CNN’s Anderson Cooper Grills Florida AG Bondi over Gay Rights Record

President Bill Clinton Makes Campaign Stop in D.C.

By Barrington M. Salmon (The Washington Informer, NNPA Member) Three days before the District of Columbia’s Democratic Presidential Primary, President Bill Clinton came to the nation’s...

Discover the Unexpected: Continuing the Legacy of Freedom’s Journal in 2016

By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. (President of the NNPA) History is more than the memory and documentation of the past. We all learn from the trials,...

Wrongly Accused of Rape, Brian Banks Speaks about Stanford Swimmer Case

By Victoria Jones (NNPA/DTU Journalism Program) The case of 20-year-old Stanford swimmer Brock Turner has been a hot topic across the nation since the public found...

WATCH: “What’s My Name?” Muhammad Ali Obituary By The New York Times

Michelle Gregg Won’t Face Charges in Cincinnati Zoo Accident

The Cincinnati Herald Staff (The Cincinnati Herald, NNPA Member) The family of a 3-year-old boy who fell into a Cincinnati Zoo gorilla’s compound Saturday, is being...

Miss USA 2016 Winner Deshauna Barber: Five Things to Know About Miss District of Columbia

[USWEEKLY.COM] And the winner is … ! Miss District of Columbia Deshauna Barber took home the coveted crown at the 2016 Miss USA pageant on Sunday,...

Muhammad Ali Hospitalized, Reportedly In ‘Fair’ Condition

[WASHINGTONINFORMER.COM] “The Greatest” is battling in perhaps the most challenging fight of his life. Boxing legend and three-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali has been hospitalized...

Former Deputy White House Counsel Cassandra Butts Dies at 50

[THEROOT.COM] Cassandra Quin Butts, the former Deputy White House Counsel and nominee to the Ambassadorship to the Bahamas, died suddenly on Thursday. She was 50 years...

The Essence of the New Black History Museum Is the True American Story

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Judge: Bill Cosby to Stand Trial for Assault Charges

[CNN.COM] Norristown, Pennsylvania (CNN)More than a decade after he was first accused of sexual misconduct, Bill Cosby will go to trial. A Pennsylvania judge found enough...

GAO Report: Segregation Increasing at Some U.S. Schools

By Lauren Victoria Burke (NNPA News Wire Contributor) A recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that the segregation of African American and Hispanic...

Russell Simmons’ RushCard Makes Strong Comeback

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) Russell Simmons is just starting to regain a little normalcy in his life. He’s back at yoga...

Officer in Freddie Gray death, Edward Nero, not guilty on all counts

[MSNBC.COM] One of the six officers charged in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray was found not guilty on all counts in Baltimore Monday. Baltimore...

New Report: Despite Progress, Deep Inequality Plagues Black America

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor) In 1976, then-President Gerald Ford delivered the annual “State of the Union Address,” virtually ignoring the plight of...

TSDtv — Cast of "Underground" Q&A at National Civil Rights Museum (May 2016)

School Officials in Texas Waste Real Money Looking for Fake Cash on Campus

By Jeffrey L. Boney (Houston Forward Times, NNPA Member) Two separate counterfeit bill cases have gained national attention after the Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD)...

TSDtv — Cast of "Underground" comes to Memphis

#BlackWallstChallenge – Tri-State Defender – Memphis

Obama Urges Howard Graduates to Continue Needed Change

By Howard University News Service WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama told the graduates of one of the nation’s leading historically Black universities that America is “a...

Afeni Shakur, Mother of Tupac Shakur and Activist, Dead at 69

Obama, Out: The Commander-In-Chief Proves Once Again that He’s the Best to Ever Do It

By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer) President Barack Obama dropped his microphone at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner, acknowledging what everyone had...

TSDtv: The Brian Clay Chronicles — Why We Can't Wait

The Great Migration was a Triumph of the Black Press

By Erick Johnson (From The Chicago Crusader, NNPA Member) There were over six hundred Black families applying for 53 apartment units in just one day in...

Musical Icon Prince Dead at 57

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