By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When Amtrak Northeast Regional Train #188 derailed on May 12, federal budget observers wondered if the underfunding of our nation’s...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The blues has lost its king, and America has lost a legend…B.B. may be gone, but that thrill will...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist I’ve lived in Charlotte, N.C. with my family now for the past 15 years and owned season tickets to...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist On any given day, nearly one in four children in foster care is taking at least one psychotropic...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist I remember sitting through a lecture in a sociology class during my senior year at the University of Wisconsin....
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is a bee that hovers by my mailbox. I have never had this experience. When I approach the...
Francesca Bacardi, E! ONLINE LOS ANGELES (E! Online) — He was already a star, but Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson officially cemented his celeb status...
By James Washington Special to the NNPA via The Atlanta Voice Have you succumbed to the notion yet that prayer will get you through it?...
Compiled from wire reports Special to the NNPA via the Florida Courier For the first time, a national scientific study has found a higher...
Kimberly Hayes Taylor, THE GRIO DETROIT (TheGrio.com) — Civil Rights Activist Myrlie Evers-Williams remembers a bustling, thriving Detroit when she visited her father decades...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Question: When men (and a few women) belonging to gangs known to law enforcement agencies for criminal behavior explode...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Hip-hop culture is about transformation. It is more than a global genre of music. Hip-hop is a transcendent...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist My Daughter Wants Mom to Walk Her Down Aisle Dear Alma, I was married to my wife for 11 years....
Damon Tweedy, THE NEW YORK TIMES DURHAM, N.C. (The New York Times) — In virtually every field of medicine, black patients as a group fare the...
NAIROBI, Kenya (The International News) — Scientists working in Kenya have unearthed the oldest known stone tools, simple cutting and pounding implements crafted by...
Eileen Ng, ASSOCIATED PRESS WANG KELIAN, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian authorities said Monday a cluster of abandoned jungle camps used by human traffickers contained...
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI (The New York Times) — For the Ingram clan, working for the Miami-Dade County transit system has led to...
Jon Krawczynski, ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings will open their optional team practices this week without Adrian Peterson. The star running back...
Tom Withers, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James dropped to his knees and slapped the floor with his hand. He was exhausted and exhilarated...
By gangstarrgirl, HelloBeautiful.com Special to the NNPA via The New Pittsburgh Courier There’s more drama afoot for the Nina Simone estate. The iconic singer’s...
Margaret S. Gillerman, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FERGUSON (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — A group that has been collecting signatures for a recall of Mayor James Knowles...
Mary Delach Leonard, ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO ST. LOUIS (St. Louis Public Radio) — The elm and oak trees have grown tall with age in...
Mark Gillespie, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland emerged unscathed and intact after a day of protests following the acquittal of a white patrolman who...
D.L. Chandler, NEWSONE MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (NewsOne) — The Atlantic Beach Bikefest, otherwise known as Black Bike Week, is the largest African-American motorcycle rally event in...
Jason Hanna, Ralph Ellis, and Greg Botelho, CNN CLEVELAND, Ohio (CNN) — Yes, Cleveland police Officer Michael Brelo stood on a car and shot 15 times...
