What is the Status of the Dream? (Part 1 of 4)

7 Meaningful Black History Month Trips

[YAHOO] During February, the United States and Canada celebrate Black History Month. Officially adopted in 1976, this month of observance is a time to pay tribute...

TSDtv — #Memphis4Flint: How you can help

Gaps in Teacher Effectiveness Hurt Young, Minority Students

By Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire Senior Correspondent Minority and low-income students are less likely to have consistent access to effective teachers between preschool and the...

How Much Do You Know about Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Famed Psychiatrist, “Isis Papers” Author Frances Cress Welsing Dead at 80

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TSDtv: The Bar-Kays ready to ring in 2016 at Hard Rock Cafe

Bill Cosby Charged in Sexual Assault Case

[THE NEW YORK TIMES] The authorities in Pennsylvania announced criminal charges on Wednesday against the entertainer Bill Cosby stemming from a woman’s accusation that he drugged...

More than Just a Hashtag: The Ongoing Fight to Get Justice for Sandra Bland

By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Houston Forward Times The Houston Forward Times (HFT) has been covering the latest developments...

Houston Police Department Releases Jordan Baker Video

By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA News Wire from Houston Forward Times “Houston Police Department Officer Juventino Castro shot and killed Jordan Baker without...

Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders Meets with Black Pastors

By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent NNPA News Wire When presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) met with a group of Black civic and religious leaders in...

Mistrial Declared in Trial of Officer William Porter in Death of Freddie Gray

[THE BALTIMORE SUN] A mistrial was declared Wednesday in the trial of Baltimore Police Officer William G. Porter, after jurors told a judge they could not...

President Obama Celebrates 150th Anniversary of the 13th Amendment

By Janelle Berry Special to the NNPA News Wire from the HU News Service WASHINGTON – Ask Americans what the Emancipation Proclamation is and most who...

Cease Fire… Don't Smoke The Brothers & Sisters 5th Annual Thanksgiving – Washington Informer

Iraq War veteran killed at Planned Parenthood was trying to save others, his family says

[YAHOO NEWS] An Iraq War veteran was killed in Friday’s shootings at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colo., while trying to save others, family...

Marchers protest CPD handling of Laquan McDonald’s murder

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Benjamin Chavis Urges Support for Black Lives Matter Movement

By Sarafina Wright Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer For many elders who participated in the Black Liberation Movement of the ’60s...

TSDtv — Exclusive Interview with Nation of Islam Student Minister Nuri Muhammad

Shooting in New Orleans Park Leaves at least 16 People Wounded

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Minneapolis Mayor Takes Heat over Handling of Clark Shooting

[STAR TRIBUNE] The uproar over the fatal police shooting of Jamar Clark is turning into a political crisis for Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges, whose handling of...

Minneapolis Police Shoot, Kill Another Unarmed Black Man

By Harry Colbert, Jr. and Insight News Editors Special to the NNPA News Wire from Insight News Add Jamar Clark to the list. That was the...

Cora L Rice Elementary March To FedEx Field Washington Informer

How a Beating, Three Murders led to the Murder of Tyshawn Lee

By J. Coyden Palmer Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Chicago Crusader CHICAGO — It all began around 6 a.m. on Aug. 5 when...

Hundreds Celebrate as Nation’s African American Museum Nears Completion

By Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire from HU News Service WASHINGTON — Hundreds of people gathered at an inaugural event for the Smithsonian’s...

National Education Advocate Says Family Is Key to Learning

By Monique Chappell Special to the NNPA News Wire from The Charlotte Post Education always played a big part in Byron Garrett’s life. “Education has always...