African Leaders Avoid U.S. Blacks

By Raynard Jackson NNPA Columnist   Two weeks ago, President Obama met with three African presidents—Koroma (Sierra Leone), Sall (Senegal), Banda (Malawi), and Prime Minister of...

Zero and Counting

By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist   Are you a Zero-TV household?  No, I don’t mean restricting the kids’ TV viewing to the weekends or until after...

BUSINESS EXCHANGE: Black Political Dynasties

By William Reed NNPA Columnist   In American politics, many object to power flowing through blood rather than through the ballot. A “dynasty” is a sequence of...

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Pope washes feet of two girls, two Muslims at youth prison

[THE WASHINGTON POST] VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Thursday (March 28) washed the feet of 12 young inmates, including two girls and two Muslims, during...

CMS Changes Course on 2014 MA Rates, Announces Hike of More Than 3 Percent

[BLOOMBERG BNA] In a reversal of policy, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 1 said it will assume that Congress will override an impending cut in...

About one in five teen births a repeat pregnancy

[CBS NEWS] Teen birth rates have been falling in the United States over the last 20 years, but that doesn’t mean that it still isn’t an...

Obama outlines human brain-mapping initiative

[THE WASHINGTON POST] President Obama on Tuesday outlined a government-sponsored initiative to map the human brain, casting the proposal as a way to discover new cures for...

The Cell Phone Turns 40. What’s Next?

[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] April 3, 2013, marks the 40th anniversary of the first call made from a handheld cell phone. But mobile communication had been around for...

Amazon Is the Cloud to Beat, but Google Has the Cloud to Watch. Here’s Why

[BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK] Amazon Web Services (AMZN) is by far the biggest and most experienced public cloud provider. Accepting that, the next question is: What cloud vendor can give...