(USA Today) – Millions of Americans have no savings set aside for a rainy day, leaving them in serious jeopardy if financial calamity strikes, according...
BOUBACAR DIALLO, Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Guinea closed its border with Sierra Leone on Monday as part of new efforts to stamp out Ebola,...
FARES AKRAM, Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Despondent over the slow pace of post-war reconstruction, displaced Gazans have begun to return to their...
STEVEN WINE, AP Sports Writer KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — Basking in her latest victory, a beaming Venus Williams stood near her changeover chair launching autographed...
JOHN ZENOR, AP Sports Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Alabama coach Nick Saban steadfastly defended his signing of defensive lineman Jonathan Taylor, who has now been...
PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — In the midst of two losing seasons, the Atlanta Falcons tried to pump up the noise. It’s going...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic NEW ORLEANS (NNPA) – The comedy Get Hard, scheduled for release March 27, co-stars Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart. The...
(Hollywood Reporter) – In designating 31-year-old contributor Trevor Noah as Jon Stewart’s heir to the Daily Show desk, Comedy Central is about to boast a network first: a late-night host who’s...
by Mary L. Datcher Special to the NNPA from The Chicago Defender If one can say their life was an open book then LisaRaye McCoy...
(New York Times) – Minority borrowers were once starved for credit through redlining — banks’ refusal to provide mortgages in their communities. Now the booming auto industry has...
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. will begin a stay in a halfway house...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A few years ago, violence on Chicago streets thrust a recently elected mayor into the national spotlight as shootouts...
KADUNA, Nigeria (The Washington Post) — As results from Nigeria’s presidential elections continued to trickle in for a third day, opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari retained his...
FRED GOODALL, AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston has spent much of the past two months crisscrossing the nation, sharpening his quarterback skills...
By Elaina Johnson Howard University News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Grammy Award-winning artist Bishop Hezekiah Walker can add the 2015 Torch Award for religion to his...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Hundreds of Black women and girls representing the Black Women’s Roundtable descended on the nation’s capital...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the economy recovers and violent crime hits 30-year lows, lawmakers continue to trade in their...
By Barrington M. Salmon Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Growing concern for the well-being of the Walter Fauntroy and...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who skyrocketed to national prominence by representing the family of Trayvon...
PHOENIX (USA Today) — An Arizona State University course called “U.S. Race Theory & the Problem of Whiteness” has gained national attention and landed the...
By Dr. Ro NNPA Columnist The much-maligned carbohydrate (an essential, macro nutrient) has been touted as the bane of your dietary existence for too long. Don’t...
By Walter L Fields NNPA Columnist In the course of one week we witnessed the burden of being young, gifted and Black. First, the Little...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Approximately three weeks ago, I suffered a mild heart attack. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Robert T. Wade, a longtime family...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “What the people want is very simple: they want an America as good as its promise.” – Texas Congresswoman...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist One of leading freedom fighters in the United States Congress is none other than the extraordinarily dynamic Maxine...
