(Salon) – In the 1960s, the Lyndon Johnson administration launched an official War on Poverty. Needless to say, poverty has emerged victorious. The noble and necessary...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Today, close to one in four Black children – as young as 2 years old – is...
by Victoria T. Davis Special to the NNPA from The Indianapolis Recorder Within the last few weeks, Dalelynn Bradshaw-Settle, 28, did something she never thought she...
(Slate) – Having a college degree is supposed to insulate you a bit from the worst effects of a recession. But as a new report highlighted in the New York...
By Freddie Allen Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – This month, teenagers across the nation prepare to make the transition from high school to college and...
CARA ANNA, Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The 12-year-old girl said she had been raped by a foreign soldier, one of many who had come...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Straight Outta Compton” is a box office force. The N.W.A biopic earned $60.2 million in its opening weekend — even more...
(Politico) – Ben Carson’s presidential campaign is surging on a wave of support from socially conservative voters inspired by his passionate talk about faith and his...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Julian Bond, a founding member and communications director of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and immediate...
By Jerry Ford II Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times On the day the family of Sandra Bland filed a lawsuit against the...
