ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has ordered flags to fly half-staff to honor late civil rights leader Julian Bond on same day his...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The latest on the trial of a white North Carolina police officer charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist After three days of peaceful demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of Michael Brown’s fatal shooting in Ferguson, Mo.,...
By Jesse Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist The news this weekend that Julian Bond passed away at 75 saddened me deeply. America has lost a true...
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — The drug makers of a “little pink pill” touted as a boost for female sexual desire will learn...
Adrienne Green, THE ATLANTIC (The Atlantic) — A few decades have changed a lot about hip-hop, but arguably not that much about America. In 1986,...
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Washington Redskins president Bruce Allen made clear Monday the team would not reconsider whether to change the team’s nickname if...
Lindsey Bever, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post) — A man has been charged in the murder of Edena Hines, the granddaughter of...
(EOnline.com) — Aaliyah fans will be excited to hear this! The singer may have tragically left us way too soon, but we’ve now learned that...
By Frank S. Washington NNPA Columnist DETROIT – Where to begin? The 2015 Alfa Romeo 4C was just different. This Italian- made pocket rocket is...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Horace Julian Bond was born Jan. 14, 1940 in Nashville, Tenn. into a family of privilege. His father, Horace...
By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist What’s on the minds of many high school students these days—the start of a new school year, getting a...
By James Clingman NNPA Columnist Happy Birthday, Marcus Garvey! This is not a history lesson; it is simply about homage, recognition, and appreciation of a Black...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have to make a terrible confession: I simply could not watch the first Republican debate for the 2016...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist Nineteen-year-old Zachary Hammond was sitting in a Hardee’s parking lot in his hometown of Seneca, SC, on a first date....
By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “Some of the protections that had been enshrined in the Voting Rights Act itself have been weakened as a...
By Willie Jolley NNPA Columnist Chris Gardner wrote the book, The Pursuit of Happyness, about his story of being homeless and rearing son while working...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist When it comes to public policy, most citizens tend to think in terms of what government can accomplish on their...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Gone are the days when the Environmental Protection Agency was set up as an agency that would draw recruits...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The fate of the Republican Party’s presidential sweepstakes at the moment is being controlled by two political Frankensteins –...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist There is an old African proverb that says “The spirit of a freedom warrior will never die in...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist Dating My Ex-Husband’s ‘Twin’ Dear Alma, I am new to your page. I am 50 years old, all my kids...
NEW YORK (Caribbean360.com) – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Cuba and the United States on further normalizing of relations, following the opening of the...
Kevin Trahan, USA TODAY (USA Today) — After a year-and-a-half of uncertainty, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that Division I football players at Northwestern...
Patricia Cohen, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — Even with tuition shooting up, the payoff from a college degree remains strong, lifting lifelong...