(USA Today) – More than 5,000 bystanders and passengers have been killed in police car chases since 1979, and tens of thousands more were injured as...
(Slate) – Two police officers who supported the apparently false narrative given by officer Ray Tensing to justify his fatal shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The white man accused of gunning down nine parishioners at a black church in...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Surveillance cameras caught images of two white males laying Confederate battle flags on the ground near the Rev. Martin...
(The Guardian) – After massive protests in the streets of Baltimore to raise awareness about Baltimore City police practices and to demand answers and accountability in...
LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press DAN SEWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A University of Cincinnati police officer who shot a motorist after stopping him over a...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief NEWS ANALYSIS BATON ROUGE, La. – It was a scene that a young, militant Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. could not...
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – What is immediately essential for me about Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ lengthy epistle to...
by Ashahed M. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call FERGUSON, Mo. – It has been nearly one year since Michael Brown Jr., was shot...
LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A University of Cincinnati officer who shot a motorist during a traffic stop over a missing front license plate...
(Politico) – The leaders of America’s cities have serious concerns about race relations, minority communities and policing issues as the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some federal and state prisoners could soon be eligible for federal student aid to take college courses while...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When James McGrath Morris set out to write his latest book, he didn’t know how timely it...
(USA Today) – Retired U.S. Army Gen. Russel Honoré, Louisiana’s most well-known 21st century military hero, said America is mired in a state of denial about its...
JIM SUHR, Associated Press JIM SALTER, Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A silent march and a day of civil disobedience are among the events being...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times It is still unknown whether 28-year-old Sandra Bland was murdered by Waller County...
(CNN) – Baltimore officials knew protests could erupt the day of Freddie Gray’s funeral but were overwhelmed by the riots that followed. Those are some of...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Recognizing that a college degree is one of the surest paths to a job and economic security,...
Sam Roberts, THE NEW YORK TIMES ARCADIA, Calif. (The New York Times) — Claudia Alexander, who played a pioneering role in NASA’s Galileo mission to Jupiter...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) — Bill Cosby’s influence has ended at Spelman College in Atlanta. The historically black college, which has had...
Martha Waggoner, ASSOCIATED PRESS GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — The Rev. William Barber walks gingerly with a cane, in a hunched-over posture, yet here he is...
Nicole Hensley, THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS CLEVELAND (The New York Daily News) — About a dozen people leaving the first-ever Black Lives Matter conference...
Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY HEMPSTEAD, Texas (USA Today) — Mourners gathered on Saturday to lay Sandra Bland to rest, as questions about the circumstances of...
Kindra Chapman found dead in a jail cell. Right after Sandra Bland’s death. pic.twitter.com/h1rPr1cCOF — Yaphet Kotto (@Darius34092338) July 25, 2015 By Christina Coleman Special to...
