By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist With each scare tactic employed by those who oppose the nuclear deal with Iran, I not only become more...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Immigration is at the top of the news on a daily basis. It is a major election issue for...
By Marquesa LaDawn NNPA Columnist In the Braxtons’ world…I’m wondering why Traci is begging her very young son to not get married? Hear me...
Gbenga Oduntan, CNN LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN)—The government of the state of Lagos — Nigeria’s former capital — has proudly proclaimed it is building a new...
By Lee A. Daniels NNPA Columnist The August 6th Fox News-sponsored, two-tiered debate of the GOP presidential primary candidates has shown anew the Republican Party’s...
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Almost daily there is another fatal case of racially-motivated police brutality that occurs against a Black American woman,...
By Alma Gill NNPA Columnist The Mother Ghost Dear Alma, I have a friend and we’ve known each other most of our lives. We’ve spent...
DANVILLE, Va. (WSET/CNN) — A black delivery driver for Lowe’s says he was told he could not make a delivery because of his race. The home...
Dan Hope, BLEACHER REPORT (BleacherReport.com) — Summer is time for preseason watch lists, where media and NFL scouting departments alike begin compiling databases of players to watch...
Will Graves, ASSOCIATED PRESS CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Teddy Bridgewater didn’t want to talk about the completions. Last the Minnesota quarterback checked, getting the ball...
Jay Boller, CITY PAGES MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CityPages.com) — Prince managed to make some headlines this past weekend. On Saturday, the Minnesota music legend’s Paisley Park...
Lindsay Zoladz, VULTURE (Vulture.com) — In so many ways, Dr. Dre’s new album, Compton: A Soundtrack, is a pleasant surprise. First, there is the fact that...
Robert Kuttner, THE HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post) — It was a good week for disruptive innovation. Three protestors affiliated with Black Lives Matter shut down...
Robert Draper, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE WASHINGTON (The New York Times Magazine) — Last Friday, during a speech before a virtually all-black audience at...
Dan Merica, CNN NEW YORK (CNN.com) — Hillary Clinton will roll out her college affordability plan Monday, pledging to voters in New Hampshire that “costs...
Lisa Brown and Tim Bryant, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FERGUSON, Mo. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — A peaceful day of protest and remembrance dissolved into chaos...
Hayley Tsukayama, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — Verizon on Friday announced that it’s going to make buying a cellphone plan a lot more...
Farhad Manjoo, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — More than a year ago, in a decision that stunned many American Internet companies,...
John Eligon, THE NEW YORK TIMES ST. LOUIS (The New York Times) — When she tore open the manila envelope on a sweltering morning in...
WXIA-TV Atlanta via USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) — An amended lawsuit filed by the late Bobbi Kristina Brown’s conservator alleges that Nick Gordon gave...
Joseph Mayton, THE GUARDIAN (The Guardian) — The San Francisco 49ers ended their latest chapter of chaos on Friday after releasing talented linebacker Aldon Smith following...
Philip Rucker, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that fellow presidential candidate Donald Trump’s derogatory commentary has begun inflicting...
Don Babwin, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department will allow independent evaluations of its stop-and-frisk procedures that critics say target blacks under...
Stephen Deere and Doug Moore, THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH FERGUSON, Mo. (The St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — Inside the stuffy lobby of a downtown homeless shelter, Michael...
Elsie Schmelzer, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS ARLINGTON, Texas (The Dallas Morning News) — A 49-year-old police trainee killed an unarmed teen burglary suspect who drove...
