By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “It was a generation ago that Harry Truman said, and I quote him: ‘Millions of our citizens do not...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One’s worldview or social perspective is mainly informed by a matrix of different socioeconomic and political circumstances. A...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” – Benjamin Franklin All across the country, people are gathering...
By Matthew C. Whitaker NNPA Guest Columnist Numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that income disparities among different ethnic groups in the...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist Unbelievable! That was my immediate response to the most talked about, scrutinized, celebrated, disrespected, revered and underappreciated professional athlete in...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist On the surface, the Apple/Samsung trial that recently concluded appears to be a minor win for Samsung in a...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist The One that Got Away Dear Alma, I’ve been married for over 10 years and I’m very happy with my...
Michael Marot, ASSOCIATED PRESS INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Cash counts in college sports — even in the classroom. On Wednesday, as the NCAA released Academic Progress Rate...
(RJRNewsOnline.com) — Imagine a Jamaican being offered US$100 million for a patent, in relation to cancer research done on a local plant. Imagine further that this...
Evan Wyloge, THE WASHINGTON POST PHOENIX (The Washington Post) —About 250 mostly armed anti-Muslim demonstrators — many wearing T-shirts bearing a profanity-laced message denouncing Islam — faced-off against a...
By Princess Hayes Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Daily World Earlier this year, while still just a freshmen in college, 19-year old Sherron A....
By Rye, The Urban Daily Special to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender Long-time Hollywood actor Reynaldo Rey has passed away at the age of 75...
By Mary L. Datcher Speical to the NNPA via The Chicago Defender If you grew up in the era of cultural identity, sexual exploration, political...
By Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Daily World Because of lackluster sales of his over-hyped, much-ballyhooed Tidal music service, rapper Jay-Z...
Melonyce McAfee, CNN (CNN) –A California auction house is selling an early drawing by Dr. Seuss that’s sure to disappoint the parents and children who adore...
Sindya N. Bahnoo, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — It may be possible to reduce biases regarding race and gender while a person...
Patrik Jonsson, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ATLANTA (Christian Science Monitor) — Again and again American juries, including one in Reno, Nev., on Friday, are being asked...
ERIC OLSON, AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chuck Wright was hooked the first time he tried professional indoor football. His pay for that game:...
(Wired) – Google showed off any number of potentially revolutionary technologies at its I/O developer conference keynote Thursday. There was Jump, a platform for generating 3D virtual reality content, and...
(NDTV Gadgets) – Google’s Chromecast is a pretty cool gadget and at Google I/O 2015, it was revealed that over 17 million Chromecasts have been sold...
LONDON (UPI) — A smartphone app was used to perform vision tests as accurately as paper tests and illuminated vision boxes during a study in rural...
(Bloomberg Review) – Is Thursday’s $1.2 billion antitrust settlement between the Federal Trade Commission and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries a victory for consumers? Or is it a sign...
(The Washington Post) – Robert Zarr is walking from his Columbia Heights medical practice toward Meridian Hill Park, talking about what’s going on inside his head....
(Reuters Health) – People with heart conditions may benefit from using indoor air purifiers, suggests a small study from China. While the study can’t say air...
