(Huffington Post) – The Justice Department condemned a series of leaks from the investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo.,...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Though the nation increasingly recognizes the importance of early childhood education, young African Americans and other...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge denied defense motions to drop manslaughter charges against four former Florida A & M band members facing trial next...
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) – The official autopsy on Michael Brown shows that he was shot in the hand at close range, according to...
by Bridjes O’Neil Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American The Rev. Traci Blackmon of Christ the King UCC said it was time for...
by C. Denise Johnson Special to the NNPA from the New Pittsburgh Courier Award winning novelist and essayist John Edgar Wideman was at Duquesne University for...
Friends Recall Informer Founder by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who writes a weekly column that...
JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — United Nations human rights experts described Detroit’s mass water shut-offs as “a man-made perfect storm” Monday and called on...
The passion, emerging power of Black youth fuel demands for justice by Richard B. Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call ST. LOUIS,...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., and the...
Tom Coyne and Michael Tarm, ASSOCIATED PRESS GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the slayings of seven northwestern Indiana women whose bodies were found over the weekend...
Scott Kaufman, RAW STORY KEENE, N.H. (RawStory.com)—Police were forced to descend on Keene, New Hampshire Saturday night after students and outside agitators turned the city’s...
Mike Schneider, ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — “Stand your ground” statutes benefit whites more than blacks, are unnecessary and cause minority men to live...
DEREK KINNER, Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a teenager in an argument over loud music...
(CNN) — Concerns about even remote chances of Ebola exposure rippled from a U.S. airline to a ship off Belize on Friday, with Frontier Airlines trying to...
(Salon) – Greil Marcus is a critic of music and culture who has helped redefine the job description. Known for his books like “Mystery Train,” “Lipstick Traces” and “The Old,...
by Ryan Gabrielson, Ryann Grochowski Jones and Eric Sagara Special to the NNPA from ProPublica Special Report Young Black males in recent years were...
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(New York Times) – Norward Roussell, who in 1987 arrived in Selma, Ala., as the city’s first black superintendent of schools with aspirations to equalize educational...
by Kenya Vaughn Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American “This memorial has put up to remember Mike Brown and all the people who...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Civil rights advocates praised the updated guidelines for addressing racial disparities in American public schools recently issued...
