(Politico) – The White House debated sending President Barack Obama directly into riot-torn Ferguson, Missouri, to address the racially charged aftermath of the decision not...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta — the church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preached —...
by Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The failure of a St. Louis County grand jury to indict Ferguson, Mo. Police Officer Darren Wilson...
by Nayaba Arinde and Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American It was déjà vu all over again for Omowale Clay, the...
By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. NNPA Columnist Ferguson is too important to be treated on the margins. It is too important to lead the news one...
By Walter L. Fields NNPA Columnist At this moment I don’t need my president to tell me to respect the decision of a tainted grand jury....
By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen Glory hallelujah! Those...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist In 1983, it was Michael Stewart, 25. He was a graffiti artist who was beaten to death in police...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the aftermath of a Black teen being killed in Ferguson, Mo., former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was...
By Gary L. Bledsoe NNPA Guest Columnist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Once said “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Therein lies much...