Robert Draper, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE WASHINGTON (The New York Times Magazine) — Last Friday, during a speech before a virtually all-black audience at...
Dan Merica, CNN NEW YORK (CNN.com) — Hillary Clinton will roll out her college affordability plan Monday, pledging to voters in New Hampshire that “costs...
Philip Rucker, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) — Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said Saturday that fellow presidential candidate Donald Trump’s derogatory commentary has begun inflicting...
Don Babwin, ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Police Department will allow independent evaluations of its stop-and-frisk procedures that critics say target blacks under...
(The Washington Post) – Welcome to our first edition of fact checks of the debates for the 2016 presidential election cycle. Fox News aired two debates on...
DANVILLE, Va. (AP) — Virginia has revoked specialty license plates featuring a Confederate battle flag after a federal judge dissolved an injunction allowing the image. The...
CONNIE CASS, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, President Barack Obama remembered the African-American men and women across...
MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown went to court Thursday to stop Florida lawmakers from redrawing her congressional district, saying...
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When he leaves Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Aug. 6 after hosting nearly 2,600 episodes, Jon Stewart will...
SERGIO BUSTOS, Associated Press MARISOL MEDINA, Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A resolution to condemn Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s remarks about Mexican immigrants failed Wednesday...
(Politico) – One of the companies identified as a fetal tissue supplier in sting videos of Planned Parenthood counts two federal health agencies among its customers,...
JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The political veteran with the right resume, but perhaps the wrong last name. The rookie senators and...
JULIA HOROWITZ, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California restored voting rights Tuesday to tens of thousands of criminals serving sentences under community supervision, reversing a...
WASHINGTON (McClatchy) – On a recent afternoon, the nation’s top housing overseer, former Rep. Mel Watt, looked out his office window at the U.S. Capitol in the...
(The Guardian) – A police officer in Alabama proposed murdering a black resident and creating bogus evidence to suggest the killing was in self-defense, the Guardian has...
FERGUSON, Mo. (New York Times) — Brianna West stepped before the judge as her daughter Morgan, 3, fidgeted beside her. Ms. West had waited weeks to...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – For many Americans living in poverty, housing vouchers mean the difference between having a home of your...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After the Senate’s derailing of Republican legislation halting federal dollars for Planned Parenthood, one thing seems clear: Many on...
JULIET LINDERMAN, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore police and civic leaders launched a partnership Monday with five federal agencies that will embed their special agents...
JULIE BYKOWICZ, Associated Press DANA POINT, Calif. (AP) — One by one, the wealthy conservative donors stood up Monday and pledged millions of dollars to the...
By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, and...
(Politico) – Forty years ago, a contentious battle over racial justice gripped Capitol Hill, pitting the nation’s lone African-American senator against the man who would one...
The fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old, by a white Ferguson, Missouri, policeman was a catalyst for change in the St. Louis...
Amy Chozick, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK (The New York Times) — For months, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been telling crowds, the news media,...
Marina Fang, THE HUFFINGTON POST (Huffington Post) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Sunday expressed skepticism over the purpose of the Black Lives Matter...
