(Reuters) – A Missouri bar sparked protests after it offered a drink special on the weekend named after black teenager Michael Brown, whose shooting by police...
(Entertainment Weekly) – Producer Ryan Murphy has cast two major roles in his 10-episode FX miniseries take on the O.J. Simpson trial. Cuba Gooding Jr. (Jerry...
JACK BEZANTS, Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When King James touched the future queen of England on the shoulder after a basketball game, royal watchers cried...
JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is following up on his promise to expand early education opportunities for tens of thousands...
(The Washington Post) – The District will be prohibited from legalizing marijuana for the much of the coming year under a spending deal reached Tuesday between...
PHOENIX (AP) — A poignant image has emerged from protests over a deadly police shooting in Phoenix. The 9-year-old daughter of Rumain Brisbon was among those...
BERKELEY, Calif. (New York Times) — This is the college town where the Free Speech Movement was born 50 years ago, spreading across the nation with...
(The Root) – Collectively known as the Divine Nine, black fraternities and sororities have long been central to the African-American college experience—standing as vanguards of social...
By Floyd Alvin Galloway Special to the NNPA from The Arizona Informant The death of Rumain Brisbon Tuesday, December 2, threw Phoenix into the national spotlight...
DERRIK J. LANG, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The civil rights drama “Selma” led all films Tuesday when it collected eight nominations for NAACP...
