By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – Rev. Al Sharpton was in the middle of his speech recounting how Eric Garner, 43, had...
A luxury condo building in the Upper West Side neighborhood in Manhattan has received approval to have a separate entrance, or a “poor door,” for low-income tenants, according to the...
William Harwood, CBS NEWS KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (CBS News)—Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, command module pilot Mike Collins and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell joined...
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A young man who participated in a mob attack on a Detroit-area motorist needed a father to “beat the...
JOSH BOAK, AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week, a steady decline that suggests a strengthening...
The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Since the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009, the U.S. economy has generated 7.8 million jobs. But the gains...
(USA Today) – It’s Nelson Mandela International Day, a day of service celebrated on July 18, Mandela’s birthday. Mandela, the former president of South Africa...
MARK GILLISPIE, Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The city of Cleveland has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the estates of two unarmed people killed in...
By Jeffery L. Boney Special to the NNPA from Houston Forward Times (Houston Forward Times) — According to researchers, the most common form of Drug Facilitated...
JOSH CORNFIELD, Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A white TV reporter who voiced his opinions about black families and relations with police during a segment...
FRUITLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) — Two police officers are no longer with the city department here after a law enforcement report tied them to the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Lee Saunders, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, has discontinued supplying...
DONNA CASSATA, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans took the initial step on Thursday to sue President Barack Obama over the administration’s decision to delay...
ERICA WERNER, Associated Press ALICIA A. CALDWELL, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Outlines of a possible compromise that would more quickly deport minors arriving from Central...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful government workers’ union will end its support for the United Negro College Fund after the...
(Politico) – The evidence is piling up now: Obamacare really does seem to be helping the uninsured. Survey after survey is showing that the number...
by Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Freedom Summer 1964: It seems that all of my life I have been infected...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the cry from people of color for more teachers who look like them, both Whites and...
Gina Damron, DETROIT FREE PRESS Special to USA TODAY DETROIT (USA Today) — Twice a day, every day, Charlie Bothuell V told authorities, he had to...
by Michael McGee Special to the NNPA from The Dallas Examiner “The most disadvantaged, troubled students in the South and the nation attend schools in...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The head of the California Highway Patrol said he was shocked and the agency’s reputation is hurt by...
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington and Lee University says it is removing Confederate battle flags from its campus. The move was announced in a lengthy...
by Saaed Shabazz Special to the NNPA from The Final Call The deaths of Chokwe Lumumba, Amiri Baraka, Jitu Weusi and most recently, Elombe Brath raises...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Low-income students have inadvertently presented themselves as millionaires on an application for federal financial student aid — making...
by James Wright Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer The Navy made history Tuesday when it promoted Michelle Howard, an African-American, to be its...
