JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press BRUCE SMITH, Associated Press EUTAWVILLE, S.C. (AP) — As communities around the nation protest decisions not to charge officers who have injured...
TERRY TANG, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The deadly shooting of a black, unarmed drug suspect by a white Arizona police officer who mistook a pill...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — About 50 people protesting the police shooting of Michael Brown are expected to arrive at the Missouri Capitol after a...
DEEPTI HAJELA, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands and thousands of diverse people united by anger took to the streets from New York City to...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police body cameras have become a rallying cry in the wake of racially charged decisions by grand juries...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He is a white man with a black son, a mayor elected on a campaign centered on mending...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — The leader of a violent gang that controlled life inside one of America’s most notorious jails testified that he...
TOM HAYS, Associated Press COLLEEN LONG, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The cellphone video of the last moments of Eric Garner’s life showed a white...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will conduct a federal investigation into the chokehold death of an unarmed black man after a...
(CNN) — To some, they’re the gut-wrenching emotional cries of a man whose stepson’s life was taken. Others say they were dangerous words that...
(USA Today) – Police in Michigan released a cell-phone video recorded by a deputy called to investigate an African-American man who was walking with his...
(USA Today) – The power failure that plunged Detroit’s schools, fire stations, traffic signals and public buildings into darkness Tuesday reflects a larger problem of...
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black...
CHRISTINE ARMARIO, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When his high school English students came to class, Tom Rademacher knew there would be one thing on...
by Andrea V. Watson Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Defender CHICAGO – Homicides are down in Chicago this year and the statistics haven’t been...
Consciousness raised, leadership challenged by Muslim leader at HBCU conference by Askia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call BALTIMORE – After a...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The failure of a St. Louis County grand jury to indict Ferguson, Mo. Police Officer Darren Wilson...
by Nayaba Arinde and Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American It was déjà vu all over again for Omowale Clay, the...
Nedra Pickler, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Spurred by the Ferguson, Missouri shooting, President Barack Obama is calling for $75 million in federal spending to...
Brian J. Tumulty, USA TODAY (USAToday.com)—The protesters who have continued to keep national attention focused on the decision of a St. Louis County grand jury to...
(NecoleBitchie.com)—A communications director for Republican congressman is likely updating her LinkedIn profile today after missing the memo that says 1. You don’t come for people’s kids and...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protesters turned out in several U.S. cities on one of the busiest shopping days of the year Friday in response to...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA)—The fight for justice in Ferguson has gone global. Tara Thompson, a corporate project manager who has been protesting and...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protests are scheduled at shopping centers around the country in response to a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer...
