Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Wave Federal regulators have approved the sale of a FOX TV affiliate in Quad Cities, Iowa to longtime...
NOEL SICHALWE, Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — The coffin of President Michael Sata, draped in Zambia’s flag, was placed on a red carpet at the center of a stadium...
JANIE McCAULEY, AP Sports Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Ray McDonald can continue playing for the San Francisco 49ers without the burden of a domestic...
(New York Daily News) – Nicki Minaj is apologizing after new music video sparks controversy. The 31-year-old rapper responded via Twitter Tuesday to using what looked like...
(The Washington Post) – Poor Bill Cosby. Twitter just won’t let him be great. On Monday, Cosby — or some short-sighted person controlling his Twitter...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even with overwhelming support from Black voters, Democrats still lost control of the United States Senate...
STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama is telling women to be bold in their next career step. “If you want a...
(Bloomberg) – Senate Democratic leaders are showing little appetite for pushing through confirmation of Loretta Lynch as U.S. attorney general before they surrender control to Republicans in January....
CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than nine years after the levees broke during Hurricane Katrina and flooded New Orleans, residents and businesses...
by Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – U.S. Attorneys across the nation are professional prosecutors, making sure criminals are locked up for their crimes. Beginning...
by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Lt. Col. Oliver North delivers a pro-Contra briefing to the members of the Iran-Contra committee...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The midterm elections are over, the final numbers are in and they don’t look pretty if you’re a progressive. So,...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week’s midterm elections were historic. Republicans regained control of the U.S. Senate, increased their majority in the House, and expanded...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist Like everyone else, I am processing the November election results. I will write more about that later, but there was...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Is there any doubt about the preeminence of the race factor that helped to determine the outcome of the...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The mid-term national election will go down as the biggest landslide since 1928. The Democratic Party suffered a full fledge...
By Cleo Manago NNPA Guest Columnist To explain the very low turn-out of Black (and Brown) people or Democrats during recent elections, President Barack Obama said,“…[Black people,...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist A diverse group of civil rights leaders representing Blacks, Latinos and Asian-Pacific Islanders have joined forces to call for major changes...
By Everett L. Glenn NNPA Guest Columnist There’s a runninng debate in basketball that Michael Jordan made winners out of the players around him in Chicago,...
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Like most people, I’d given up hope that the more than 200 high school girls who were kidnapped in northern Nigeria...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist “I decided that my education was the most important thing that I could ever have, because without your education, you...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “We have a powerful potential in our youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices...
By Omar Tyree NNPA Columnist I was prepared this week to write an article on sports and fatherhood. Instead, I was struck by the Cleveland Cavaliers’...
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The Economist, via BUSINESS INSIDER (Business Insider)—”FRESH and fruity, right?” says a bright-eyed young man behind the counter, wafting an open jar of something called...
