ST. LOUIS (ST. Louis Post-Dispatch) – In the latest echo from last year’s Ferguson unrest, protesters invoking Michael Brown’s name burst into an auditorium at Harris-Stowe State...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Black college educators and supporters are sharply split over whether President Obama’s proposal to offer a...
By Nathan Hardin Special to the NNPA from The Fayetteville Observer PEMBROKE – Civil rights leader Benjamin Chavis kicked off a week-long Dr. Martin Luther King...
Opal Tometi, Alicia Garza, and Patrice Cullors-Brignac, HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post)—Today, people across the country pause and remember the legacy of civil rights leader, Reverend...
Larry Copeland, USA TODAY ATLANTA (USA Today) – Against the backdrop of ongoing protests around the country over police treatment of black men, Martin Luther...
Corey Williams, ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT (AP) — Protesters on Wednesday called for criminal charges to be brought against two police officers who appear to be...
(USA Today) – North Miami Beach police are facing criticism for using mug shots of black suspects for target practice. One of the six bullet-riddled...
(New York Times) – The leaders of Washington University in St. Louis have decided that it has a distinction they no longer want: the nation’s least economically diverse top college....
(Los Angeles Times) – A family feud among the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s children was on display in an Atlanta courtroom Tuesday as his...
(The Economic Populist) – Yes, the rich pay more in taxes (because they earn so much more) — but they don’t usually pay more as a...
BRADLEY KLAPPER, Associated Press MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is putting a large dent in the U.S. embargo against Cuba as...
(New York Times) – A recent applicant for a job as a correction officer at New York City jails had several friends who were gang members....
(The Washington Post) – Trying to predict the gender and race of a member of Congress is like trying to predict who would win a...
JAKE PEARSON, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City jail guards reported more use of force against inmates in 2014 than ever before —...
DON BABWIN, Associated Press MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago police officer had better and safer options than to fire beanbags to subdue a confused,...
(New York Times) – Bullets were flying in the cities. Crack wars trapped people in their homes. The year was 1994, and President Bill Clinton captured...
JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey grew up running track together in the same Los Angeles neighborhood...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The last several months have seen an outpouring of activism, with slogans coming in waves: “Justice...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the wake of unrelenting law suits seeking to abolish affirmative action coupled with nearly half...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – In 2014 Black America’s suffering increased at the hands of angry White men...
Taylor Wofford, NEWSWEEK NEW YORK (Newsweek)—A new report released Monday by New York City’s police inspector general found the New York Police Department frequently ignored the...
Kate Brumback, ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s traveling Bible hasn’t gone on regular display since President Barack Obama used...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After making Silicon Valley’s boldest commitment to diversity, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich will headline Rainbow PUSH Wall Street Project’s 18th annual convention...
Rochelle Riley, DETROIT FREE PRESS DETROIT (Detroit Free Press)—Kym Worthy is nobody’s victim. But the Wayne County prosecutor’s own rape more than three decades ago...
