NANCY BENAC, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With his plan for two years of free community college stalled in Congress, President Barack Obama is trying to...
MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An African-American man on Georgia’s death row is asking the Supreme Court for a new sentencing hearing because a...
(Politico) – Donald Trump and Ben Carson appear to be on a collision course. The two outsiders have yet to butt heads — but that may...
by William J. Ford Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Vanessa Fleeton recalled when a Black police officer became rude to her a few...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — When Congress returns for business on Tuesday, lawmakers have scheduled a mere 12 legislative days to find a bipartisan compromise to...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Two pivotal court cases in North Carolina will determine the balance of political power in the...
Jonathan Martin, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — Republicans are growing increasingly concerned that Donald J. Trump’s inflammatory language is...
David Nakamura, THE WASHINGTON POST BOSTON (The Washington Post) — President Obama rallied union workers here Monday, announcing a new executive order that will...
Theodore R. Johnson, THE ATLANTIC (The Atlantic) — In 1988, the late Ed Brown, then-executive director of the Voter Education Project, watched as the...
Paul Singer, USA TODAY WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Members of Congress return from summer recess facing a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the federal government, a...
Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress returns on Tuesday with a critical need for a characteristic rarely evident through...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Police Department’s effort to equip officers with body cameras has run up against an unlikely...
(The Washington Post) – This morning, an essay of mine was published titled, “This is the Difference Between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.” Trump’s response to my piece is...
(Philly.com) – U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah can’t keep federal investigators out of his Gmail inbox by claiming a congressional privilege typically used to protect lawmakers from...
(Politico) – The thousands of now-public emails from Hillary Clinton’s years as secretary of state reveal dozens of staffers and supporters eager to please and praise...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press AMANDA LEE MYERS, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Just 6 percent of Californians are African American, yet they are involved in...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press DAVID DISHNEAU, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss charges against six police officers in connection...
ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The police response to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer offers lessons in how not to handle mass demonstrations,...
(Salon) – From the moment Michelle Obama burst on to the national scene back in 2008, she inspired a level of right wing loathing only slightly...
JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Receiving $750,000 apiece for wrongful imprisonment is a bittersweet reward for two North Carolina brothers who suffered an...
DON THOMPSON, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California agreed Tuesday to end its unlimited isolation of imprisoned gang leaders, restricting a practice that once kept...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Republican is conceding that his party will have to await the next president before it can...
TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Department of Justice on Wednesday unveiled a state-run website to provide data on law enforcement’s interactions...
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Community leader Quanell X, former Councilwoman Jolanda Jones, Bishop James Dixon, and the...
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vacation-filled August is typically one of the worst months for any politician to raise money. But it was Ben...
