[USA TODAY] Furs that once belonged to former congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. are attracting more bids than his Bruce Lee and Michael Jackson memorabilia. The U.S....
by Rev. Franklin Fortier Special to the NNPA from the Greene County Democrat The Selma Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is protesting the Legal...
[CNN MONEY] It’s been two years since the launch of Occupy Wall Street, the New York-based social movement that quickly spread to encompass headline-grabbing protests around...
[NEW YORK POST] The Post exclusively reported Sunday how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grappled with what he called his “lust demons” and kept a scorecard of more...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Increasing the minimum wage would disproportionately benefit, Black workers and push the country closer to racial...
[WSB-TV 2 ATLANTA] Channel 2 Action News has learned Evelyn Lowery is going home. The condition of Joseph Lowery’s wife remains critical since she suffered...
by Charlene Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call (FinalCall.com) – Calls for a boycott in the wake of a Florida jury’s acquittal...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] PITTSBURGH — In a hotel conference room overlooking this city’s downtown, the leaders of one of the nation’s largest conservative advocacy groups outlined...
by Herbert L. White Special to the NNPA from The Charlotte Post The N.C. NAACP is encouraging Moral Monday defendants to decide if they want to have...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Five years ago, Benjamin Jealous, president and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored...
[POLITICO] Top congressional leaders including House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed President Barack Obama’s proposed military strikes against Syria, but that...
[POLITICO] Another military conflict in the Middle East is the last thing either party wants to be talking about heading into the 2014 midterm. For lawmakers...
By TaNoah Morgan Special to the NNPA WASHINGTON (NNPA ) – This summer, my daughter turned 13, and after she’d spent two years at an...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – “There is a ‘state of emergency’ without urgency in Black America,” writes Ron Daniels, president of the...
By ArnE Williams Special to the NNPA from the Arizona Informant President Obama emphasized that good jobs with good wages and a home to call your...
By Ryan Cooper Special to the NNPA from the Los Angeles Sentinel About three years ago, in late March 2010, Shirley Sherrod, who was then the...
[LOS ANGELES TIMES] Somehow, it seems appropriate that a freshman Republican congressman who raises reindeer to pull Santa’s sleigh in holiday parades is suggesting that impeaching...
[THE WASHINGTON INFORMER] Hundreds of District residents attended an early morning rally leading up to the commemorative March on Washington to voice their outrage over their...
[REUTERS] The United Nations said on Monday it plans to contact the United States over a report that the U.S. National Security Agency bugged its New...
Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World On Sunday, Congressman Hank Johnson presented DeKalb County resident Antoinette Tuff with a Congressional proclamation and poem...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – One of the primary goals of the 1963 March on Washington was finding or creating jobs for...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – Fulfilling a pledge to aggressively protect the voting rights of people of color in the wake of...
By George E. Curry NNPA Editor-in-Chief PHILADELPHIA (NNPA) – National Urban League President Marc H. Morial has called for “a new civil rights movement,” one that...
© CBS News June 26, 2013 (CBS) SANFORD, Fla. – A friend of Florida teen Trayvon Martin who was on the phone with him just before...
[WBAY] New research shows exercising right after eating doesn’t cause cramps–it’s good for you. A new study shows going for a walk right after you eat...
