The Walter Scott Outrage Nobody is Talking About

  (Salon) – The horrific story of the unarmed Walter Scott’s death at the hands of Officer Michael Slager continues to reverberate. Aside from the incontrovertible evidence on...

Jail for 9 of 10 Ex-Educators in Atlanta Test-Cheating Case

KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — All but one of 10 former Atlanta public school educators were sentenced to jail time Tuesday in a widespread...

Sexism and Racism Take Toll on Black Women’s Health

by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The effects of living in a patriarchal, racist society measurably erode Black women’s physical and mental wellbeing,...

Black People Are Not Here to Teach You: What So Many White Americans Just Can’t Grasp

[People of color] are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are expected to educate men. Lesbians and gay men are expected to...

Maya Angelou is the Face of the Newest Forever Stamp

By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Less than a year after her death, Maya Angelou has been further immortalized on a U.S. Postal...

TSDTV: David Banner on today's racism and hip hop – Memphis Black Expo 2015

MBX Opening Reception Interviews

2015 Fiat 500X Product Presentation

Fiat introduced the all new 2015 500X in LA today. AutoNetwork was allowed to live broadcast part of the presentation

Phillip Pannell was Gunned Down, too

By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist   When I first viewed the video of Walter Scott being gunned down by North Charleston, S.C. Police Officer Michael...

Controversy Over Videotaping Cops

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist     Feidin Santana, the young Dominican immigrant who videotaped North Charleston, S.C. police officer Michael Slager firing his gun...