BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The passing of Assata Shakur has left a deep void in those who saw her as more than a revolutionary. She was a...
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The U.S. and Cuba will open talks about two of America’s most-wanted fugitives as part...
Union (NJ.com) – The singer-songwriter Common will not speak at Kean University’s graduation ceremony after an outcry from law enforcement, who say that the lyrics...
by Barrington M. Salmon Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer When President Barack Obama announced his intention to normalize relations with longtime nemesis Cuba,...
MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press ANDREA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba said Monday that it has a right to grant asylum to U.S. fugitives, the...
(The Guardian) – New Jersey officials hope the thaw in diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba will make it easier to extradite a former Black Panther...
by Askia Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur (a.k.a. Joanne Chesimard) leaves Middlesex County courthouse after Superior...
by Eric Ture Muhammad Special to the NNPA from The Final Call Targeting Assata Shakur, the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist list and the secret shame of...
by Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the New Jersey State Police called a press...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist When the FBI announced that they were placing fugitive Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) on the list of most wanted terrorists...
[Special to the NNPA from the Michigan Chronicle] Legendary activist, scholar, author and former political prisoner Angela Davis (pictured left), who is currently a professor at the University of...
