(New York Times) – In the final days before the election, Democrats in the closest Senate races across the South are turning to racially charged messages...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that there was an obvious need for “wholesale change” in the Ferguson, Missouri,...
MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve plans to keep a key interest rate at a record low to support a U.S....
WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press UNION BEACH, N.J. (AP) — The second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy arrived Wednesday in a region where recovery...
(USA Today) – Texas nurse Amber Vinson, who was declared free of Ebola virus and discharged from Emory University Hospital, said Tuesday she is “so...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — In a rare public accounting of its mass surveillance program, the United States Postal Service reported that it approved nearly 50,000 requests last...
(Reuters)—The U.S. military was isolating personnel returning from their mission to help West African countries curb Ebola even though they showed no sign of infection...
Alex Rozier, special to USA TODAY from KING-TV, Seattle MARYSVILLE, Wash. (USA Today)— Gia Soriano, 14, died Sunday night, becoming the second victim of a shooting at...
LaMont Hamilton, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TALK STORY (Talk Story)—Five on the Black Hand Side is a project exploring gestural languages that were born in African American communities during the...
Kyle Hightower, ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The trials of three of four members of Florida A&M University’s marching band on charges of felony...
TSD Editor, Dr. Ajanaku interviews the first African American admitted to UT Memphis, and his then roomate. Be sure to
(Chicago Sun-Times) – He styled himself “The People’s Attorney” and once claimed that 3 million listeners tuned in to hear his brand of black empowerment on...
(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...
