REPORT: EgyptAir plane made 3 emergency landings in the 24 hours before it crashed

[BUSINESSINSIDER.COM] The EgyptAir plane that mysteriously disappeared in the Mediterranean on May 19 with 66 people on board made three emergency landings in the 24 hours...

Pakistani Woman Dies after Being Set on Fire for Rejecting Marriage Proposal

[CNN.COM] An 18-year-old Pakistani schoolteacher died Wednesday from injuries after her body was set on fire for refusing a marriage proposal, police said. The perpetrators beat...

Making History is Sometimes About Timing

WATCH: Female Muslim Hip-Hop Dancers Smash Stereotypes

Ask Alma: My Friend Invites Her Mother Everywhere We Go

By Alma Gill (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dear Alma, My friend of over 15 years recently made the decision it was time for her and her...

Black Founders Praise Chase’s $100 Million Investment in Detroit Businesses

[BLACKENTERPRISE.COM] Detroit leaders and organizations are working with JPMorgan Chase to deploy the bank’s $100 million commitment in various ways that are advancing the city’s priorities...

Killing Dylann Roof Won’t Kill White Supremacy

By Julianne Malveaux (NNPA News Wire Columnist) Dylann Roof, the unrepentant racist who killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C. is,...

America’s Crumbling Infrastructure Is a Clear and Present Danger

By Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. (Founder and President of Rainbow PUSH Coalition) America is literally falling apart. In Flint, Mich., children were poisoned by the lead...

Cop Killings Bear Strange Fruit for the Families of Black Victims

By Jeffrey L. Boney (NNPA News Wire Columnist) I’m about to be extremely facetious! We’re Black, right? We all like a “hook-up” on something every now...

“Roots” Remake Targets Younger Audience

By Freddie Allen (NNPA News Wire National News Editor) Tony Award winner Anika Noni Rose admitted that she questioned why Mark Wolper, the son of the...