(Time) – President Obama said that if he could run for a third term he thinks he would win, while calling for African leaders to adhere...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — As Medicare and Medicaid turn 50 this week, the nation takes a look at the impact...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times It is still unknown whether 28-year-old Sandra Bland was murdered by Waller County...
(CNN) – Baltimore officials knew protests could erupt the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral but were overwhelmed by the riots that followed. Those are some of...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Recognizing that a college degree is one of the surest paths to a job and economic security,...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT (NNPA) – It is the best-selling pickup truck, make that vehicle in America. So whenever Ford redesigns the...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist In light of the conversations about police abuse, unwarranted stops and arrests, and homicide cases involving Black people and police...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Someone identifying himself as Jimmy Oliver sent me an email objecting to a column I wrote under the headline,...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It ought to be unnecessary for an activist movement to hinge on the principle of the equivalency of life. In...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When word recently broke about the extreme financial disaster facing Puerto Rico. I was amazed by the surprise of...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist Like so many, I have been deeply disturbed by the senseless loss of Black male lives at the hands...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) — Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson recently filed for bankruptcy and testified in court that despite his flashy public...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In everyday life, birthdays and anniversaries of many sorts are observed and celebrated. When it comes to consumer finance, there...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “You can holler, protest, march, picket and demonstrate, but somebody must be able to sit in on the strategy conferences...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist During the last seven years we’ve seen our nation go from an economically challenged state of affairs to one...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Donald Trump, the blowhard mogul masquerading as presidential candidate, has once again discovered the problem with trying to be...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Some people are now saying what was really obvious to me before President Barack H. Obama was re-elected...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist A Niece with Sticky Fingers Dear Alma, About six months ago, my sister moved back to our hometown with her...
Brandon Bailey, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jody Kearns doesn’t like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson’s disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from...
Jon Swartz, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today) — We need to raise the bar on how we talk about diversity in tech. A...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Joe Jackson, the father of the late Michael Jackson and patriarch of the musical family, suffered a stroke while visiting...
Sneha Shankar, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES ATLANTA (International Business Times) — After Bobbi Kristina Brown’s death, friends and family members of her boyfriend Nick Gordon, are...
John Wagner, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW ORLEANS (The Washington Post) — Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders made his first major outreach to the African American community this...
Sam Roberts, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCADIA, Calif. (The New York Times) — Claudia Alexander, who played a pioneering role in NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) — Bill Cosby’s influence has ended at Spelman College in Atlanta. The historically black college, which has had...
