By Cash Michaels Special from to the NNPA from The Carolinian CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg NAACP says the tragic death of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although annual Black spending is projected to rise from its current $1 trillion to $1.3 trillion...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGNTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, health insurance market exchanges will open across the nation and more...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As the American economy stumbles through an uneven economic recovery, Black children continue to suffer record...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), a federation of nearly 200 Black newspapers, named Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chairwoman Marcia L. Fudge (D-Ohio)...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] WASHINGTON – Aaron Alexis, the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday before being fatally shot by law enforcement...
by Blair Adams Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper On the heels of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A new report confirms the old saw: The rich are getting richer. According to a report titled,...
[REUTERS] The percentage of Americans living in poverty remained steady last year at 15 percent after rising for several years in the wake of the recession,...
[THE TIMES-PICAYUNE] Citing the “grotesque” misconduct of federal prosecutors, a judge on Tuesday granted a new trial for five former New Orleans Police Departmentofficers convicted in the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Speaking to a war-weary nation Tuesday night, President Barack Obama asked Congress to postpone a vote authorizing...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Obama’s proposal to make colleges more affordable has some good points, but could disproportionately harm Historically...
[ABC NEWS] George Zimmerman’s lawyer said today he will no longer represent the man acquitted of murder in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin, even as...
by Rebecca Nuttall Special to the NNPA from the New Pittsburgh Courier Who is the African-American woman? Is she the caricature of Harriet Tubman presented in...
by D. Kevin McNeir Special to the NNPA from The Miami Times In an educational environment where teachers are often compelled to prepare students for standardized...
[LAS VEGAS SUN] President Barack Obama will become the first U.S. leader in three decades to attack another nation without robust international support or in direct...
by Layla Garms Special to the NNPA from the Winston-Salem Chronicle Celebrity Chef Paula Deen lost her television show and millions of dollars in endorsements; Philadelphia...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] When Berto Solis and Nancy Thuvanuti met, nobody thought they would last, he remembers. She was a New Jersey girl with Thai and...
By Wendell Hutson Special to the NNPA from the Chicago Crusader After initially saying its long-term plans were not to replace neighborhood schools with charter schools,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – After repeatedly praising Dr. Martin Luther King., Jr., for leading a movement in the 1950s and...
[UPI] U.S. black Americans say more civil rights laws are needed to reduce discrimination against blacks in the wake of George Zimmerman‘s acquittal, a poll found. In...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The 50th Anniversary for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom celebrated a more diverse coalition...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When the Florida jury found George Zimmerman, a White neighborhood watchman, not guilty of second-degree murder in...
[LAS VEGAS SUN] NAACP President Ben Jealous says he plans to turn over petitions with more than 1.7 million signatures calling on the Department of Justice...
