Anthony D’Alessandro, DEADLINE (Deadline.com) – The Primetime Emmys showed substantial progress this year in recognizing African-American thesps, who received 18 nominations across all acting categories — easily...
Bruna Nessif, ENTERTAINMENT ONLINE (EOnline.com) – Oh, the Emmy Awards were tonight? That’s cool. It seems like the glitz, glam and honors given out...
Justin Wm. Moyer, THE WASHINGTON POST LOS ANGELES (The Washington Post) – In a dramatic moment that seemed impossible not long ago, comedian Tracy Morgan —...
Darlene Superville, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — To President Barack Obama, women of the civil rights movement were “the thinkers and the doers” whose...
Sarah Kaplan, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) – On Sunday, Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said he would not support a Muslim president....
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Citizens of America: While you were distracted last week by, among other things, the Republican Party’s marathon, second primary...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist What is important to 45 million Black Americans today should be important to all Americans. Yet, as the...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Can’t Stand My Niece Dear Alma, I can’t stand my niece and it’s my sister’s fault. She made her daughter...
Phil Trexler, WKYC-TV Cleveland via USA TODAY CLEVELAND (USA Today) — The dispatcher who told police that a male outside of a Cleveland recreation center...
By LYNSEY CHUTEL, Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mozambique has been declared free of land mines after 22 years of demining, an international humanitarian organization said....
[BLOOMBERG] It’s tough to be a renter. Housing costs, in many markets, are rising faster than wages, and there is good reason to think that trend...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — West African mediators late Saturday hinted at a breakthrough in Burkina Faso’s political crisis after a military coup brought a general...
[POLITICO] The White House announced Friday that it is relaxing additional restrictions on Cuba regarding travel, commerce and investment, stemming from President Barack Obama’s call...
[SB NATION] Rex Ryan said when he was hired this spring that he wanted to build a bully in Buffalo. If Sunday’s game against the Colts...
[ASSOCIATED PRESS] WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bryce Harper stepped to the plate in the first inning Saturday, a small group of Washington Nationals fans tried to...
Tom Hays and Tom Krisher, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors agreed to pay $900 million to fend off criminal prosecution over...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s decision Thursday to hold a key interest rate at historic lows will extend a period of tense speculation...
[BLEACHER REPORT] Michael Jordan made a lot of money in his NBA career. His signature brand Nike shoes have made him a lot more money, however....
[REUTERS] A U.S. appeals court in Ohio on Thursday revived a lawsuit against federal agencies brought by members of Insane Clown Posse and fans over a...
Eric Stern, SALON (Salon) – Who says the Koch brothers don’t care about the needy? Lost amid the noise of the presidential election is...
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer-friendly ratings of the benefits of new drugs. Limits on what patients pay. Requiring drug companies to...
Patrick Clark, BLOOMBERG (BloombergBusiness.com) – It’s tough to be a renter. Housing costs, in many markets, are rising faster than wages, and there is...
Mary Clare Jalonick, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Add another item to lawmakers’ busy fall agenda: Congress must decide whether to do battle again with...
Lauren Neergaard, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Give flu vaccine another chance: This year’s version got a recipe change that should make it more...
