Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Julie Wolf, THE ROOT (TheRoot.com)—Who was America’s first successful stage magician? He swallowed swords and molten lead. He danced...
Nedra Pickler, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Pointing to increased high school graduation rates, President Barack Obama said Monday he’s prepared to fight with...
Philip Bump, THE WASHINGTON POST WASHINGTON (The Washington Post)—For the first time since Gallup began tracking this data in 1992, neither the Democratic nor Republican...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Lowering the ozone standard, particularly to the levels suggested by EPA, will almost certainly cause economic harm to the...
Jessica Guyunn, USA TODAY SAN FRANCISCO (USA Today)—The growing effort to get more African Americans and Hispanics to join tech companies or start their own...
Jared Dubin, CBS SPORTS (CBSSports.com)—Former Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston is widely expected to be one of the first picks off the board in...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I never cease to be surprised by the racist audacity of the Republicans in Congress. In clear violation of...
Abby Ohlheiser, THE WASHINGTON POST NEW YORK (The Washington Post)—The New York Police Department has confirmed that at least some edits to Wikipedia entries about...
Jamey Keaton and Philippe Sotto, ASSOCIATED PRESS CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France (AP) — Some things have changed since riots swept across France’s troubled neighborhoods a decade ago....
Bill Barnwell, GRANTLAND (Grantland.com)—After running down the worst contracts of free agency last week, let’s look at the 10 deals that stand out as the best values....
