JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is cracking down on the sale and purchase of ivory in hopes of curbing a surge...
[Los Angeles Times] NASHUA, N.H. — For better or worse, they are the class of Obama. Eight Democratic senators swept into office partly on Barack Obama’s 2008...
KEVIN McGILL, Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A jury deliberated the corruption case against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the city’s chief executive when...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If you thought that the United States Constitution guaranteed your right to vote, think again. “While the...
JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio used his first State of the City address Monday to press...
[Los Angeles Times] On a straight party-line vote Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved civil rights lawyer Debo Adegbile’s nomination to head the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division....
DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — Michelle Obama has a message for students considering college: File for federal financial aid. The first lady said...
NEW ORLEANS – Clad in an orange prison jumpsuit, a former investment banker now serving prison time for a fraud scheme in New Jersey testified that he helped...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Keeping his promise to act with or without a cooperative Congress, President Obama recently announced plans to...
by Michael D. Jones Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The state of Maryland faces a stark choice with respect to its treatment of...
[Politico] Hillary Clinton seems to be benefiting from the bridge scandal plaguing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is slipping further away in a 2016 matchup,...
JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is drawing attention to businesses hiring long-term unemployed workers and is encouraging the private sector to...
[Kansas City Star] I admit it. I walk the liberal line on a lot of issues. But don’t pour politics on my Cheerios. Cheerios this week...
NEW YORK (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer is apologizing for saying on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln did not attempt to...
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — Stressing the importance of having job-training programs that work, President Barack Obama on Thursday ordered a “soup to nuts” review of federal...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is focusing on training workers for in-demand jobs, another theme from his State of the Union address. The White House...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Democratic push to boost the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour is a long shot in Congress this election year, even...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Support from Democrats and Republicans in the Senate is expected to overcome liberal as well as conservative criticism of a massive five-year farm...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – With a largely uncooperative, highly-partisan Congress headed into a mid-term election, President Obama declared in his State...
[NBC News] NEW ORLEANS — Jury selection started on Monday in the public corruption trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In order to make sure no voter waits in line more than 30 minutes before casting...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA National Correspodent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The new year has ushered in a renewed focus on education reform in the Obama administration. This...
By Joaquin Sapien Special to NNPA from ProPublica A new Justice Department study shows that allegations of sex abuse in the nation’s prisons and jails are increasing —...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Which recent president has used the word “gay” most often in a public speech, statement or proclamation? And who used it the least,...
CBC to Lead Fight for College Loans, Jobs, Judicial Posts by Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper The Congressional Black Caucus. (Courtesy...
