(Los Angeles Times) – Nearly 10 months after Ezell Ford was shot and killed by two Los Angeles police officers, his mother said the same questions...
(CNN) – Four people who cheered — allegedly excessively — for their loved ones at a high school graduation ceremony in Senatobia, Mississippi, say they’ve...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 40 states allow prison and jails to charge inmates “pay to stay” fees,...
(The Guardian) – An unarmed black 18-year-old accused of shoplifting was killed by a police officer in Virginia who had been barred from patrolling city streets for...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As cities across the country have mobilized massive street protests over police violence and misconduct, a...
By Sandra Larson Special to the NNPA from Bay State Banner via New American Media BOSTON — In Boston’s largely Caribbean and African American Mattapan neighborhood,...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The nonprofit organization behind the SAT college entrance exam is teaming up with a Silicon Valley pioneer in online education to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. (NNPA) – The crime rate has been steadily decreasing for 25 years, but mass incarceration has had very...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The disparity in the rate at which Missouri authorities pulled over black drivers compared with whites last year...
Kimberly Kindy, plus reporting by Julie Tate, Jennifer Jenkins, Steven Rich, Keith L. Alexander and Wesley Lowery, THE WASHINGTON POST (The Washington Post) — In...
Sebastien Malo, REUTERS NEW YORK (Reuters) — An African-American celebration called Pinkster dating back to the 17th century is enjoying a quiet revival in...
Sam Sanders, NPR WASHINGTON (NPR) — For some time, researchers suspected that the São José-Paquete de Africa, a Portuguese slave ship, lost in 1794...
Melonyce McAfee, CNN (CNN) –A California auction house is selling an early drawing by Dr. Seuss that’s sure to disappoint the parents and children who adore...
Sindya N. Bahnoo, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times) — It may be possible to reduce biases regarding race and gender while a person...
Patrik Jonsson, THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ATLANTA (Christian Science Monitor) — Again and again American juries, including one in Reno, Nev., on Friday, are being asked...
(Deadspin) – The African American Mayors Association, led by Kevin Johnson, opens its annual meeting today in Washington, D.C. The former NBA star and current mayor of...
(The Washington Post) – From the outside, the legal profession seems to be growing ever more diverse. Three women are now on the Supreme Court. Loretta Lynch...
(Slate) – The University of North Carolina’s trustees voted Thursday to rename the campus’ Saunders Hall. The building was originally dedicated to the memory of a man named William...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is giving 20 jails of all sizes $150,000 each to...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer Black America is in a state of emergency, and what’s happened in Baltimore, Ferguson,...
CHICAGO (USA Today) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday sought to distance the Chicago Police Departmentfrom two ex-Chicago police officers who posed more than a decade ago for...
by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call BALTIMORE (NNPA) – Unrest in a city known yesterday for crab cakes, row houses,...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Parents, students and advocates for strong neighborhood schools continue to pressure civic leaders to end the expansion...
