(Newsweek) – Eric Garner’s last known words were “I can’t breathe.” He said it 11 times before he passed out on a Staten Island sidewalk while...
MARK LONG, AP Sports Writer GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Two days after berating running back Kelvin Taylor on the sideline, Florida coach Jim McElwain expressed regrets...
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The stars are coming out for the papal visit. Celebrities including Jennifer Hudson, Gloria Estefan, Aretha Franklin and...
(Hollywood Life) – Aww! While Christina Milian has been hesitant to give her relationship with Lil Wayne an official label, the R&B songstress has finally given...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than a dozen of Bill Cosby’s accusers will have their say in a TV special. The A&E channel said Monday that...
(Talking Points Memo) – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) quoted from the Bible and told students that America was founded on “racist principles” during...
(Politico) – Ben Carson’s steady rise in the polls continued Tuesday, with the retired neurosurgeon running nearly even with Donald Trump in the latest CBS News/New York...
(New York Times) – Americans commonly — and mistakenly — believe that well-to-do black people no longer face the kind of discrimination that prevents them from...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Consumers aren’t looking for health problems when they shop at dollar stores or keep older furniture, but...
(New York Times) – A survey of families that have a family member in jail or prison has found that nearly two-thirds struggle to meet their...
(Rolling Stone) – Terrence Howard is standing in front of a mirror inside his extra-deluxe, penthouse-level Chicago apartment, looking at himself looking back. You could say...
(Salon) – In a move sure to catapult him to the top of Bill O’Reilly’s most favored list, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson blasted Black Lives Matter...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the 2016 election cycle ramps up, Essence magazine and the Black Women’s Roundtable have teamed up to mobilize...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The explosion of “dark money” spent in the political system in the United States threatens racial...
BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge denied bail Monday for a white former South Carolina police officer charged with murder in the...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The co-chairman of a reform panel formed after the Ferguson police shooting of Michael...
By Erick Johnson Special to the NNPA from Chicago Crusader CHICAGO (NNPA) – It was Geneva Reed-Veal’s turn to speak about her life after the death of...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – Buicks no longer look like Buicks of yesteryear and when it comes to the Buick Regal...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist Married to Medicine The Queen of Shade has returned, but she may have competition. Dr. Heavenly? Toyd, really. I think...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Almost as surprising as Barack Obama’s election as the nation’s first African American president is his success in not...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I want to address this column quite explicitly to African Americans. If you are not African American, please feel...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Congress must approve a budget by October 1, or our government will shut down. That means that people will not...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist What do you consider to be the most important issue facing Black people in America? Jobs? The criminal justice system?...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In early September, public policy experts, housing advocates, civil rights leaders, academicians and others came together for three days to...
