by Mike McGee Special to the NNPA from the Dallas Examiner “It’s a money grab,” John Thomas admonished the Dallas County Commissioners Court about the cost...
SADIE GURMAN, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal jury on Tuesday found five Denver sheriff’s deputies used excessive force against a homeless street preacher who...
by Nayaba Arinde and Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News News broke Wednesday that the Rev. Al Sharpton would...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In an effort to spark innovation at the local level to improve life outcomes for...
by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American At 4 a.m. on Saturday, a group of about 20 local residents gathered...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY ST. LOUIS (USA Today) — Police and protesters spent Sunday gearing up for the culmination of a weekend of demonstrations in...
Emanuella Gringberg, CNN SEATTLE (CNN)—Columbus Day often brings to mind the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. This Monday, some cities and states would...
Hunter Schwarz, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—For the first time in six years, unemployment has fallen below 6 percent, according to data released last...
Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY FERGUSON, Mo. (USA Today) — Hundreds of demonstrators peacefully kicked off a holiday weekend of protests dubbed “Ferguson October.” Late Friday,...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks fell from 11.4 percent to 11 percent and the labor...
(USA Today) – Malala Yousafzai said Friday she is honored to share the 95th Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi. “We should all consider each other...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Police have made a third arrest in last year’s beating death of Malcolm X’s grandson following a dispute over a bar...
Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Citizen DETROIT — On Oct. 1, Ingham County Judge Joyce Draganchuk ruled against the Detroit Public School Board’s vote to...
JIM SALTER, Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — An off-duty St. Louis police officer shot and killed a black 18-year-old who had fired at him, authorities...
by Dorothy Rowley Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Justice Department officials wrapped a two-day visit Friday to Ferguson, Missouri, after meeting with...
NILES, Ohio (New York Times) — Just weeks before elections that will decide control of the Senate and crucial governors’ races, a cascade of court rulings...
KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The family of a man who died after being placed in a police chokehold has filed a notice...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – While Black girls posses high levels of leadership qualities, they receive the least opportunity to fill...
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by Rebecca Rivas Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American Just after intermission, about 50 people disrupted the St. Louis Symphony’s performance of...
(USA Today) – A federal judge ruled Monday that a tactic police used to control protesters in Ferguson, Mo., is unconstitutional and issued a preliminary...
by Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK (NNPA) – His voice arrived first, deep and sonorous, prefiguring a man of enormous life and...
(The Washington Post) – A Delaware woman was arrested after her 4-year-old daughter took 249 bags of heroin to day care, thinking they contained candy, and...
PLAINFIELD, Vt. (AP) — A one-time death row inmate now serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer spoke to...
