Deportations for Minor Crimes: the Obama Administration’s ‘Shame’

  by Tony Best Special to the NNPA from the New York Carib News “A crying shame and a painful truth” Those words helped to sum...

People with Old Social Security Debts Get Reprieve

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — People with old Social Security debts are getting a reprieve — for now. The Social Security Administration had been...

Democratic Senator Attacks Obama Administration In New Ad

No Pension Cuts in Deal Reached with Detroit Fire, Police Retirees

[Detroit Free-Press] A major association representing Detroit’s police and fire retirees has agreed to support a deal with the City of Detroit in which uniformed pensioners...

When Cops Hide Behind Badge to Kill Blacks

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In 1965, Tuskegee Institute in Alabama was a hotbed for social protest and bred students passionate about...

College Students Launch Campaign to Raise Visibility

Patterned after I, Too, Am Harvard By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – If anyone thought the election of Barack Obama, or the rise of...

VIDEO: OutKast Reunites at Coachella for First Concert in Years

OutKast reunited for the first time in several years this past weekend at the famed Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival in Indio, CA. The...

Solemn Tributes Mark Boston Marathon Bombing

DENISE LAVOIE, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Survivors, first responders and family members of those killed came together Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the Boston...

Olympic Great Michael Phelps to Swim Again

BETH HARRIS, AP Sports Writer Don’t expect the same Michael Phelps in his return to swimming after a nearly two-year retirement. Even if Phelps’ comeback is...

Duke’s Parker to Decide Wednesday on Going Pro

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Jabari Parker says he plans to meet with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski when he returns to Durham, N.C., on Tuesday, and...