By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Amadou Scatred Janneh, one of two Gambians with dual American citizenship released from prison as a result...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Nearly 60 years after the historic Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision declared that the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) –Thirty young, Black women shimmering platinum and white evening gowns, silver, sapphires and dandelion yellows, rubies lit the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced a new national campaign Monday to remove the stigma...
Mitt Romney met with boos in NAACP speech By Philip Rucker Washington Post [fvplayer src=”http://youtube.com/watch?v=ReLx8Tv4o7U”] HOUSTON — Wading into President Obama’s most supportive constituency Tuesday, Mitt...
House Vote Against Holder ‘Highly Politicized’ By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The House of Representatives vote to hold Attorney...
By George E. Curry Editor-in-Chief NNPA News Service WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With conservative Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. providing a surprise supporting vote, the United...
A labor of love came full circle Tuesday. Community members gathered to pay homage to a piece of local history during the unveiling of the county’s...
By Akeya Dickson Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service As the interest rates on higher education loans ratchet up higher and higher year to year, loan forgivingness...
By Akeya Dickson Washington Correspondent NNPA News Service During Russell Simmons’ recent visit to Israel, he realized the longstanding Palestinian-Israeli conflict looked a lot like something...
The National Newspaper Publisher’s Association honored Ambassador Andrew Young at their 2012 Legacy Awards. Produced by Logan Coles for Sea Change Entertainment.
[The Washington Post] For six years, their parents had nagged and prodded and pressed them to perform. Now this group of African American seniors in Loudoun...
[www.jbhe.com] By a vote of 8-4, the board of trustees approved a vote of no confidence in Florida A&M president James Ammons. President Ammons, who became...
[www.jbhe.com] Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina, has announced that Esther Terry has been appointed as interim president of the historically Black college. She...
With the 40th anniversary of Title IX just days away, one key area where questions about gender equity persist is STEM education and the under-representation of...
Patrick Washington of the Dallas Weekly interviews R&B Gospel sensation Mary Mary.
