(USA Today) – As we get closer to the NBA draft, the top picks are seemingly starting to come into focus. The Minnesota Timberwolves seem locked in...
JOHN ANTCZAK, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs was defending himself in an incident at the University of California, Los Angeles, that led...
VENICE BEACH, Calif. (USA Today) — Pop superstar Taylor Swift has the right idea: Musicians should be better compensated for their online music. Problem is, she’ll...
FRANK ELTMAN, Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — What happened in Vegas apparently is not staying in Vegas. Entertainer Flavor Flav’s arrest last month in Nevada...
(Salon) – In the days since Rachel Dolezal’s national controversy first came to fruition, departed “SNL” performer Maya Rudolph says she’s been bombarded with requests...
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Trevor Noah walked onto the stage and bantered with the South African audience, which whooped in appreciation. That was...
RICHMOND (The Washington Post) — Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said Tuesday that he wants to phase out a state-sponsored license plate featuring an image of the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday made it easier for inmates who are accused of crimes — but not yet convicted — to...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Travel Writer The hilly town of Ocho Rios sits on the north coast of Jamaica, at the base of the St. Ann...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s glad he said what he said. And he believes America proved his point on Monday: Even in the wake of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When President Obama returns to Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, S.C. Friday to eulogize Rev. Clementa Pinckney,...
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...
