Martin Griffith, ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO, Nev. (AP) — A runaway slave who joined the Union Army during the Civil War and lost a leg...
Leonard Pitts, Jr., THE BALTIMORE SUN (The Baltimore Sun) — Recently, I watched the first episode of “The Briefcase,” CBS’ new “reality” show. I...
Christine Thomasos, THE CHRISTIAN POST (The Christian Post) — When gospel singer and pastor Marvin Sapp’s late wife, MaLinda, knew she was going to...
Sam Amick, USA TODAY OAKLAND (USA Today) — There was a time not too long ago when LeBron James enjoyed the experience of watching...
Scott Shane, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — The families of an anti-Qaeda cleric and a police officer killed in an American...
Molly Hennessy-Fiske, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times) — Alan “Al” Eickhoff, interim police chief in Ferguson, Mo., took over the embattled department...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Serena Jameka Williams is more than one of the greatest tennis players in the world. She comes from...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist I only recently embraced my status as an “elder.” Actually, I describe myself as an “episodic elder,” eager enough to...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Offhandedly, I can’t tell you the titles of most of the dances I saw Dudley Williams, the incomparable...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Deciding to Move On Dear Alma, I have been with this person for six years, and we’ve had our up...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AllAfrica.com) — Delegates from African countries are gathering at the International Relations and Cooperation Department offices in Pretoria as the African Union...
James McIntosh, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today) — The study, published in Psychology of Women Quarterly, also found that infertility impaired many of the...
Paul Flannery, SB NATION OAKLAND (SBNation.com) — We need to come to an understanding over the final few weeks of the 2014-15 season that nothing...
Jim Caple, ESPN PARIS (ESPN.com) — What is remaining for Serena Williams the rest of 2015? A 21st Grand Slam championship? A 22nd to match...
William Bender and Barbara Laker, PHILLY.COM PHILADELPHIA (Philly.com) — Anthony Riley could make almost anyone feel good. You. The girl you’re trying to impress. A national TV...
Your browser does not support iframes. via TV One Special to the NNPA from The Atlanta Daily World TV One’s award-winning series Unsung returns with an all-new...
Kevin Rector, THE BALTIMORE SUN BALTIMORE (The Baltimore Sun) — More than a dozen civil and religious groups calling for police reform in Baltimore will...
Jessica Roy, NEW YORK MAGAZINE NEW YORK (New York Magazine) — Kalief Browder, the 22-year-old Bronx resident who was incarcerated as a teenager for years at Rikers...
Nick Anderson, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — Moody’s Investors Service cut Howard University’s credit rating Friday for the third time in three...
Tasha Tsiaperas and Claire Z. Cardona, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS McKINNEY (The Dallas Morning News) — A call to police about unwelcome teenagers at a...
Alan Feuer, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — Beating back his first challenge in a decade, Patrick J. Lynch, the irascible...
Joel Rubin and Kate Mather, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES LOS ANGELES (The L.A. Times) — Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck and the Police Department’s independent watchdog have...
Anne Geggis, THE SUN-SENTINEL DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (The Sun-Sentinel) — The discovery of bones Friday on a site slated for 69 townhouses — and thought...
By Starr Rhett Rocque Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle Viola Davis and Jennifer Lopez star in a revenge thriller entitled, Lila and...
By KaiElz Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Imagine that the story about Bruce Jenner’s sex change or gender transformation as Caitlyn Jenner: got...
