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...
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...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – Nearly a month after his death, there is a bitter struggle to define – and,...
NEWS ANALYSIS By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa (NNPA) – President Obama and former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief QUNU, South Africa (NNPA) – With a rich mixture of ceremonial military pomp and ancient tribal customs, Nelson Mandela,...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PRETORIA, South Africa – Most of the leaders and dignitaries who converged on this capital city last Monday...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief SOWETO, South Africa (NNPA) – President Barack Obama described Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first Black elected president, as...
By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Stephen Ohlemacher, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Contractors who built the web portal for the Obama administration’s health insurance marketplace said Thursday...
Employees Began Returning Thursday By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – President Barack Obama signed a bill into law early Thursday morning that ended...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Four months after the Supreme Court declined to invalidate affirmative action in a case brought against the...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Although the shutdown of the federal government that began Tuesday is affecting all Americans, a disproportionate portion...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In the wake of high-profile gun violence in the nation’s capital and Chicago, President Barack Obama...
[ABC NEWS] Under relentless pressure from their right wing, Republicans are in the midst of a risky fight with President Barack Obama they know they will...
by Brentin Mock Special to the NNPA from the Louisiana Weekly Many people have made money off of the rebuilding of the city, but not those...
By Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times HOUSTON – “You have the right to remain silent!” This is the...
[TIME] Nearly a week after the University of Alabama came under fire for persistent segregation in its sorority system, school officials are set to announce a...
by Charles Ellison Special to the NNPA from The Philadelphia Tribune Before giving his national address on Syria — one of the most consequential speeches of...
