(The Washington Post) – Last week I wrote about the most gerrymandered congressional districts in the United States, as measured by how geometrically compact they are....
(Politico) – Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Ron Johnson on Wednesday argued in the Senate whether Rockefeller’s remarks about Republican opposition to Obamacare amounted to implying that...
(Politico) – President Barack Obama’s administration has agreed to make public edited versions of a memo one of his judicial nominees wrote finding it lawful to...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Delivering a forceful argument on the role of the arts in education, Michelle Obama said Tuesday that it isn’t...
(Politico) – Conservative author and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza entered a guilty plea Tuesday to a charge that he used straw donors to make $20,000 in illegal contributions to...
(The Washington Post) – 2014 is the Year of the Kochs, apparently. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democrats are working feverishly to cast the billionaire industrialists...
by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times Back in 2007, an article entitled “Police brutality cases on rise since 9/11” appeared...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday ordered a lower court to take a new look at a case involving repeated police use of...
CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press TOP OF THE TICKET Tuesday’s top elections are the Republican primaries to pick U.S. Senate nominees in Kentucky, Georgia and Oregon. Oregon...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Democrats and civil rights advocates continue to express concerns over two of President Barack Obama’s federal...
BALTIMORE (AP) — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder says subtle, institutionalized racism has a more “pernicious” effect than the occasional bigoted outburst. Holder spoke about...
JOHN HANNA, Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — First lady Michelle Obama told Kansas high school graduates Friday that young people who’ve grown up with diversity...
NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press The Republican Party is hiring people to reach out to black and Hispanic communities, and setting goals for the number of minority...
(The Washington Post) – The Internal Revenue Service would be required to turn over millions of unpaid tax bills to private debt collectors under a measure...
DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of the Obama administration’s staunchest allies in Congress, announced his opposition Thursday...
LYNNE TUOHY, Associated Press WOLFEBORO, N.H. (AP) — A police commissioner in a predominantly white New Hampshire town says he won’t apologize for calling President Barack...
JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Longtime Michigan Congressman John Conyers joined a federal lawsuit Thursday taking aim at the requirement that petition collectors be...
STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — As Chris Christie fights to recover from scandal, elite Republican business leaders may be close to dismissing him...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Supreme Court tossed out a judge’s ruling striking down the state’s voter ID law on Wednesday, but stopped...
NEW YORK (AP) — Rousing Democrats for their fight to keep the Senate, President Barack Obama mounted a searing critique of the Republican Party on...
MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — They’ve crowded into stuffy rallies at a Seattle union hall, protested in front of fast food restaurants, marched down...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Student lender Sallie Mae has reached a $60 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that it charged members of...
(The Washington Post) – Is Hillary Rodham Clinton healthy enough to be president — or is the prospect of her candidacy so formidable that she’s driving...
NEWS ANALYSIS By Todd Steven Burroughs Special to the NNPA News Service NEWARK, N.J.—Ras Baraka, one of the sons of the late poet/playwright Amiri Baraka,...
DETROIT (AP) — Longtime Congressman John Conyers of Michigan doesn’t have enough signatures to appear on the Aug. 5 primary ballot, an elections official announced...
