By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than 60 percent of small business owners with employees favor increasing the federal minimum wage...
(Los Angeles Times) – Esteemed NFL coach turned NBC analyst Tony Dungy is taking fire for saying he would not have drafted Michael Sam, the...
(WENN) – Kanye West used his wedding speech to compare the troubles facing modern celebrities to the injustices suffered by African-Americans during the fight for civil...
JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama announced a major expansion of his initiative to improve the lives of boys and young...
PERSPECTIVE By Stephany Rose Special to the NNPA Generally, as one of the youngest persons in the room in a culture that respects the gravitas of...
By Herb Boyd Special to the NNPA NEW YORK – Rev. Al Sharpton was in the middle of his speech recounting how Eric Garner, 43, had...
By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The South African charity Feed a Child chose to highlight child poverty in South Africa by portraying a little Black boy...
By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist Americans have lost their minds. Forgive me for not expending any of my emotional energy or shedding any tears for...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I have been increasingly concerned by the near hysteria in connection with the Central American immigrant children who have...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Almost lost among the news last week about the war in the Middle East and a war of another...
