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...
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...
