JESSE WASHINGTON, AP National Writer Five decades and $1 billion after an infamous racial episode made Little Rock, Ark., a national symbol of school segregation, the...
KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Tens of thousands more American babies, toddlers and preschoolers would be eligible for early childhood programs under a...
KRISTEN WYATT, Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Recreational marijuana may be legal in Colorado and Washington, but debates over the drug are far from over. Here’s...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – More than three-fifths of Black working-age households – 62 percent – have no assets in a retirement...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The unemployment rate for Blacks dipped to 11.9 percent in December, according to the Labor Department, largely...
By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist Although many economists claim the recession is over, millions of Americans are still reeling from its financial effects. In particular,...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist One of the most fascinating articles I read over the holidays was by Lydia DePillis in the Dec. 29 Washington...
Blindsided By Injustice: Mistaken Identity Convicts Man to a 40-Year Sentence When Suppressed DNA Evidence Proved Innocence by Jeffrey L. Boney Special to the NNPA from...
By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist This is in response to a recent article in Roll Call by Congressman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) titled “We Ain’t Broke” in which he stated:...
