JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill removing the Confederate flag from a pole...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In less than a week, a voting rights trial is expected to begin that will challenge North...
(Salon) – Bernie Sanders has enjoyed unexpected success thus far leading up to the presidential primaries. But that success is hampered by a problem — in...
Amy Taxin, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES (AP) — At 1-year-old, a wide-eyed, restless Joshua Tinoco faces the prospect of deportation to his native Honduras, one...
Tim Smith, THE GREENVILLE NEWS John Bacon, USA TODAY COLUMBIA, S.C. (USA Today) — The South Carolina Senate has given key approval to remove the...
Igor Bobic, THE HUFFINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Huffington Post) — Rick Perry stepped up to the lectern and paused. The former Texas governor scanned the...
Tony Mauro and Katelyn Polantz, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL WASHINGTON (The National Law Journal) — Eric Holder Jr. has returned home to Covington & Burling...
Peter Baker, THE NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON (The New York Times) — Sometime in the next few weeks, aides expect President Obama to issue orders freeing...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama dearly wanted to get the government in the business of rating colleges and universities based on...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hispanic leaders are bristling at the largely tepid response by Republican presidential candidates to Donald Trump’s characterization of Mexican...
PHILIP MARCELO, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — New Balance thinks the U.S. military is dragging its feet. Last April, the Department of Defense announced military recruits...
(McClatchy) – Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry gave a surprisingly candid speech on race Thursday in what was touted as an economic blueprint but was framed...
(The Washington Post) – For Democrats, Donald Trump amounts to a kind of divine intervention. With the Republican Party on an urgent mission to woo Latino...
(Dallas Morning News) – Two associates of John Wiley Price pleaded guilty on Wednesday to playing a role in his alleged bribery conspiracy and are expected...
ABC US News | World News (ABC News) – It’s only been two weeks since he entered the presidential race, but billionaire Donald Trump has already...
(Politico) – As debate rages in South Carolina over the Confederate flag on its statehouse property, a majority of Americans see the rebel flag as...
(Slate) – In 2010, the New York Times’ Supreme Court reporter, Adam Liptak, wrote an article entitled “Court Under Roberts Is Most Conservative in Decades.”...
MEG KINNARD, Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the vandalism of a statue of a segregationist South Carolina governor as the state grapples...
JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A grand jury should review operations at an Oklahoma sheriff’s office that sent onto the streets a 73-year-old...
(The Washington Post) – For many Americans, the Confederate battle flag is an unmistakable symbol of slavery and oppression. But for Karen Cooper, a black...
By Kelly-Ann Brown Special to the NNPA from Howard University News Service WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and several state...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups hoping to squeeze partisan politics out of how states shape congressional districts are hailing a Supreme Court decision...
By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Legislation that would retool and restore the Voting Rights Act was introduced in Congress...
by John Zippert Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Shelby County Chapter of the NAACP with support from the statewide organization and...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (The Washington Post) — What finally opened Paul Thurmond’s eyes and changed his heart was in the Gospel of Mark — the very New...
