(BBC) – A group of soldiers in north-eastern Nigeria is refusing to fight Islamist Boko Haram militants until they receive better equipment, one of the mutineers...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the United States pivots to strengthen economic ties with Africa, there’s a good chance that Black-owned...
by Perry Green and Stephen D. Riley Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry generated an instant headline...
by Shantella Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper “Any time you are considered a subculture, it’s important to have your own reward system. If...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sending Attorney General Eric Holder to Ferguson, Missouri, to meet with federal law enforcement authorities investigating the police...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Police and protesters collided in the streets of Ferguson again late Monday, a day after the Missouri...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist It doesn’t matter if you are state legislator or an alderman, a journalist or a local leader. If you are...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Occasionally, police officers behave in such as dastardly manner that it captures international attention. There was the 1997 famous video...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The disjointed, gap-laden manner in which Ferguson, Mo. Police Chief Thomas Jackson revealed the name of the police officer...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist The more things change, the more they stay the same. Once again, there is a Black American family...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Many African Americans feel like there has been an unofficial war declared on Blacks, especially young Black males. Just in...
By Jineea Butler NNPA Columnist Remember when our elders used to chastise us for using the N-word. They used to say “People died for you not...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist In just a few days, the debt trap at the core of small-dollar loans that come with triple digit interest rates...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist A series of recent reports cite the drastic lack of economic progress for Black people in general and Black men...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist So, the midterm elections are fast approaching and, with every passing day, you are probably receiving an email and/or...
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “I stand before you as the president of the United States and a proud American. I also stand before...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist We know the commonly repeated claim that there are more Black men in prison than in college isn’t true. But...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The Obama administration has a flawed theory: Use diplomacy to keep the peace; it is better relations with other...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Dating a Serial Cheater Dear Alma, This may be a silly story, but I need some advice. My boyfriend and...
Joan Lowy, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Monday it is taking a first step toward requiring that future cars and light...
Alison Young, USA Today ATLANTA (USA TODAY)–More than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and toxins that pose significant or bioterror risks to people and...
Christopher S. Rugaber, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates rose in 30 U.S. states last month, even as employers in two-thirds of the states stepped up...
KSDK-TV, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS, Mo. (USA Today)— More than 100 people rallied in support of Officer Darren Wilson Sunday evening in downtown St. Louis outside the...
Mark Sandritter, SB NATION CLEVELAND, Ohio (SB Nation)–This upcoming 2014 NFL season, a wide variety of relatively unheralded sophomore and third-year players will inherit or take...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uzo Aduba is an Emmy winner for her breakout role as a prisoner known as “Crazy Eyes” in Netflix’s “Orange is...
