TSD TV: Mayor Wharton pt.3

Police: Indiana Suspect Hints at More Killings

Tom Coyne and Michael Tarm, ASSOCIATED PRESS   GARY, Ind. (AP) — Police investigating the slayings of seven northwestern Indiana women whose bodies were found over the weekend...

U.S. Trails More than 100 Countries in Voter Turnout

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Lost in the frenzy to erect barriers to voting, including reducing the hours available for early voting and imposing strict...

To Be Equal: The Rise and Fall of Voter ID Laws

By Marc H. Morial NNPA Columnist “The Court holds that SB 14 creates an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote, has an impermissible discriminatory effect...

Democrats Bash Obama Yet Want Black Vote

By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Here are a few election-time questions to think over: Why in the world do Democrats think they can bash President...

Black Vote is Up for Grabs

By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist I had separate conversations with two governors last week.  Both were White, one was a Democrat and one was a Republican. ...

Blackonomics: Voting for the Party or the Person?

By James Clingman NNPA Columnist We say we have “voting power,” but we have settled merely for the “power to vote.”  We fight for the “right...

Child Watch: Good News for Children When Congress Works Together

By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist While we rarely hear good news these days about Congress, I have some to share. Continuing a long tradition of...

Where are the Black Science Laureates?

By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist Each October, I look forward to reading about the uncanny accomplishments of Nobel Prize winners, particularly those in medicine, science and...

No Boots on the Ground

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist It is very unsettling to hear various politicians suggest the need for U.S. troops to be redeployed to Iraq and...