DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s choice to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division was blocked by bipartisan Senate opposition...
[FOX News] A House hearing on the IRS targeting scandal rapidly broke down into a heated and deeply personal argument between a top Democrat and Republican,...
TOM RAUM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s $3.9 trillion budget proposal for next year suggests the U.S. economic recovery that began in 2009...
Brother Chokwe Lumumba was victorious in improving the condition of the downtrodden By Alice Thomas-Tisdale Special to the NNPA from the Jackson Advocate The shocking news of the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – No one had seen President Obama more emotional than last week when announced “My Brother’s Keeper,” a...
By Kara Brandeisky Special to the NNPA from ProPublica When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key part of the Voting Rights Act last June,...
KATIE TERHUNE, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers were expected to pass a bill Friday that would allow concealed carry permit holders to arm...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama will speak at an April event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. The...
BOB CHRISTIE, Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer slapped down the right wing of her own party, vetoing a bill pushed by...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says Attorney General Eric Holder was taken to the hospital Thursday as a precaution after experiencing faintness and shortness of...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s top Democrat criticized a pair of billionaire brothers in unusually harsh terms Wednesday, accusing the conservative duo...
[The Hill] The Obama administration is engaged in a “final coordinated push” to enroll blacks in ObamaCare, White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said Friday. Jarrett said...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – A group of civil rights leaders met with President Obama and several members of his cabinet last...
[USA Today] With the clock ticking for Gov. Jan Brewer to veto, ignore or sign SB 1062, local business leaders are expressing fear that Super Bowl...
By Cash Michaels Special to the NNPA from The Carolinian In the aftermath of the recent political firestorm surrounding the nomination of Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr....
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Lawyers for former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds say he was deported to the U.S. after a paying a fine for violating Zimbabwe’s...
GILLIAN GOTORA, Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Visibly exhausted, former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds pleaded not guilty in a Zimbabwe court on Wednesday to charges...
ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by Congress’ nonpartisan budget analysts seems to have thrown Democrats onto the defensive after it concluded that...
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — The costly $787 billion spending bill that President Barack Obama signed into law soon after taking office...
by Saeed Shabazz Special to the NNPA from The Final Call NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) – Three men who are part of the “Central Park 5” rallied...
[The Washington Post] A couple weeks ago, Marianne Markowitz was serving on a small business advisory council for the city of Chicago and as the regional...
Fayetteville, Arkansas (CNN) — Only a few people would feel at ease to send Hillary Clinton cartoon clippings. Diane Blair was one of them. Throughout much of...
PETE YOST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder called on a group of states Tuesday to restore voting rights to ex-felons, part of...
[Politico] The Koch brothers have a seemingly bottomless pot of cash this election year — and no one knows it better than Sen. Kay Hagan. Americans...
[Politico] Sen. Claire McCaskill said Tuesday that if she were up for reelection this year in a purple state, she “probably” would not have President Barack...
