[ABC News] ATLANTA — It was a startling development in the latest legal wrangling among Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs. Speaking from the pulpit of King’s...
RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The parents of a south Georgia teenager found dead last year at school inside a rolled-up gym mat...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A “concerned” U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler is expected to rule next week on whether advertising she...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In last week’s State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama declared, “…Our success should depend not...
by Floyd Alvin Galloway Special to the NNPA from the Arizona Informant Black media critic Richard Prince has launched a series of attacks on a National...
[Los Angeles Times] An African American judge has filed a $10-million claim alleging excessive force and racial profiling by UCLA’s campus police when he was handcuffed...
Atlanta (CNN) — A day after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal apologized for mishandling Tuesday’s snowfall, which paralyzed Atlanta and resulted in commutes that exceeded 20 hours for...
[Global Post] [fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=hQFkHtrDBFs” splash=”https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hQFkHtrDBFs/maxresdefault.jpg”] After a long public debate and legal battle over the NYPD’s habit of stopping and frisking people on the street –...
[ABC News] Officials in Georgia are on the defensive, trying to explain why Atlanta was so ill-prepared for a snow storm that gridlocked highway traffic, leaving thousands...
ALAN SCHER ZAGIER, Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Colleges and universities are struggling with sex assaults on campus, even as they spend more time and...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in a deadly attack at a Maryland shopping mall wrote in general terms about killing people in...
DENVER (AP) — Among the many oddities that have arisen from marijuana legalization in Washington and Colorado is this: It can be easier to get through...
RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Documents leaked by former NSA contactor Edward Snowden suggest that spy agencies have a powerful ally in Angry Birds...
By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – George Zimmerman. Paula Deen. And, more recently, Seattle Seahawks star defensive back Richard Sherman. Just the mention of...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite living in the world’s richest economy with a gross domestic product of $15.7 trillion, America’s children,...
STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government review panel warned Thursday that the National Security Agency’s daily collection of Americans’ phone records is illegal...
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — PBS will commemorate Black History Month with shows including a profile of “The Color Purple” author Alice Walker. The public television service...
Shevry Lassiter talks health with men at Mason’s barber shop. Filmed and edited by Rising Spivey.
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press SUMTER, South Carolina (AP) — A 14-year-old black boy executed nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, and...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The National Association of Newspaper Publishers (NNPA) and the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), two...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the 2011-2012 school year, Black students without disabilities were more than three times as likely to...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than three-fifths of Black working-age households – 62 percent – have no assets in a retirement...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks dipped to 11.9 percent in December, according to the Labor Department, largely...
Blindsided By Injustice: Mistaken Identity Convicts Man to a 40-Year Sentence When Suppressed DNA Evidence Proved Innocence by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from...
