggested that he...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “My whole life is dedicated to urban America.” -NBA Hall of Famer Earvin “Magic” Johnson Every time ostracized Los...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Harvard University estimated about 30 percent of inner-city children...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Where do I begin to tell the story of our trade mission to the beautiful nation of Colombia? It...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – Audi already had a hit with its Q5 crossover vehicle. The addition of the 2014 Audi Q5...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Christian with a Short Memory Dear Alma, I have a friend who is the ultimate Christian. Since she’s been...
ABDI GULED, Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Militants in Mogadishu on Saturday carried out a multi-pronged, complex attack against the country’s parliament building involving a...
