By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist With opportunity gaps widening for poor children and children of color, new guidance from the Office for Civil Rights in...
By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist Three years ago, the Department of Education tightened the loan standards for Parent PLUS Loans. The change affected more than...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There have been incidents along our nation’s path that are outright disgusting and with racial animus. The internment of...
By Rep. Steven Horsford NNPA Guest Columnist Recently, former Denver Mayor Wellington Webb published a column discussing what he claims to be the “hidden dangers...
Sean Silbert and Julie Makinen, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BEIJING (The L.A. Times)—Hong Kong’s democracy protesters are fighting off their chief executive, who is dressed...
Jamie McCauley, ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hall of Famer Juan Marichal mingled in the San Francisco clubhouse and waited patiently for his chance...
Georgi Kantchev, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Governments around the world, particularly in emerging markets, are raising taxes on information technologies, threatening to...
Donna Freydkin, USA TODAY LAS VEGAS (USA Today)—So for her 34th birthday, Kim Kardashian had a quiet dinner at home, surrounded by close family and friends. We...
NEW YORK (AP) — Missy Elliott, Lil Kim and Da Brat will reunite at next month’s Soul Train Awards. BET and Centric announced Monday that...
Pam Belluck, THE NEW YORK TIMES (The New York Times)—Science edged closer on Sunday to showing that an antioxidant in chocolate appears to improve some memory skills...