By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist As someone who has pursued business ventures since he opened his first lemonade stand as a kid, Randal Pinkett’s...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Recently, Rev. Otis Moss, Jr., pastor emeritus at Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, and former co-pastor at Atlanta’s...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Our stock market has been correcting itself for quite some time. It appears that the major correction is on...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Is #BlackLivesMatter a criminal organization that advocates attacks on and murder of White police officers? That’s the snake-oil pitch...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist As we enter the 2016 political campaign season with numerous candidates for president of the United States in...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Mother Made a Mess of Our Family Dear Alma, I am the oldest of my mother’s children and have taken...
Paul Jablow, The Inquirer (Philly.com) — For researchers, physicians – and patients – prostate cancer has always been among the most maddening and elusive of foes....
(WT VOX) — The world is changing fast. The number of digital forms of payment systems is on the rise. These forms of payments have similarities and differences...
Katie Rogers, THE NEW YORK TIMES ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (The New York Times) — Betty Cantrell of Georgia was crowned Miss America on Sunday, but...
Devan Coggan, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY (EW.com) — This weekend saw the debut of two new PG-13 rated thrillers, and while The Perfect Guy and The Visit...
Bourree Lam, THE ATLANTIC WASHINGTON (The Atlantic) — On Wednesday, the Justice Department issued a new policy regarding the prosecution of white-collar criminals. Amid post-recession...
Jim McCormick, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com) — Predictive modeling is the rage these days. Daily fantasy sports have helped to spur a wave of data-driven models...
Brian Mahoney, ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Moses Malone devoured rebounds so easily it sometimes seemed he missed shots on purpose to pad his total...
Dan Balz and Scott Clement, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — Two non-politicians, businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, dominate...
Edward-Isaac Dovere, POLITICO WASHINGTON (Politico) — Continuing his pre-presidential campaign, Vice President Joe Biden will head to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation convention in Washington...
John Marzulli, THE DAILY NEWS NEW YORK (The Daily News) — A black cop is blowing the whistle on the NYPD Highway Division, alleging “racism...
Thomas M. Kostigen, USA TODAY (USA Today) — Poorer nations suffering from extreme weather disasters, so much so that their citizens are seeking refugee...
Nick Statt, THE VERGE SAN FRANCISCO (TheVerge.com) — When Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller announced that the company’s stylus for new iPad Pro would be called Pencil,...
Brittany Spanos, ROLLING STONE (Rolling Stone) — The late Whitney Houston will return to the stage as a hologram next year. The project is being...
John Branch, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — The path to a Grand Slam had been weed-whacked of obstacles,...
Martin Rogers, BOXING JUNKIE LAS VEGAS (BoxingJunkie.com) — In the case of The People v. Floyd Mayweather and Andre Berto, held this week in the...
Jake Pearson, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Former tennis star James Blake, whose caught-on-camera takedown by a plainclothes New York City police officer prompted...
David Weigel, THE WASHINGTON POST ST. LOUIS (The Washington Post) — Joined by Ferguson, Missouri’s mayor, Ben Carson spent Friday morning in the place where America’s...
Sophia Tesfaye, SALON WASHINGTON (Salon) — In an effort to court African-American support for his presidential campaign, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders held a meeting...
(Fox News) — One of the newest teachers at the vaunted Yale University burnished his Ivy League resume in the Black Lives Matter movement. DeRay...