JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press EMILY SCHMALL, Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The brother of a college football player killed by police at a Texas car...
SAM HANANEL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prison reform advocates who have spent years campaigning against solitary confinement are counting on a powerful new ally in...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Loretta Lynch voiced strong support Monday for the country’s police officers, praising them as peacemakers and encouraging...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Black unemployment rate tumbled to 9.1 percent in July, the lowest rate for Black...
(Reuters) – A speeding Wal-Mart truck driver who had been awake for 28 hours was held responsible on Tuesday for a 2014 highway crash that left...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the nation marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, civil rights groups and...
by Charles D. Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune Of course, there will be plenty of plucky best moments snapshots of Thursday night’s...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This is the kind of stuff that you can’t make up. During the first debate...
(ABC News) – A White House staffer is facing assault charges after shooting at a Capitol Police officer using the cop’s own gun after a lover’s...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press JIM SUHR, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson during a protest that stretched into...
(CBS News) – One year ago, after the death of Michael Brown and the overblown police response to largely peaceful demonstrations, lawmakers in Washington said they had...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – Let’s see, the 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Convertible. There’s not too much more to say than...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The 50th anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act fell on the same day that Fox News...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist I applaud the Black Lives Matter Movement for renewing attention on police violence against Blacks, an issue that is old...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Many people see this situation escalating, and I think it shows the frustration that many minority communities feel when...
By Oscar H. Blayton NNPA Guest Columnist For more than a century, African tour operators (usually White) have helped their European and American clients bag...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist With as much meaningless and non-redeeming information being discussed on radio and TV among Black folks, I often wonder if...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Money and credit are two items that affect nearly everyone. We earn, spend and sometimes save money. But it seems...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist No investors. No venture capitalists. No “Fund Me” campaigns. It was “bootstrapping” with all the money taken from their savings account...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Thousands of pages have been written about the achievement gap – the fact that White kids score higher than either...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist With each scare tactic employed by those who oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, I not only become more...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Immigration is at the top of the news on a daily basis. It is a major election issue for...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist In the Braxtons’ world…I’m wondering why Traci is begging her very young son to not get married? Hear me...
Gbenga Oduntan, CNN LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN)—The government of the state of Lagos — Nigeria’s former capital — has proudly proclaimed it is building a new...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The August 6th Fox News-sponsored, two-tiered debate of the GOP presidential primary candidates has shown anew the Republican Party’s...
