by Alexis Taylor Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Proponents of same-sex marriage celebrated another victory with the Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling that...
by Cora Jackson-Fossett Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel ‘Healing a Wounded Leader’ is the latest book by the Rev. Dr. Wendell J....
by James Washington Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Weekly The older I get the more convinced I am that I am going to surely...
[THE NEW YORK TIMES] Q. Does Skype work on an iPad for video calls, and, if so, does it have any advantages over Apple’s FaceTime system? A. Skype,...
[USA TODAY] Just days before hundreds of Bay Area Rapid Transit workers went on strike, the online ridesharing network Avego bought a new Web address: bartstrike.com....
[CNET] Twitter will soon show its U.S. users ads based on the Web sites they’ve previously visited. Wednesday, the information network formally announced that it is...
[BBC NEWS] The inventor of the computer mouse, Doug Engelbart, has died aged 88. Engelbart developed the tool in the 1960s as a wooden shell covering...
[REUTERS] Private employers stepped up hiring in June and new applications for unemployment benefits fell for a second straight week last week, pointing to a steadily...
[REUTERS] Expectations the Federal Reserve will slow its economic stimulus program by the end of the year pushed mortgage rates higher last week, sapping demand from...
[KMUW] In 2011, the state of California created a problem for the soda industry. The caramel color that Coke and Pepsi used to give colas that...
[USA TODAY] The federal government narrowly missed its goal for small-business contracting work in 2012, making it the seventh consecutive year it has missed the goal....
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In its latest affirmative action ruling, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court, ruled the same way it...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The latest session of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) had the interest of Black Americans like never before. On the...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist Last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative faction revealed more clearly than ever before its true colors. It showed that in...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Last week liberal Blacks and Whites went crazy after the Supreme Court issued its ruling on affirmative action and the voting...
By Jesse Jackson NNPA Columnist In its decision last Monday on affirmative action, the Supreme Court punted. It reviewed the University of Texas’ affirmative action program — in...
By Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson NNPA Guest Columnist With its ruling on the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court has taken the country back to a...
By William Reed NNPA Columnist “If you had a choice of color, which one would you choose my brother?” –Curtis Mayfield – 1969 In the official U.S. 2010...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Each year the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University assesses the nation’s housing outlook. The just-released The State of the Nation’s...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I was struck when I opened the Washington Post the other day and saw the headline on a front-page story: “Poll: Area...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Let me make a “pitch” (pun intended) for Black sports agents. Watching the NBA playoffs and finals was more than an...
By Kevin G. Hall © McClatchy Washington Bureau June 26, 2013 WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the federal agency that oversees mortgage finance...
From Staff and Wire Reports Orlando Sentinel June 26, 2013 Aaron Hernandez was charged with murder and five gun-related charges in a Massachusetts court on Wednesday...
© Associated Press June 26, 2013 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A year away from basketball has rejuvenated Larry Bird. Now he wants to win a championship. Bird,...
© CBS News June 26, 2013 (CBS) SANFORD, Fla. – A friend of Florida teen Trayvon Martin who was on the phone with him just before...
