By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist St. Louis County has 90 municipalities – ranging in population from 13 to nearly 52,000 – and most of them...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.” -Fannie Lou Hamer, legendary civil rights activist and co-founder of...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In a previous article, I noted the ridiculous scenario of Black people protesting while others profited, how we travel across the...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Black Americans and others who want to contribute to the future progressive transformation of our nation and world have...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Across the country it’s back to school time. I hope it is a year full of promise and not disappointment...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist In the past, I have been extremely critical of so-called Black Republicans, as well as so-called Black conservatives – and that’s...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was struck by how quickly various pundits jumped upon President Obama’s comment regarding ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist “Pretty Boy” Floyd hit the scene with the loud, over zealous crooners anticipating his ascension in 1993. He was handsome, he...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist If I didn’t see it with my own eyes I never would have believed it. Here was President Barack Obama...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist When a North Carolina judge last week vacated the prison sentences of 50-year-old Henry Lee McCollum, who had spent nearly...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been floating at or above the 17,000 mark in the past two months – an...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Not Speaking to My Brother Dear Alma, I cannot speak to my brother and I don’t know if I ever will...
Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY BALTIMORE (USA Today) —A disturbing video capturing Ray Rice striking his then-fiancée Janay Palmer inside an elevator in Atlantic City in...
Corrine Heller, ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE LOS ANGELES (E! Online) — CeeLo Green has been dropped from the lineup of two concerts, including one sponsored by the...
Andrew Taylor, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Summer break over and elections ahead, Congress is beginning an abbreviated September session with must-do tasks of preventing...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to combat police brutality in the Black community, the National Bar Association...
ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Avoidable miscommunication between U.S. air and ground forces led to a “friendly fire” incident in Afghanistan that...
FARAI MUTSAKA, Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s president warned against messing with his family, amid a heated debate within the ruling party about his...
JOSEPH PISANI, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police handcuffed dozens of protesters who blocked traffic in dozens of cities across the country on Thursday in...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An attorney said Florida State is investigating the sexual assault case involving Jameis Winston in an effort to determine if the...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The NCAA and 11 conferences that have played major college football in recent years have filed a motion to dismiss two antitrust...
SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — On “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1967, Joan Rivers joked about society’s double-standard for women. “A girl,...
ANN SANNER, Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked an Ohio law that scales back early voting, ordering the state’s...
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Detroit’s chief financial officer acknowledged Thursday that officials may have to make “adjustments” to a plan aimed at reducing...
(Essence) – Even before my bosses told me what was going on, there had been rumblings that my days as a sideline reporter were coming to...
