By Stacy M. Brown NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer While Sen. Bernie Sanders was in New York City dining with the Rev. Al Sharpton and courting...
By Ivory Phillips Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Jackson Advocate The long-awaited bill that would authorize a new board to control Jackson’s Medgar...
[POLITICO] The Congressional Black Caucus PAC announced that they will endorse Hillary Clinton. It’s a coup for the Democratic presidential contender, as many of the black...
By D. Kevin McNeir NNPA News Wire Contributing Writer Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a pause from campaigning on Sunday, Feb. 7 to visit Flint,...
[YAHOO] Rand Paul, the U.S. senator from Kentucky who was once a legitimate contender for the Republican presidential nomination, dropped out of the race Wednesday, two...
By Melanie L. Campbell NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist In just over a week, Iowa, which has a 3.4 percent Black population and New Hampshire, which...
[PULSE.NG] Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, who has served in top roles at the Treasury Department, has been appointed by President Barack Obama to succeed Caroline Atkinson as...
[POLITICO] The Obama administration took the battle over immigration to the Supreme Court on Friday, formally asking the justices to review a federal court decision that...
Most young black people in the US operated under the illusion that they were somehow shielded from harm by police and that in a post-racial world,...
By Danny L. White Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Arizona Informant Fifty years ago America again was at the cross roads of decision....
[MOTHER JONES] Ben Carson admitted Friday that a key piece of his storied biography—his oft-told tale of transformation from a poor kid with anger problems in...
By Terry Shropshire Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Atlanta Daily World ATLANTA — Leading Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton received a rousing reception...
Atlanta (CNN) – Black Lives Matter protesters interrupted Hillary Clinton on Friday while she was speaking at a historically black university here. The protesters began chanting...
Who do you think won Wednesday’s CNBC Republican debate? Our poll includes all 14 candidates and gives you an opportunity to compare the opinion of our...
By Savannah Harris Special to the NNPA News Wire Service from the HU News Service WASHINGTON — House Democrats, including California Congresswoman Barbara Lee, came to...
By D. Kevin McNeir Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer When Baltimore native and Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, 45, stepped to the podium at...
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Special to the NNPA News Wire from The St. Louis American Hundreds packed into a church in Bridgeton...
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (The Atlantic) — It didn’t seem like the proper setting for an angry, anti-American firebrand. An amiable crowd was milling around the fellowship...
(Sports Illustrated) – Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson thinks NASCAR fans should be allowed to fly Confederate flags on private property, he said at an event with racing...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — In a speech at the 2015 National Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) Week Conference here last...
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper White House efforts to foster improved policing and better ties between communities and law enforcement went a step...
(The Washington Post) – For years, the air over central Pittsburgh has ranked among the country’s dirtiest, with haze and soot that regularly trigger spikes in...
WASHINGTON (USA Today) — Three years into John Roberts’ tenure as chief justice of the United States, the Supreme Court ruled by one vote that the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The key to changing public policy in key areas is increasing the number of people...
