By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The last several months have seen an outpouring of activism, with slogans coming in waves: “Justice...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the wake of unrelenting law suits seeking to abolish affirmative action coupled with nearly half...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – In 2014 Black America’s suffering increased at the hands of angry White men...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist PONTE VEDRA, Fla. – Minivans are a tough sell. They might be the lone vehicle in the market that...
By Dwight Brown NNPA Film Critic This well-produced but flawed bio/war/drama follows the armed forces career and subsequent malaise of ex- Navy Seal Chris Kyle....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Is Barack Obama, the nation’s first African American president, trying to kill Historically Black Colleges and Universities? If he’s...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Since 1971, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has had many strong leaders. As the new 114th Congress of...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist If you were the new chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), beginning your time tenure when the first...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist “Whoever loves money never has enough.” – Ecclesiastes 5:10 I would offer that verse from the wisest man in history to...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I find it very unsettling to hear police officers discuss how they believe that BlackLivesMatter protesters and certain politicians,...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities…because it is the quality which guarantees all others.” – Winston...
By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson NNPA Guest Columnist The new highly-acclaimed motion picture ”Selma” suggests that former President Lyndon Baines Johnson was not an ardent...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist African-American quarterbacks have come a long way in American football, not just to play and to start, but to win...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “A population that does not take care of the elderly and of children and the young has no future,...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist What recently happened in Paris was more than a typical act of Islamic terrorism. No, this was the latest...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist The Real Housewives of New Jersey – (Personal Accountability) Even if you do not watch reality tv, you could not...
David McFadden, ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Somber Haitians gathered early Monday to remember the devastating January 2010 earthquake that left much of the...
Faith Karimi and Amina Abubakar, CNN KANO, Nigeria (CNN)—The attackers sped into a Nigerian town with grenade launchers — their gunfire and explosions shattering the...
Mike Foss, USA TODAY (USA Today)—There is much consternation, despair, and glee surrounding Dez Bryant’s miraculous catch – not catch – which doomed the Dallas Cowboys....
Taylor Wofford, NEWSWEEK NEW YORK (Newsweek)—A new report released Monday by New York City’s police inspector general found the New York Police Department frequently ignored the...
Dolene Internicola, REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters)—Americans will continue to flock to indoor cycling, interval training, group fitness classes and other calorie-burning activities in 2015, but...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist As he labored for social, civil and economic justice, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was extremely concerned both about the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will...
Joe Vardon, NORTHEAST OHIO MEDIA GROUP SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Cleveland.com)–Barring a setback, LeBron James will participate in practice on Monday in Phoenix as he inches closes...
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (BBC)—At least 19 people have been killed and several injured by a bomb strapped to a girl reported to be aged about 10 in...
