By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In what is quickly and unexpectedly gaining ground as a fitting memorial to the nine African Americans...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – On the same day that Loretta Lynch was sworn-in as the 83rd attorney general of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A racist manifesto linked to Dylann Roof, the 21-year-old White man who confessed to shooting nine...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – We may never know what ignited the explosion inside of White Supremacist Dylann Roof that prompted...
CONVERSE, Texas (USA Today) — A well-kept family secret about racial identity has given a Texas woman a unique perspective on the uproar surrounding Rachel Dolezal. The...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – For years Lexus sold vehicles on the strength of the brand. Build quality was outstanding, fit...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist It was the last episode of the season for Blood, Sweat and Heels and it was good! Demetria had her...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Former U.S. Senator Bill Bradley is fond of saying, “Slavery was America’s original sin, and racism remains its unresolved...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist In Manchester, one of Great Britain’s largest cities, only 209 of the 6,700 police officers carry guns. These officers are...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist By the time you read this, perhaps the disturbing story of Rachel Dolezal, the prevaricating White woman who passed for...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When I read recently that an Israeli government investigation had concluded that the killing of four Palestinian children in...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist By passing this bill, we bridge the gap between helplessness and hope for more than 5 million educationally deprived...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist This is the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program’s 20th anniversary. More than 135,000 children across the country have...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The concept of global warming and the environmental justice movement started to grow during the Nixon administration. President Nixon...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist The cost of air travel, coupled with all of the delays and cancellations, is very frustrating. For example, there was...
Haruna Umar, ASSOCIATED PRESS BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Two girls blew themselves up on Monday near a crowded mosque in northeast Nigeria’s biggest city, killing...
(The Daily Nation) — US President Barack Obama will in late July become the first sitting American leader to visit Ethiopia and the headquarters...
Jonathan Keane, PASTE MAGAZINE (Paste Magazine) — The paint hasn’t even dried on the Apple Watch yet following its release a few months ago. It...
Marilynn Marchione, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) — The pushback against soaring cancer drug prices is gaining steam. A leading doctors group on Monday proposed a...
James McIntosh, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today) — The research is being presented at the joint meeting of the European Heart Rhythm Association...
Matt Zoller Seitz, VULTURE (Vulture.com) — All this week, we’re presenting the Vulture TV Awards, honoring the best in television from the past year. The nominees...
Pia Catton, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL NEW YORK (The Wall Street Journal) — Promotions usually mean higher pay, maybe a fancy title. But forMisty Copeland,...
Lucia Mutikani, REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. home resales surged to a 5-1/2-year high in May as first-time buyers stepped into the market, the...
Mike Triplett, ESPN METAIRIE, La. (ESPN) — The New Orleans Saints are aware of a 2013 video that allegedly shows outside linebacker Junior Galette striking...
Caitlin Dickerson, NPR (NPR) — As a young U.S. Army soldier during World War II, Rollins Edwards knew better than to refuse an assignment....