Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer—Part II

by Marsha Rose Joyner Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Freedom Summer 1964: It seems that all of my life I have been infected...

‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Husband Apollo Nida Gets Prison for Fraud

Alan Duke, CNN ATLANTA (CNN) — Apollo Nida, husband of “Real Housewives of Atlanta” co-star Phaedra Parks, is headed to prison for eight years on fraud...

Obama to Border Critics: ‘This is not Theater’

Julie Pace, ASSOCIATED PRESS   DALLAS (AP) — President Barack Obama, seeking to keep a humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border from becoming a deeper political liability, pushed...

All Students Benefit from Minority Teachers

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Despite the cry from people of color for more teachers who look like them, both Whites and...

Detroit Boy Found in Basement Tells of Daily Abuse

Gina Damron, DETROIT FREE PRESS Special to USA TODAY   DETROIT (USA Today) — Twice a day, every day, Charlie Bothuell V told authorities, he had to...

2015 Kia Sorento SX AWD, behind the wheel.

2015 Kia Sorento SX AWD in the rain

iPhone 6’s ‘Stab-Proof’ Sapphire Display Shown Off in New Leaked Video

(New Zealand Herald) – Given that Apple reportedly spent $578 million buying up sapphire in a Mr Burns-esque deal for the gemstone in February, it clearly...

FCC Puts Together Committees to Scrutinize TWC-Comcast and AT&T-DirecTV Mergers

(Game Politics) – Anyone against the proposed mergers between Time Warner Cable and Comcast and AT&T and DirecTV should take some solace in the fact that...